Abstract: A vinylarene-olefinically unsaturated nitrile copolymer, such as a styrene-acrylonitrile copolymer, is blended with a resinous conjugated diene-vinylarene copolymer, such as a butadiene-styrene copolymer, to improve the impact resistance of the latter.

Abstract: This invention relates to hot melt adhesive compositions which include a highly unsaturated hydrocarbon rubber, about 5 to about 100 parts by weight of a neutralized sulfonated elastomeric polymer per 100 parts by weight of the highly unsaturated hydrocarbon rubber, wherein the neutralized sulfonated elastomeric polymer has about 5 to about 50 meq. of neutralized sulfonate groups per 100 grams of the neutralized sulfonated elastomeric polymer, and about 25 to about 200 parts by weight of a hydrocarbon resin of a petroleum or coal tar distillate, aliphatic dienes and mono- and di-olefins, cyclic olefins of 5 or 6 carbon atoms and hydrogenated polycyclics per 100 parts by weight of the highly unsaturated hydrocarbon rubber.

Abstract: Rubbery, tacky polymer is mechanically subdivided in the presence of fine particles of substantially thermoplastic halogenated polymer.

Abstract: Thermoplastic compositions comprising, in intimate admixture, polyethylene terephthalate and a rubber-modified graft copolymer of a vinyl aromatic compound and an .alpha.,.beta.-unsaturated cyclic anhydride. These compositions display desirable thermal properties, particularly elevated heat deflection temperatures.

Abstract: A polymer blend capable of being molded to an impact resistant, substantially transparent or translucent article which comprises a vinyl halide homopolymer or copolymer, a conventional impact resistance enhancing polymer agent for polyvinyl halide wherein the monomer units consist essentially of methyl methacrylate, 1,3-butadiene and styrene residues and a thermoplastic block elastomer wherein the essential and predominant monomer units are the residue of a mono-alkenyl aromatic hydrocarbon and the residue of an alkadiene hydrocarbon. The thermoplastic elastomer is normally incompatible with the vinyl halide polymer or copolymer. The vinyl halide polymer or copolymer constitutes the major proportion of said blend and the block and methacrylate polymers together constitute a minor proportion of the composition. The weight ratio of block polymer to methacrylate polymer is about 1:5 to about 5:1.

Abstract: Polymers containing recurring 2,5-oxolanylene units wherein at least 60 percent of the units are joined directly to one another so as to provide segments consisting of at least 6 of said units.

Abstract: A resin composition based on a polyphenylene ether comprising 99 to 1 part by weight of a polyphenylene ether copolymer derived from 99.5 to 85 mole-% of 2,6-dimethylphenol and 0.5 to 15 mole-% of 3-methyl-6-tert-butylphenol and 1 to 99 parts by weight of a styrene polymer (making up 100 parts by weight in total); and said resin composition further containing 0.1 to 100 parts by weight of a rubber-like polymer for 100 parts by weight of the said resin composition. These resin compositions have excellent mechanical strength, heat resistance, and moldability and are suitable as molding resin materials in practical use fields.

Abstract: Polymers of the formula [(A.sub.n.sbsb.1 -R-D.sub.n.sbsb.2).sub.v P.sub.n.sbsb.3 ].sub.w Z.sub.n.sbsb.4 where A is a peroxy-containing group; R is a 2-4 valent aliphatic, cycloaliphatic or aromatic radical; P is a polyvalent polymeric residue; D is a carbonyl-containing connecting group; and Z is a terminal group, such polymers being useful with vinyl monomers in the formation of block and graft polymers.

Abstract: Blends of PVC and polystyrene are made compatible by the addition of from 1 to 20 wt %, based on final composition, of a chlorinated styrene-butadiene block copolymer.

Abstract: Compositions comprising a thermoplastic elastomer, e.g., radial block butadiene/styrene copolymer, solid resinous polymer, e.g., vinyl-substituted aromatics, and one or more specific polar compounds. The specific polar compounds are chosen from among simple and polymeric alkaline glycols, their mono and dialkyl ethers; ethanolamines, isopropanolamines, and their hydrocarbyl-substituted derivatives; liquid acrylonitrile/butadiene polymers; acrylonitrile/butadiene blends with homopolymers of polyvinyl chloride and styrene/acrylonitrile copolymers; and mixtures thereof. A method using these compositions for producing molded objects at a molding pressure of up to about 200 psig. Molded objects produced from these compositions and molded objects produced by this method of molding.

Abstract: A new elastomeric composition is described, having an improved combination of characteristics, which is composed of an intimate admixture of(a) 25-85% by weight of a substantially amorphous ethene-.alpha.-alkene copolymer, having a relatively low X-ray crystallinity of below about 4% by weight; and a tensile strength of at least 10 kg/cm.sup.2, and(b) 15-75% by weight of an at least partially crystalline block copolymer of propene and ethene, having an ethene content of between about 1 and 25% by weight and relatively high X-ray crystallinity of at least about 25% by weight.

Abstract: Modified thermoplastic polyester compositions are provided which comprise (a) a poly(1,4-butylene terephthalate) resin or polyester copolymer and, optionally, a poly(ethylene terephthalate) resin and (b) a modifier therefor comprising a combination of a selectively hydrogenated block copolymer resin of a vinyl aromatic monomer (A) and a conjugated diene (B) of the A-B type, and an aromatic polycarbonate, and, optionally (c) filler and/or reinforcing agent and/or (d) a flame retardant. Modifier (b) provides enhanced resistance to impact fracture, increased strength and improved resistance to heat distortion in articles molded from the compositions.

Abstract: A crosslinkable adhesive composition comprising (a) a thermoplastic elastomer of the general formula (A--B).sub.n or (A--B).sub.n-l - A wherein A represents a block of a monovinyl aromatic hydrocarbon polymer, B represents a block of a conjugated diolefin polymer, and n represents an integer of from 2 to 10, (b) a tackifying resin and (c) a cross-linkable tackifying resin, said tackifying resin (c) being an ester formed between a hydroxyl-containing tackifying resin and acrylic or methacrylic acid. Preferably, the composition comprises 100 parts by weight of the component (a), 40 to 200 parts by weight of the component (b), and 5 to 55 parts by weight of the component (c).

Abstract: Expandable styrene polymer particles are surface-coated with conjugated diene elastomers to prevent the particles from lumping together during expansion. The coating is applied by adding 0.05-0.25 part of conjugated diene elastomer to an aqueous suspension containing 100 parts of polymer particles during the impregnation of the mixture with a blowing agent.

Abstract: There are provided compositions comprising (a) a selectively hydrogenated elastomeric block copolymer, (b) a polycarbonate and (c) an amorphous polyester. The use of the combination of (a) and (c) provides remarkable improvements in the melt flow characteristics, in resistance to brittle failure, and in the resistance to environmental stress crazing and cracking of the polycarbonate resin component (b).

Abstract: Compositions having high notched Izod impact strength and Gardner VHIT impact value are achieved by blending polyglutarimides, multiple stage polymers based on butadiene or acrylates, and polycarbonate in a weight ratio such that the polycarbonate comprises about 12 to 25% of the blend.

Abstract: Novel thermoplastic molding compositions are disclosed which comprise a copolymer of a vinyl aromatic compound with an .alpha.,.beta.-unsaturated cyclic anhydride and a hydrogenated A-B-A block copolymer or a block copolymer of the A'-B'-A' type or an acrylic graft polymerization copolymer with or without a polyphenylene ether resin.

Abstract: There are provided compositions comprising a polyphenylene ether and a synergistic combination comprising an elastomeric block copolymer of a vinyl aromatic compound and a conjugated diene and a polyolefin resin, optionally containing a styrene homopolymer or random copolymer resin. The addition of the combination of elastomeric block copolymer resin and polyolefin resin to polyphenylene ethers or mixtures of polyphenylene ethers and such polystyrenes provides unexpected improvements in toughness in parts molded from the composition, in comparison with compositions containing either the block copolymer or the polyolefin resin alone.

Abstract: There are provided compositions comprising a polyphenylene ether and a synergistic combination comprising an elastomeric block copolymer of a vinyl aromatic compound and a conjugated diene and a polyolefin resin, optionally containing a styrene homopolymer or random copolymer resin. The addition of the combination of elastomeric block copolymer resin and polyolefin resin to polyphenylene ethers or mixtures of polyphenylene ethers and such polystyrenes provides unexpected improvements in toughness in parts molded from the composition, in comparison with compositions containing either the block copolymer or the polyolefin resin alone.

Abstract: A non-delaminating polymeric composition having a smooth appearance along with improved flex crack resistance and detergent resistance is prepared by first blending together a vinyl chloride resin and an ethylene/vinyl acetate copolymer, and then blending in a monoalkenyl arene-diene block copolymer, hydrocarbon extending oil and filler under essentially isoviscous blending conditions.

Abstract: It has been discovered that the use of a fatty acid-terminated saturated polyester in combination with a polyphenylene ether resin, a styrene resin, a halogenated aromatic flame retardant and ferrocene, results in compositions having enhanced thermal resistance during processing and which are moldable to articles having improved impact strength and a reduced tendency to drip molten or flaming resin when subjected to elevated temperatures.

Abstract: A block copolymer latex composition comprising (A) an aqueous latex containing at least one of block copolymers consisting of conjugated diolefin blocks and monovinyl-substituted aromatic compound blocks prepared by solution-polymerization, and having a molecular weight of 5,000 to 500,000 and a content of monovinyl-substituted aromatic compound of 10 to 70% by weight, and (B) a latex of rubber system, latex of synthetic resin system or a mixture thereof, the composition containing 5 to 87% by weight of (A) and 95 to 13% by weight of (B) in terms of solid matters, has very superior film-forming properties and provides films having improved strength.

Abstract: Chlorinated polyvinyl chloride resin (CPVC) is blended with a block copolymer of styrene and a diene (SD) or of styrene-diene-styrene (SDS), which block copolymer is referred to as a "pro-modifier" because, by itself, it performs a dual function of processing aid and impact modifier in CPVC. For tailoring specific desirable impact properties and physical characteristics into a CPVC resin composition, it may be desirable to use a conventional impact modifier in combination with the block copolymer. When the block copolymer is so used, such use being referred to as that of a "co-modifier", the block copolymer and conventional impact modifier provide a CPVC composition with unexpectedly enhanced impact strength. The block copolymer consists essentially of a vinyl aromatic compound and a conjugated idene, such as styrene-diene (SD) diblock copolymer, or a styrene-diene-styrene (SDS) polyblock copolymer having a linear or radial block structure, or mixtures of linear and radial block copolymers.

Abstract: A mixture of isomeric methyl ethenyl benzenes having a particular distribution of isomers is useful for preparing polymers with advantageous properties. The isomeric mixture may be polymerized with other monomers to produce copolymers.

Abstract: A block polymer of an alkyl vinyl aromatic compound, conjugated diolefins and an alkyl-vinylpyridine with the central poly(diolefin) segment being branched by copolymerization with divinyl benzene to give a composition having improved 100 percent modulus, usually from 400 to 1400 pounds per square inch.

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

Abstract: Novel plated compositions are disclosed which include a polyphenylene ether resin, a small-particle EPDM rubber-modified alkenyl aromatic resin, and a hydrogenated A-B-A block polymer. Also included within the scope of this invention are reinforced and flame-retardant compositions of said polyphenylene ether resin, said alkenyl aromatic resin modified with an EPDM rubber, and said hydrogenated elastomeric block copolymer.

Abstract: A durable, light-weight interliner exhibiting enhanced insulative and cushioning properties is produced from a blend of approximately equal parts of a thermoplastic elastomer and an ionomer foamed by a normally gaseous expanding agent.

Abstract: Polyvinyl chloride (PVC) resin is compounded with a conventional impact modifier referred to herein as a "co-modifier", and a block copolymer "ultra-modifier" which together provide a composition of unexpectedly enhanced impact strength. Irrespective of the characteristic particle size distribution of the co-modifier, which may be normal, bimodal or neither, the combination of ultra-modifier and co-modifier produces a broad distribution of small and large modifier particles. Better impact strength than with either small particles alone, or large particles alone is thus obtained.