Thermoplastic resin composition

• US 20020022686A1
• Filed: 06/13/2001
• Published: 02/21/2002
• Est. Priority Date: 06/15/2000
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Techno Polymer Co., Ltd. (JSR Corporation)
• Original Assignee: Techno Polymer Co., Ltd. (JSR Corporation)
• Inventors: Miyazaki, Hiroaki, Itoh, Hiroyuki, Noro, Masahiko, Higaki, Keigo
• Application Number:
  US09/878,906
• Publication Number:
  US 20020022686A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 524/504
• CPC Class Codes: C08F 279/02 on to polymers of conjugated dienes
• CPC Class Codes: C08K 5/02 Halogenated hydrocarbons C08K5/0091 takes precedence
• CPC Class Codes: C08K 5/523 with hydroxyaryl compounds
• CPC Class Codes: C08L 2666/02 Organic macromolecular compounds, natural resins, waxes or and bituminous materials
• CPC Class Codes: C08L 2666/14 Macromolecular compounds according to C08L59/00 - C08L87/00; Derivatives thereof
• CPC Class Codes: C08L 2666/24 Graft or block copolymers according to groups C08L51/00, C08L53/00 or C08L55/02; Derivatives thereof
• CPC Class Codes: C08L 27/18 Homopolymers or copolymers or tetrafluoroethene
• CPC Class Codes: C08L 51/04 grafted on to rubbers
• CPC Class Codes: C08L 55/02 ABS [Acrylonitrile-Butadiene-Styrene] polymers
• CPC Class Codes: C08L 69/00 Compositions of polycarbonates; Compositions of derivatives of polycarbonates

Abstract

The present invention relates to thermoplastic resin composition comprising:

100 parts by weight of a thermoplastic resin containing (A) 5 to 60 parts by weight of a rubber-reinforced resin comprising a graft copolymer produced by polymerizing at least one monomer component (b) selected from the group consisting of aromatic vinyl compounds, cyanided vinyl compounds, acrylate or methacrylate compounds, acid anhydride monomer compounds and maleimide-based compounds in the presence of a rubber-like polymer (a), or a mixture of the graft copolymer with polymers or copolymers of the monomer component (b), said rubber-reinforced resin comprising 5 to 60% by weight of the rubber-like polymer (a) and 40 to 95% by weight of the monomer component (b) with the proviso that the total amount of the components (a) and (b) is 100% by weight, and (B) 40 to 95 parts by weight of an aromatic polycarbonate with the proviso that the total amount of the components (A) and (B) is 100 parts by weight;

(C) 1 to 30 parts by weight of a flame retardant based on 100 parts by weight of the components (A) and (B);

(D) 0.1 to 20 parts by weight of a flame retardant assistant based on 100 parts by weight of the components (A) and (B); and

(E) 1 to 30 parts by weight of a PAN-based carbon fiber based on 100 parts by weight of the components (A) and (B).

Claims

1. A thermoplastic resin composition comprising:

100 parts by weight of a thermoplastic resin containing (A) 5 to 60 parts by weight of a rubber-reinforced resin comprising a graft copolymer produced by polymerizing at least one monomer component (b) selected from the group consisting of aromatic vinyl compounds, cyanided vinyl compounds, acrylate or methacrylate compounds, acid anhydride monomer compounds and maleimide-based compounds in the presence of a rubber-like polymer (a), or a mixture of the graft copolymer with polymers or copolymers of the monomer component (b), said rubber-reinforced resin comprising 5 to 60% by weight of the rubber-like polymer (a) and 40 to 95% by weight of the monomer component (b) with the proviso that the total amount of the components (a) and (b) is 100% by weight, and (B) 40 to 95 parts by weight of an aromatic polycarbonate with the proviso that the total amount of the components (A) and (B) is 100 parts by weight;

(C) 1 to 30 parts by weight of a flame retardant based on 100 parts by weight of the components (A) and (B);

(D) 0.1 to 20 parts by weight of a flame retardant assistant based on 100 parts by weight of the components (A) and (B); and

(E) 1 to 30 parts by weight of a PAN-based carbon fiber based on 100 parts by weight of the components (A) and (B).

2. A thermoplastic resin composition according to claim 1, further comprising

(F) 1 to 30 parts by weight of a pitch-based carbon fiber based on 100 parts by weight of the components (A) and (B).

3. A thermoplastic resin composition according to claim 1, wherein the residual carbon fiber in the composition has an average fiber diameter of 0.05 to 0.7 mm.

4. A thermoplastic resin composition according to claim 1, wherein the fluidity (MFR) of the composition is 20 to 70 g/10 minutes when measured at a temperature of 240°

C. under a load of 10 kg.

5. A thermoplastic resin composition according to claim 1, wherein the flame retardant (C) is a bromine-based flame retardant or a phosphorus-based flame retardant.

6. A thermoplastic resin composition according to claim 1, wherein the flame retardant assistant (D) is an antimony compound or polytetrafluoroethylene.

7. A thermoplastic resin composition according to claim 1, wherein the flame retardant (C) is a bromine-based flame retardant, and the flame retardant assistant (D) is an antimony compound.

8. A thermoplastic resin composition according to claim 1, wherein the flame retardant (C) is a phosphorus-based flame retardant, and the flame retardant assistant (D) is polytetrafluoroethylene.

9. A thermoplastic resin composition according to claim 1, wherein the rubber-reinforced resin (A) has a graft ratio of 10 to 200%.

10. A thermoplastic resin composition according to claim 1, wherein the component (A) comprises two or more kinds of graft copolymers prepared from two or more kinds of rubber-like polymers (a) which are different in average particle size from each other.

11. A thermoplastic resin composition according to claim 10, wherein the rubber-like polymer (a) comprises two or more kinds of particles comprising particles having an average particle size within 80 to 180 nm, and other particles having an average particle size within from more than 180 to 480 nm.

12. A thermoplastic resin composition according to claim 1, wherein the aromatic polycarbonate (B) comprises two kinds of aromatic polycarbonates which are different in molecular weight from each other.

13. A thermoplastic resin composition according to claim 12, wherein the two kinds of aromatic polycarbonates have viscosity-average molecular weights of from 18,000 to 22,000 and from 26,000 to 30,000, respectively.

14. A thermoplastic resin composition according to claim 1, further comprising an inorganic phosphorus compound (G).

15. A thermoplastic resin composition comprising:

100 parts by weight of a thermoplastic resin containing (A) 15 to 30 parts by weight of a rubber-reinforced resin comprising a graft copolymer produced by polymerizing at least one monomer component (b) selected from the group consisting of styrene, acrylonitlile, acrylate or methacrylate compounds, acid anhydride monomer compounds and maleimide-based compounds in the presence of a diene-based (co)polymer (a), or a mixture of the graft copolymer with polymers or copolymers of the monomer component (b), said rubber-reinforced resin comprising 5 to 60% by weight of the diene-based (co)polymer (a) and 40 to 95% by weight of the monomer component (b) with the proviso that the total amount of the components (a) and (b) is 100% by weight, and (B) 70 to 85 parts by weight of an aromatic polycarbonate with the proviso that the total amount of the components (A) and (B) is 100 parts by weight;

(C) 10 to 20 parts by weight of a phosphorus-based flame retardant based on 100 parts by weight of the components (A) and (B);

(D) 0.3 to 8 parts by weight of polytetrafluoroethylene based on 100 parts by weight of the components (A) and (B); and

(E) 10 to 20 parts by weight of a PAN-based carbon fiber based on 100 parts by weight of the components (A) and (B); and

(F) 10 to 20 parts by weight of a pitch-based carbon fiber based on 100 parts by weight of the components (A) and (B),

said residual carbon fiber in the composition having an average fiber diameter of 0.05 to 0.7 mm, and

the fluidity (MFR) of the composition being 20 to 70 g/10 minutes when measured at a temperature of 240°

C. under a load of 10 kg.

16. A thermoplastic resin composition comprising:

100 parts by weight of a thermoplastic resin containing (A) 5 to 60 parts by weight of a rubber-reinforced resin comprising a graft copolymer produced by polymerizing at least one monomer component (b) selected from the group consisting of aromatic vinyl compounds, cyanided vinyl compounds, acrylate or methacrylate compounds, acid anhydride monomer compounds and maleimide-based compounds in the presence of a rubber-like polymer (a), or a mixture of the graft copolymer with polymers or copolymers of the monomer component (b), said rubber-reinforced resin comprising 5 to 60% by weight of the rubber-like polymer (a) and 40 to 95% by weight of the monomer component (b) with the proviso that the total amount of the components (a) and (b) is 100% by weight, and (B) 40 to 95 parts by weight of an aromatic polycarbonate with the proviso that the total amount of the components (A) and (B) is 100 parts by weight;

(C) 1 to 30 parts by weight of a flame retardant based on 100 parts by weight of the components (A) and (B);

(D) 0.1 to 20 parts by weight of a flame retardant assistant based on 100 parts by weight of the components (A) and (B); and

(E) 1 to 30 parts by weight of a PAN-based carbon fiber based on 100 parts by weight of the components (A) and (B),

said component (A) comprising two or more kinds of graft copolymers prepared from two or more kinds of rubber-like polymers (a) which are different in average particle size from each other, and

said aromatic polycarbonate (B) comprising two kinds of aromatic polycarbonates which are different in molecular weight from each other.