Thermoplastic resin and preparation thereof

• US 20040192843A1
• Filed: 07/08/2003
• Published: 09/30/2004
• Est. Priority Date: 11/20/2001
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: LG Chem Limited (LG Corporation)
• Original Assignee: LG Chem Limited (LG Corporation)
• Inventors: Lee, Chan-Hong, Kim, Geon-Soo, Chai, Joo-Byung, Yang, Byung-Tae
• Granted Patent: US 6,906,134 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 525/70
• CPC Class Codes: C08F 2/22 Emulsion polymerisation
• CPC Class Codes: C08F 279/04 Vinyl aromatic monomers and nitriles as the only monomers
• CPC Class Codes: C08L 25/12 with unsaturated nitriles
• CPC Class Codes: C08L 2666/04 Macromolecular compounds according to groups C08L7/00 - C08L49/00, or C08L55/00 - C08L57/00; 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 55/02 ABS [Acrylonitrile-Butadiene-Styrene] polymers

Abstract

The present invention relates to ABS thermoplastic resin and preparation thereof, and particularly to a process for preparing an ABS graft copolymer comprising the step of introducing to a) 40 to 80 weight parts of rubber latex comprising i) 10 to 50 weight parts of large diameter polybutadiene rubber latex having a particle diameter of 2500 to 3500 Å, gel contents of 60 to 80%, and a swelling index to 12 to 30, and ii) 50 to 90 weight parts of large diameter rubber latex having a particle diameter of 2500 to 3500 Å, gel contents of 81 to 97%, and a swelling index of 18 to 40, b) 20 to 60 weight parts of a monomer mixture of two or more kinds selected from a group consisting of aromatic vinyl compounds and vinyl cyanide compounds to prepare a graft copolymer, wherein 5 to 30 wt % of the monomer mixture is introduced as a batch and simultaneously 70 to 95 wt % of the monomer mixture is started to be continuously introduced in an emulsified state, and a thermoplastic resin composition using the same. According to the process of the present invention, control of polymerization heat is easy even at high solid contents, and polymerization cohesion contents can be minimized and thus ABS thermoplastic resin having superior impact resistance, gloss, and coloring property can be provided.

Claims

1. A process for preparing an ABS graft copolymer comprising the step of introducing to

a) 40 to 80 weight parts of rubber latex comprising

i) 10 to 50 weight parts of large diameter polybutadiene rubber latex having a particle diameter of 2500 to 3500 Å

, gel contents of 60 to 80%, and a swelling index to 12 to 30; and

ii) 50 to 90 weight parts of large diameter rubber latex having a particle diameter of 2500 to 3500 Å

, gel contents of 81 to 97%, and a swelling index of 18 to 40,

b) 20 to 60 weight parts of a monomer mixture of two or more kinds selected from a group consisting of aromatic vinyl compounds and vinyl cyanide compounds

to prepare a graft copolymer, wherein 5 to 30 wt % of the monomer mixture is introduced in a batch and simultaneously 70 to 95 wt % of the monomer mixture is started to be continuously introduced in an emulsified state.

2. The process for preparing an ABS graft copolymer according to claim 1, wherein the aromatic vinyl monomer is selected from a group consisting of styrene, α

-methylstyrene, o-ethylstyrene, o-ethylstyrene, vinyltoluene, and a mixture thereof.

3. The process for preparing an ABS graft copolymer according to claim 1, wherein the vinyl cyanide monomer is selected from a group consisting of acrylonitrile, methacrylonitrile, ethacrylonitrile, and a mixture thereof.

4. The process for preparing an ABS graft copolymer according to claim 1, wherein the graft copolymerization comprises the step of further introducing 0.6 to 2.0 weight parts of a reactive emulsifying agent or a mixed emulsifying agent of a reactive emulsifying agent and a non-reactive emulsifying agent, 0.2 to 1.0 weight parts of a molecular weight controlling agent, and 0.05 to 1.0 weight parts of a polymerization initiator.

5. The process for preparing an ABS graft copolymer according to claim 1, wherein in step b), in batch-introduction of the monomer mixture, a water-soluble polymerization initiator is introduced, and in continuous introduction, a liposoluble polymerization initiator is introduced.

6. The process for preparing an ABS graft copolymer according to claim 4, wherein the non-reactive emulsifying agent is selected from a group consisting of alkylaryl sulfonate, alkalimethylalkyl sulfate, sulfonated alkylester, a fatty-acid soap, an alkyl salt of rosin acid, and a mixture thereof.

7. The process for preparing an ABS graft copolymer according to claim 4, wherein the reactive emulsifying agent is an anionic emulsifying agent having an alkyl group, a methacryloyl group, or a propenyl group;

or a neutral emulsifying agent having an alkyl group, a methacryloyl group, or a propenyl group.

8. An ABS graft copolymer prepared by the process of claim 1.

9. A thermoplastic resin composition comprising:

a) 20 to 50 weight parts of the ABS graft copolymer of claim 8;

and

b) 50 to 80 weight parts of a SAN copolymer resin obtained by copolymerizing monomers of two or more kinds selected from a group consisting of aromatic monoalkenyl monomers, vinyl cyanide monomers, acrylate alkyl ester monomers, and a methacrylate alkyl ester monomers.