Abstract: A thermoplastic molding composition, comprising (A) from 20 to 99% by weight of at least one graft copolymer, (B) from 1 to 80% by weight of a copolymer of at least one alpha-olefin and from at least one polar comonomer, with the proviso that the monomers used are not vinyl acetate or any vinylaromatic monomer, and (C) from 0 to 80% by weight of a thermoplastic polymer, prepared by polymerizing a monomer mixture, comprising (c1) from 50 to 100% by weight of at least one vinylaromatic monomer and/or of a C1-C8-alkyl (meth)acrylate, and (c2) from 0 to 50% by weight of at least one monofunctional comonomer, and (D) from 0.1 to 20% by weight of a substantially uncrosslinked, low-molecular-weight polyalkyl acrylate.

Abstract: Thermoplastic molding compositions comprising (A) 5 to 98%-wt., based on components (A) through (E), of at least one elastomeric graft copolymer, (B) 1 to 90%-wt., based on components (A) through (E), of a further copolymer, (C) 1 to 70%-wt., based on components (A) though (D), of an elastomeric block copolymer composed of at least one block CA (hard phase) having copolymerized units of a vinylaromatic monomer, and at least one elastomeric block C(B/A) (soft phase) having copolymerized units of a vinylaromatic monomer, and of a diene, (D) 0 to 300%-wt., based on components (A) through (C), of a polycarbonate, and (E) 0 to 30%-wt., based on components (A) through (E), of conventional additives and processing aids, are useful for producing films, moldings or fibers.

Abstract: The use of a thermoplastic molding composition which is not ABS, comprising, based on the total of the amounts of components A, B, C, and, where appropriate, D, this total being 100% by weight, a: as component A, from 1 to 48% by weight of at least one particulate emulsion polymer which has one or more phases and has a glass transition temperature below 0° C. in at least one phase, and has a median particle size from 50 to 1000 nm, b: as component B, from 1 to 48% by weight of at least one amorphous or semicrystalline polymer, c: as component C, from 51 to 90% by weight of polycarbonates, and d: as component D, from 0 to 47% by weight of conventional addictives and/or fibrous or particulate fillers, or a mixture of these, for producing moldings, or corresponding semifinished products, for the garden sector or animal-keeping sector.

Abstract: Thermoplastic molding compositions, comprising (A) from 20 to 99% by weight of at least one graft copolymer, (B) from 1 to 80% by weight of a copolymer obtained from at least one alpha-olefin and from at least one polar comonomer, with the proviso that the monomers used are not vinyl acetate or any vinylaromatic monomer, and (C) from 0 to 80% by weight of a thermoplastic polymer, obtained by polymerizing a monomer mixture, of (c1) from 50 to 100% by weight of at least one vinylaromatic monomer and/or of a C1-C8-alkyl (meth)acrylate, and (c2) 0 to 50% by weight of at least one monofunctional comonomer, and (D) from 0.5 to 30% by weight of a (co)polymer made from (d1) from 50 to 100% by weight of isobutene and (d2) from 0 to 50% by weight of one or more other monomers, process of preparing same and their uses.

Abstract: The invention relates to a method for producing caoutchouc particles (K) by means of emulsion polymerisation in the presence of an emulsifier and a polymerisation initiator. Said particles contain A) 80 to 100 wt. % of one or more conjugated diene monomers (A) in relation to (K) and B) 0 to 20 wt. % of one or more monoethylenically saturated comonomers (B) in relation to (K) in the polymerised form The inventive method is characterised in that 1) a mixture (M1) containing water and an emulsifier is provided, 2) a mixture (M2) containing one or more monomers in the monomer or polymerised form selected from styrole, &agr;-methylstyrole, butadiene, n-butylacrylate, MMA and acrylnitrile and optionally comonomers is added, 3) polymerisation of the obtained mixture starts in the presence of a polymerisation initiator at temperature of 5 to 95° C., 4) a mixture (M3) containing 0 to 100 wt. % of the comonomers (B) in relation to (B) and 0 to 25 wt.

Abstract: Thermoplastic molding compositions are made from A) from 20 to 98% by weight of a particulate graft polymer and a non-elastomeric graft shell B) from 0.5 to 78.5% by weight of a thermoplastic styrene polymer or copolymer C) from 1 to 79% by weight of a second styrene copolymer and D) from 0.5 to 30% by weight of an isobutene polymer.

Abstract: Shear forces are used for essentially salt-free coagulation of plastics dispersions or rubber dispersions. For this, method of use is made of an apparatus with at least one shearing module which has a stator and a rotor arranged within the stator, where the surfaces facing toward one another in the stator and in the rotor are in each case smooth, or at least the rotor exhibits a structure formed on its surface and facing from this in the direction of the stator, and between the stator and the rotor there is a gap of predetermined gap width. The process is carried out by passing the dispersion to be coagulated through the gap between stator and rotor and precipitating the dispersion by rotation of the rotor with predetermined shear rate and shear deformation.

Abstract: The invention relates to a process for preparing an impact-modified plastic, where particles of a crosslinked rubber are produced from a first monomer mixture which has at least 50% by weight of conjugated diene compounds, the rubber particles are added to a second monomer mixture which has at least 85% by weight, preferably at least 90% by weight, in particular at least 98% by weight, of styrene, and the monomers of the second monomer mixture are polymerized. This process can prepare novel and improved impact-modified plastics. Novel impact-modified plastics are also described.

Abstract: Thermoplastic molding materials of A) from 72 to 88.5% by weight of a thermoplastic styrene or &agr;-methylstyrene polymer or copolymer, B) from 10 to 20% by weight of a first graft polymer having an average particle diameter d50 from 400 to 600 nm, having an n-butyl acrylate based rubber-elastic graft core, and a styrene or &agr;-methylstyrene (co)polymer graft shell, C) from 1.5 to 8% by weight of a second graft polymer having a bimodal particle size distribution, the average particle diameter d50 being from 25 to 200 nm and from 350 to 550 nm, having a butadiene or isoprene polymer or copolymer based rubber-elastic graft core, and a styrene or &agr;-methylstyrene (co)polymer graft shell, D) from 0 to 50% by weight of conventional additives, where the graft polymers B) and C) constitute from 11.5 to 25% by weight of components A), B) and C), and components A) to D) amount to 100% by weight.

Abstract: A thermoplastic molding composition having little intrinsic color is produced from a graft copolymer and a thermoplastic polymer. The graft copolymer is produced from a soft elastomeric particulate graft base obtained by polymerization of a conjugated diene alone or with a small amount of a monoethylenically unsaturated monomer, upon which is grafted a vinylaromatic monomer and acrylonitrile and optionally another monoethylenically unsaturated monomer. The thermoplastic polymer is a copolymer of a vinylaromatic monomer and acrylonitrile and optionally an additional monoethylenically unsaturated monomer. The thermoplastic molding composition has a low level of intrinsic color coupled with good mechanical properties and can be processed by, for example, extrusion, injection molding, calendaring, blow molding, compression molding, or sintering.

Abstract: Thermoplastic molding compositions comprising A) a graft polymer comprising 1) an elastomeric graft core, obtainable by copolymerization of one or more C1-C10-alkyl acrylates, and a monomer with crosslinking effect, and 2) a graft shell comprising a styrene compound or a C1-C8-alkyl acrylate or methacrylate, or a mixture of the styrene compound and the C1-C8-alkyl acrylate or methacrylate, and B) a thermoplastic polymer comprising C) an elastomeric block copolymer in which all or virtually all of the olefinic double bonds have been hydrogenated, comprising at least one block A, which forms a hard phase and contains, in its polymer chain, units of a vinylaromatic monomer, and/or a block B, which forms a first elastomeric (soft) phase and contains diene monomers, and at least one elastomeric block B/A, which forms a soft phase, and contains, randomly in its polymer chain, units of both a vinylaromatic monomer and a diene, where the glass transition temperature Tg of the block A is above 25° C.

Abstract: Molding materials contain, as essential components, an aromatic polycarbonate, a graft polymer based on alkyl acrylates, styrenes and unsaturated nitriles, a copolymer based on styrenes and unsaturated nitrites, a siloxane network rubber, a copolymer of at least two different esters of acrylic acid or of methacrylic acid or mixtures thereof, if desired halogen-free phosphorus compounds and additives, and moldings, films or fibers are obtainable from the molding materials.

Abstract: A process for the continuous coagulation of aqueous dispersions of graft rubbers suitable for toughening thermoplastics is described. In the process, dispersions are transported through an apparatus having at least one shear element with a slotted stator and a rotating of the rotor within the stator, so that said dispersions are passed radially from the inside to the outside as a result of the rotation of the rotor in the shear element and, during or after passage through the slots of the rotor and stator, are subjected to such strong shearing that they coagulate, resulting in graft rubber coagulums which can be readily worked up even at a solids content of more than 50% by weight of elastomers.

Abstract: Molding materials comprise polyarylene ethers, copolymers containing units which are derived from aromatic vinyl compounds and cyclic .alpha.,.beta.-unsaturated carboxylic anhydrides and carboximides, and furthermore fillers and rubber impact modifiers.

Abstract: Polymers that can be obtained by suspension polymerization of 50 to 100% by weight of at least one compound selected from the group comprising C.sub.1 -C.sub.18 -alkyl esters of acrylic acid and methacrylic acid, and 0 to 50% by weight of further, free radical-polymerizable monomers in the presence of a buffer selected from the group comprising citric acid, alkali metal citrates, alkaline earth metal citrates and ammonium citrates, and also a process for preparing these polymers and their use in the production of molded articles.

Abstract: An expandable styrene polymer comprisinga) from 0 to 90% by weight of a styrene polymer or styrene copolymer other than b) contains at least 50% by weight of copolymerized styrene,b) from 10 to 100% by weight of a styrene/methacrylamide copolymer comprising from 0.5 to 50% by weight of at least one copolymerized N-substituted methacrylamide of the formula I ##STR1## where R.sup.1 and R.sup.2 are identical or different and are hydrogen, C.sub.1 - to C.sub.15 -alkyl, C.sub.6 - to C.sub.16 -cycloalkyl or C.sub.6 - to C.sub.20 -aryl, it being possible, if R.sup.1 and R.sup.2 contain at least 2 carbon atoms, for at least 2 carbon atoms to be linked via hetero atoms, andc) from 1 to 15% by weight, based on the sum of a) and b), of an aliphatic C.sub.3 - to C.sub.9 -hydrocarbon and/or carbon dioxide as blowing agent.

Abstract: A molding composition based on an impact-modified thermoplastic A selected from ABS, ASA, impact-resistant polystyrene (HIPS) impact resistant polymethyl methacrylate, impact resistant PVC, polycarbonate, polyester carbonate, polyester, polyamide, polyphenylene ether, polyether ketone, polyether sulfone, polysulfone, polyoxyalkylene, polyarylene sulfide and also mixtures thereof containing a matting agent B composed of 30 to 80% by weight of an elastomeric grafting base B1 of 75 to 99.8% by weight of an alkyl acrylate having 1 to 8 carbon atoms in the alkyl radical (B11), 0.1 to 5% by weight of a polyfunctional, crosslinking monomer (B12) and 0.1 to 20% by weight of a monomer containing one or more acidic groups, or 49.9 to 99.9% by weight of one or more dienes (B111), up to 50% by weight of a further ethylenically unsaturated monomer (B112) and 0.1 to 20% by weight of a monomer containing one or more acidic groups (B113), and 20 to 70% by weight of a graft sheath B2 composed of 40 to 99.

Abstract: A thermoplastic molding material containing, based on the sum of its constituents A, B and C,A: 70 to 99% by weight of a thermoplastic resin A comprising, based on A,A1: 50 to 100% by weight of a hard matrix A1 comprising, based on A1,A11: 50 to 95% by weight of units of an aromatic vinyl compound or methyl methacrylate or their mixtures (A11) andA12: 5 to 50% by weight of units of acrylonitrile A12;A2: up to 50% by weight of a rubber-elastic particulate graft copolymer A2 comprising, based on A2,A21: 30 to 80% by weight of at least one elastomeric graft base A21 having a median particle size of from 30 to 1000 nm comprising, based on A21,A211: 50 to 100% by weight of units of a 1,3-diene or a C.sub.4 -C.sub.

Abstract: An expandable styrene polymer comprisinga) from 0 to 90% by weight of a styrene polymer or styrene copolymer other than b) contains at least 50% by weight of copolymerized styrene,b) from 10 to 100% by weight of a styrene/methacrylamide copolymer comprising from 0.5 to 50% by weight of at least one copolymerized N-substituted methacrylamide of the formula I ##STR1## where R.sup.1 and R.sup.2 are identical or different and are hydrogen, C.sub.1 - to C.sub.15 -alkyl, C.sub.6 - to C.sub.16 -cycloalkyl or C.sub.6 - to C.sub.20 -aryl, it being possible, if R.sup.1 and R.sup.2 contain at least 2 carbon atoms, for at least 2 carbon atoms to be linked via hetero atoms, andc) from 1 to 15% by weight, based on the sum of a) and b), of an aliphatic C.sub.3 - to C.sub.9 -hydrocarbon and/or carbon dioxide as blowing agent.

Abstract: Molding materials contain from 5 to 50% by weight of a first polymer obtained by polymerizing a C.sub.1 -C.sub.20 -alkyl ester of methacrylic or acrylic acid;from 5 to 50% by weight of a second polymer obtained by polymerizing a monomer mixture offrom 75 to 82% by weight of a vinyl aromatic monomer and from 18 to 25% by weight of acrylonitrile or methacrylonitrile;from 10 to 40% by weight of a third polymer containing from 10 to 90% by weight of units of the general formula I ##STR1## where R.sup.1 is hydrogen or C.sub.1 -C.sub.4 -alkyl and R.sup.2 is C.sub.1 -C.sub.18 -alkyl, C.sub.5 -C.sub.12 -cycloalkyl, C.sub.6 -C.sub.10 -aryl or C.sub.6 -C.sub.10 -aryl-C.sub.1 -C.sub.4 -alkyl, andfrom 10 to 90% by weight of a C.sub.1 -C.sub.20 -alkyl ester of methacrylic or acrylic acid;from 5 to 60% by weight of a graft copolymer having a mean particle diameter (weight average) of less than 200 nm and obtained by polymerizing from 20 to 70% by weight of a monomer mixture offrom 30 to 100% by weight of a C.sub.1 -C.sub.