Process for preparing thermoplastic transparent resin

• US 7,019,049 B1
• Filed: 11/03/2000
• Issued: 03/28/2006
• Est. Priority Date: 07/06/2000
• Status: Expired due to Term

• Current Assignee: LG Chem Limited (LG Corporation)
• Original Assignee: LG Chem Limited (LG Corporation)
• Inventors: Kim, Sung Hee, Lee, Chan Hong, Yoo, Keun Hoon, Choi, Jeong Su
• Primary Examiner(s): MULLIS, JEFFREY C
• Application Number:
  US10/070,772
• Time in Patent Office: 1,971 Days
• Field of Search: 523/201, 525/83, 525/84
• US Class Current: 523/201
• CPC Class Codes: C08F 279/02 on to polymers of conjugated dienes
• CPC Class Codes: C08F 279/04 Vinyl aromatic monomers and nitriles as the only monomers
• CPC Class Codes: C08L 2666/02 Organic macromolecular compounds, natural resins, waxes or and bituminous materials
• 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 51/04 grafted on to rubbers
• CPC Class Codes: C08L 55/02 ABS [Acrylonitrile-Butadiene-Styrene] polymers

Abstract

The present invention relates to an impact resistant resin composition having superior balance of physical properties of chromacity, impact resistance and strength, and a process for preparing an impact resistant resin composition that can largely reduce draining treatment. The process of the present invention comprises the steps of preparing a resin without rubber ingredient by a mass polymerization, and adding and mixing a conjugated copolymer having rubber ingredient, when the resin is molten in the latter part of monomer-removal process, to prepare an impact resistant resin composition, wherein the conjugated copolymer is previously dehydrated and dried by filtering a copolymerization liquid.

Claims

1. A process for preparing thermoplastic transparent resin comprising the steps of:

(i) preparing a transparent graft resin by grafting a monomer mixture comprising 20 to 50 parts by weight of conjugated diene rubber latex, 10 to 50 parts by weight of methacrylic acid alkylester compound or acrylic acid alkylester compound, 5 to 25 parts by weight of aromatic vinyl compound, and 1 to 10 parts by weight of vinyl cyanide compound through an emulsion polymerization using between 0.2 and 0.3 parts by weight of alkylaryl sulfonate salts as emulsifier;

(ii) preparing methylmethacrylate-styrene-acrylonitrile (MSAN) copolymer by copolymerizing 50 to 75 parts by weight of methacrylic acid alkylester compound or alkylester compound, 20 to 45 parts by weight of aromatic vinyl compound, and 1 to 10 parts by weight of vinyl cyanide compound during bulk polymerization; and

(iii) blending the transparent graft resin of step (i) with the MSAN copolymer of step (ii).

2. The process for preparing thermoplastic transparent resin according to claim 1, wherein a difference of refractive index between the conjugated diene rubber latex and monomer mixture grafted is within the range of 0 to 0.004.

3. The process for preparing thermoplastic transparent resin according to claim 1, wherein a difference of refractive index between the conjugated diene rubber latex and MSAN copolymer is within the range of 0 to 0.004.

4. The process for preparing thermoplastic transparent resin according to claim 1, wherein the conjugated diene rubber latex is an aliphatic conjugated diene compound, or a mixture of an aliphatic conjugated diene compound and an ethylene based unsaturated monomer.

5. The process for preparing thermoplastic transparent resin according to claim 1, wherein the conjugated diene rubber latex has a gel content of 70 to 95% and a swelling index of 12 to 30.

6. The process for preparing thermoplastic transparent resin according to claim 1, wherein the methacrylic acid alkylester compound or acrylic acid alkylester compound is methylmethacrylate.

7. The process for preparing thermoplastic transparent resin according to claim 1, wherein the aromatic vinyl compound is a compound selected from the group consisting of styrene, α

-methylstyrene, o-ethylstyrene, ρ

-ethylstyrene, and vinyltoluene.

8. The process for preparing thermoplastic transparent resin according to claim 1, wherein the vinyl cyanide compound is a compound selected from the group consisting of acrylonitrile, methacrylonitrile, and ethacrylonitrile.

9. The process for preparing thermoplastic transparent resin according to claim 1, wherein the emulsion polymerization step (i) and bulk polymerization step (ii) are carried out using one or more polymerization initiators selected from the group consisting of cumene hydroperoxide, diisopropylbenzene hydroperoxide, and persulfate.