Abstract: Graft-copolymers for improving impact strength comprising a relatively large quantity of an elastomeric trunk polymer, such as acrylonitrile/styrene/butadiene resins and methyl methacrylate/styrene/butadiene resins, have some undesirable powder characteristics, for example, poor fluidity and an easily blocking property.However, by blending a graft-copolymer of this type with a graft-copolymer comprising a relatively small quantity of an elastomeric trunk polymer in slurry form or dry state, it is possible to obtain a graft-copolymer blend with improved powder characteristics without significantly lowering the effect of improving the impact strength of the former graft-copolymer.The graft-copolymer blend thus obtained, when blended with a hard resin such as polyvinyl chloride, provides a resin composition with high impact strength.

Abstract: A composition comprising polyvinyl chloride and a novel polymer processing aid is provided. The polymer processing aid can be obtained either by blending in latex form an alkyl methacrylate copolymer (A) and a copolymer (B) comprising as its essential constituents an alkyl methacrylate, a dialkyl itaconate or an alkyl acrylate, and a diolefin, or by copolymerizing one of the copolymers in the presence of the other copolymer.The polymer processing aid thus obtained improves the processability of the vinyl chloride resin composition with less reduction in impact strength.

Abstract: In the process of melting a blend of nitrile polymer and lubricous additive with a screw-plasticizing unit, the improvement which involves having an absorptive anti-slip agent such as rubber crumb in admixture with the blend when charging the plasticator to minimize feeding problems.

Abstract: This invention relates to a process for preparing terpolymer polyblends having low gloss in extruded profiles wherein rubber particles contained in an aqueous latex are grafted with alkenyl aromatic, alkenyl nitrile and conjugated diolefin monomers to form a grafted rubber phase dispersed in a matrix phase of said monomers, at least a portion of said rubber particles becoming associated with said terpolymers as a gel fraction in said polyblend reducing the gloss of formed polyblend articles. The invention also relates to a composition prepared by said process.

Abstract: Polymers containing imide units and a process of imidizing acrylic polymers to any desired degree of imidization without the use of added water or solvent.

Abstract: High impact polystyrene compositions having improved melt flow properties along with good heat resistance is obtained by incorporating about 0.5 to 10 percent by weight of an oxidized polyethylene material having a molecular weight of from about 500 to about 5,000 and an acid number of between about 5 and about 50.

Abstract: An alkyl acrylate copolymer comprises 60 to 99.5 wt. % of a C.sub.2 -C.sub.12 alkyl acrylate component, 0.1 to 10 wt. % of a polyfunctional monomer component having one or more conjugated double bond and one or more non-conjugated double bond and 0 to 35 wt. % of a comonomer component. A thermoplastic resin composition comprises 97 to 70 wt. parts of a rigid thermoplastic resin and 3 to 30 wt. parts of the alkyl acrylate copolymer.

Abstract: The use of a sequential and controlled addition of monomers during grafting to produce grafted elastomers results in blends of the grafted elastomer and a resinuous copolymer which have superior optical properties.

Abstract: Elemental sulfur modified polychloroprene rubbers having improved Mooney viscosity stability are prepared by blending a sol and a gel in a weight ratio of sol:gel of from 98:2 to 60:40 based on solids, wherein the gel contains 0.5 to 5 weight percent of a cross-linking agent comonomer, a trihydric ester of the general formula ##STR1## wherein x is 0 or an integer of from 1 to 4 and is preferably 0; y is 0 or an integer of from 1 to 4 and preferably 1; R.sub.1, R.sub.2 and R.sub.3 represent hydrogen or an alkyl radical with from 1 to 4 carbon atoms and is preferably CH.sub.3.

Abstract: Novel compositions are disclosed which include a polyphenylene ether resin, an alkenyl aromatic resin modified with an EPDM rubber, and a hydrogenated diblock copolymer. Also included within the scope of this invention are reinforced and flame-retardant compositions of the polyphenylene ether resin, the alkenyl aromatic resin modified with an EPDM rubber, and the hydrogenated diblock copolymer.

Abstract: Mixtures of vinyl halide-graft-polyolefin polymer compositions with a minor proportion of a monoalkenyl arene-hydrocarbon alkadiene block thermoplastic elastomer which are capable of being molded to impact-resistant articles exhibit enhancement of low temperature impact resistance on ageing.

Abstract: Processes for making polymeric compositions which have methacrylic and/or acrylic chains grafted onto a copolymerized vinyl diene substrate. The compositions, which are novel, are particularly useful as impact modifiers for polyvinyl chlorides.

Abstract: A vinylidene chloride copolymer film having excellent bubble stability in an inflation-stretching process and excellent cold resistance is prepared by inflation-stretching a tubular amorphous substance obtained by melt-extruding and quenching a composition comprising vinylidene chloride copolymer, a miscible type elastomer (A component) and a particle dispersion type elastomer (B component) in a range surrounded by the lines (a), (b), (c) and (d) ##EQU1## WHEREIN A WEIGHT PERCENT OF THE B component to total elastomers is plotted on X axis (abscissa) and a weight percent of total content of the A component and the B component to total components is plotted on Y axis (ordinate).

Abstract: Graft copolymers of resin-forming monomers on monoolefin-type rubber spines, particularly ethylene-propylene-non-conjugated diene rubber spines, are made in solution with the aid of a free radical polymerization initiator. The graft copolymers have high impact strength.

Abstract: Blends of a copolymer of methyl methacrylate and styrene with an acrylonitrile-styrene copolymer have improved optical, mechanical and gas barrier properties as well as improved processability.