Abstract:
The present disclosure relates to a styrene copolymer, a thermoplastic resin composition, and methods of preparing the styrene copolymer and the thermoplastic resin composition. More particularly, the present disclosure relates to a styrene copolymer having a low residual oligomer content and excellent transparency due to uniform polymerization of components to be added; and a thermoplastic resin composition including the styrene copolymer and an acrylic rubber graft copolymer and being suitable for a molded article having excellent heat resistance, scratch resistance, and surface appearance.
Abstract:
A thermoplastic resin composition of the present invention includes 55 to 70% by weight of a non-grafted copolymer (A) containing 65 to 83% by weight of a (meth)acrylic acid alkyl ester compound, 2 to 12% by weight of an N-substituted maleimide compound, 1 to 6% by weight of a vinyl cyanide compound, and 7 to 17% by weight of an aromatic vinyl compound; 20 to 42% by weight of an acrylate-based rubber-aromatic vinyl compound-vinyl cyanide compound graft copolymer (B) containing acrylate-based rubber having an average particle diameter of 50 to 200 nm; and 1 to 15% by weight of an acrylate-based rubber-aromatic vinyl compound-vinyl cyanide compound graft copolymer (C) containing acrylate-based rubber having an average particle diameter of 300 to 600 nm. Within this range, a thermoplastic resin composition having excellent weather resistance, heat resistance, scratch resistance, and colorability.
Abstract:
Provided is a thermoplastic resin composition which includes: a first graft copolymer including a C4 to C10 alkyl (meth)acrylate-based monomer unit, an aromatic vinyl-based monomer unit, and a vinyl cyan-based monomer unit; a second graft copolymer including a C4 to C10 alkyl (meth)acrylate-based monomer unit, an aromatic vinyl-based monomer unit, and a vinyl cyan-based monomer unit; and a first styrene-based copolymer being a copolymer of a monomer mixture including a C1 to C3 alkyl-substituted styrene-based monomer, a vinyl cyan-based monomer, and a C1 to C3 alkyl (meth)acrylate-based monomer, wherein the first graft copolymer and the second graft copolymer have cores having mutually different average particle diameters. The thermoplastic resin composition is excellent in colorability, weather resistance, tensile strength, flexural strength, and impact strength.
Abstract:
The present invention relates to a method of preparing a styrene-based resin having a low oligomer content and a styrene-based resin prepared thereby. The preparation method according to the present invention may prepare a styrene-based resin having a reduced oligomer content by using a polymerization initiator having a 1 hour half-life temperature, which is 5° C. to 25° C. lower than a temperature during polymerization, and controlling devolatilization conditions.
Abstract:
The present invention provides a method of preparing an aromatic vinyl-unsaturated nitrile-based copolymer in which, when an aromatic vinyl-unsaturated nitrile-based copolymer in which a content of a structural unit derived from unsaturated nitrile monomers in the copolymer is in the range of 22 to 30 wt % is prepared, oligomer content and unreacted monomer content are decreased, resulting in excellent heat resistance, significantly improved surface quality, and particularly, reduced generation of residue on a product surface when used in a closed high temperature environment and reduced occurrence of mold deposits during injection molding, and an aromatic vinyl-unsaturated nitrile-based copolymer prepared using the method.
Abstract:
Disclosed is a (meth)acrylate-based resin composition comprising a poly(alkyl(meth)acrylate-phenyl(meth)acrylate) copolymer comprising phenyl(meth)acrylate having excellent surface hardness and a high refractive index, as a base resin and a (conjugated diene (meth)acrylate) graft copolymer having excellent impact absorption efficiency, the (meth)acrylate-based resin composition providing excellent transparency by exhibiting excellent impact resistance even using a small amount of impact modifier. The (meth)acrylate-based resin composition having excellent impact resistance and transparency comprises 1 to 29 wt % of the (conjugated diene-(meth)acrylate) graft copolymer and 71 to 99 wt % of the poly(alkyl(meth)acrylate-phenyl(meth)acrylate) copolymer.
Abstract:
Disclosed are a heat-resistant SAN resin, a method of preparing the same, and a heat-resistant ABS resin composition comprising the same. More particularly, a heat-resistant SAN resin comprising 60 to 75 wt % of α-methylstyrene, 25 to 35 wt % of a vinyl cyan compound, and 0 to 10 wt % of an aromatic vinyl compound (except for α-methylstyrene), the heat-resistant SAN resin having a degree of branching of 0.40 to 0.60, a molecular weight of 90,000 to 150,000 g/mol, and a glass transition temperature (Tg) of 124 to 140° C., a method of preparing the same, and a heat-resistant ABS resin composition comprising the same are disclosed.
Abstract:
The present disclosure relates to a method of preparing a polymer including preparing a first polymer mixture by polymerizing while continuously adding a monomer mixture comprising a (meth)acrylate-based monomer, a vinyl aromatic monomer, and a first vinyl cyanide-based monomer to a first reactor; and preparing a second polymer mixture by polymerizing while continuously adding a second vinyl cyanide-based monomer and the first polymer mixture to a second reactor, wherein a starting time of the continuous addition of the second vinyl cyanide-based monomer and the first polymer mixture is a time when a polymerization conversion rate is 40.0 to 55.0%, and a weight ratio of the first vinyl cyanide-based monomer and the second vinyl cyanide-based monomer is 10:90 to 35:65.
Abstract:
The present invention relates to a method of preparing a polymer, which includes: adding a first reaction solution including an aqueous solvent and a monomer mixture including an alkyl-substituted aromatic vinyl-based monomer, an alkyl-unsubstituted aromatic vinyl-based monomer, and a vinyl cyanide-based monomer to a reactor and initiating polymerization; and performing polymerization by continuously adding an alkyl-substituted aromatic vinyl-based monomer to the reactor, wherein the first reaction solution satisfies Expression 1 (see the description of the invention).
Abstract:
A thermoplastic resin composition of the present invention includes 65 to 85% by weight of a heat-resistant copolymer (A) containing 76 to 92% by weight of a (meth)acrylic acid alkyl ester compound, 1 to 8% by weight of an N-substituted maleimide compound, and 5 to 16% by weight of an aromatic vinyl compound; 10 to 30% by weight of an acrylate-based rubber-aromatic vinyl compound-vinyl cyanide compound graft copolymer (B) containing acrylate-based rubber having an average particle diameter of 50 to 200 nm; and 1 to 15% by weight of an acrylate-based rubber-aromatic vinyl compound-vinyl cyanide compound graft copolymer (C) containing acrylate-based rubber having an average particle diameter of 300 to 600 nm. In this case, in the heat-resistant copolymer (A), the weight ratio of the aromatic vinyl compound to the N-substituted maleimide compound is 1.5 to 8.