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Definitions

• the invention relates to a polymer mixture of styrene/nitrile-monomer copolymers and of graft copolymers based on acrylate rubbers, and also to thermoplastic molding compositions produced therefrom, and moldings, and use of these.
• Impact-resistant thermoplastic compositions are often obtained by adding graft rubbers to the polymers that form the matrix, these being brittle at room temperature.
• the production of these impact modifiers has been known for a long time and is described by way of example in DEA 1260135, DEA 2311129, and DE-A 2826925.
• the matrix is composed of polystyrene or of styrene copolymers, the effectiveness of the graft copolymers in respect of their impact-modifying action can be seen to increase as the size of the graft copolymers increases.
• Another problem with use of small-particle graft rubbers is that the toughness of the impact-modifying compositions is greatly dependent on the processing temperature.
• Polymeric compositions which have improved impact resistance and retain the same good colorability can be obtained by adding a large-particle rubber component to a small-particle rubber component (bimodal rubber particles), as described in DE-A 2826925.
• the impact resistance, in particular the low-temperature impact resistance, achieved in those compositions is frequently inadequate for high stress levels.
• the properties of the soft acrylate phase can be improved if the soft polymeric phase comprises at least one crosslinking agent.
• U.S. Pat. No. 4,876,313 describes what are known as “core-shell” polymers obtainable via emulsion polymerization, comprising various crosslinking agents. Alkyl (meth)acrylates or styrene are preferably used as “core monomer”, and methyl methacrylate and methacrylic acid are preferably used as “shell monomer”.
• the preferred crosslinking agents is allyl (meth)acrylate in a quantity of from 1 to 10% by weight, based on the “core monomer”.
• the core-shell polymers can be mixed with other multistage acrylic emulsions.
• impact-resistant multiphase emulsion polymers of the ASA (acrylonitrile-styrene-acrylate) type have a particularly balanced property profile when the soft acrylate phase comprises at least one crosslinking agent.
• EP-A 0535456 describes a thermoplastic molding composition with improved impact resistance comprising a styrene/acrylonitrile copolymer and a multishell graft copolymer, the core and the first graft shell of which have been crosslinked with from 0.1 to 10% by weight, preferably from 1 to 4% by weight, of a crosslinking agent, in particular dicyclopentadienyl acrylate.
• a crosslinking agent in particular dicyclopentadienyl acrylate.
• graft copolymers are described in which the crosslinked core is made of polystyrene, the first crosslinked shell is made of butyl acrylate, the second shell is made of styrene, and the third shell is made of styrene and acrylonitrile.
• DE-A 4006643 describes a thermoplastic molding composition made of a styrene/acrylonitrile copolymer or of an ⁇ -methylstyrene-acrylonitrile copolymer, and of a particulate graft copolymer.
• the graft base is a crosslinked acrylate rubber with particle size from 30 to 1000 nm.
• a number of polyethylenically unsaturated monomers are listed as crosslinking agents, including allyl methacrylate.
• Preferred crosslinking agent, and the only crosslinking agent used, is the acrylic ester of tricyclodecenyl alcohol (DCPA).
• the quantity of the crosslinking agent is from 0.1 to 5% by weight, preferably from 1 to 4% by weight.
• the graft shell is preferably made of from 45 to 80% by weight of styrene or ⁇ -methylstyrene and from 10 to 30% by weight of acrylonitrile.
• the prior art cited shows that the materials can comprise various quantities of the crosslinking agents.
• Application of the crosslinker quantities mentioned in the prior art to ASA molding compositions with markedly different particle sizes is frequently successful only with significant losses of impact resistance.
• the relationship between the ideal quantities of crosslinking agents in impact-modified ASA molding compositions and the particle size thereof is not clear.
• DE-A 2826925 describes a weathering-resistant, impact-resistant thermoplastic composition with good colorability, composed of a graft copolymer along with a hard component made of styrene/acrylonitrile copolymers.
• the graft copolymer is composed of two graft copolymers produced separately, each of which is composed of a crosslinked acrylate graft base and of a shell made of acrylonitrile/styrene copolymers, where the particle size of the graft base of the first graft copolymer is from 50 to 150 nm and that of the second graft copolymer is from 200 to 500 nm.
• Preferred crosslinking agent, and the only crosslinking agent used, is the acrylic ester of tricyclodecenyl alcohol.
• the quantity of the crosslinking agent is from 0.5 to 10% by weight, preferably from 1 to 5% by weight.
• DE-A 4131729 describes a thermoplastic molding composition with improved low-temperature toughness made of a styrene/acrylonitrile copolymer or of an ⁇ -methylstyrene-acrylonitrile copolymer and of a mixture of particulate graft copolymers A and B with particle size from 50 to 200 nm and from 200 to 1000 nm.
• the graft bases A1 and B1 are various crosslinked acrylate rubbers.
• a number of polyethylenically unsaturated monomers are listed as crosslinking agents.
• Preferred crosslinking agent, and the only crosslinking agent used, is the acrylic ester of tricyclodecenyl alcohol (DCPA).
• the quantity of the crosslinking agent is from 0.1 to 5% by weight, preferably from 0.2 to 4% by weight, for example 2% by weight.
• the graft shell is preferably made of from 45 to 80% by weight of styrene or ⁇ -methylstyrene and from 10 to 30% by weight of acrylonitrile.
• EP-A 1 893 659 likewise describes molding compositions based on ASA resins with an elastomeric phase and a thermoplastic phase.
• the elastomeric phase is a rubber substrate based on an alkyl (meth)acrylate monomer and on at least one crosslinking agent. Many polyethylenically unsaturated monomers are listed as crosslinking agents. Preferred crosslinking agent, and the only crosslinking agent used, is triallyl cyanurate.
• a portion of the thermoplastic hard phase which preferably comprises a styrene/acrylonitrile copolymer or a styrene/acrylonitrile/methyl methacrylate copolymer, has been grafted onto the elastomeric rubber phase.
• the elastomeric phase can comprise two or more rubber substrates with various particle sizes in the range from 50 to 1000 nm (measured ungrafted), in particular in the range from 80 to 500 nm. One embodiment uses an excess of the rubber substrate having relatively
• thermoplastic compositions which especially at low temperatures below 0° C., preferably irrespective of the processing temperature, have better impact resistance and stress-cracking-corrosion behavior, and in particular better multiaxial toughness values.
• the gloss of the molding composition should moreover be improved or at least maintained.
• the object is achieved via the polymer mixtures of the invention.
• the invention provides polymer mixtures made of the following polymer components A1 and A2, and/or A3, Polymer mixtures provided are therefore those made of polymer components A1 and A2, those made of polymer components A1 and A3, and also those made of polymer components A1 and A2 and A3, and in particular the following quantity ranges can be used here:
• A1 from 5 to 95% by weight of a copolymer A1 of:
• A11 from 60 to 80% by weight of at least one styrene or styrene derivative A11,
• A12 from 40 to 20% by weight of at least one ethylenically unsaturated monomer A12 comprising a nitrile group,
• A13 from 0 to 20% by weight of at least one other, copolymerizable monomer A13;
• A2 from 5 to 50% by weight of a graft copolymer A2 with median particle size from 90 to 280 nm, of:
• A21 from 60 to 80% by weight of at least one rubber-like graft base A21 with Tg ⁇ 0° C. made of
• A211 from 70 to 99.9% by weight of at least one alkyl (meth)acrylate A211,
• A212 from 0.2 to 0.8% by weight of at least one allyl (meth)acrylate A212,
• A213 from 0 to 2% by weight of at least one other monomer A213 having at least 2 unconjugated ethylenic double bonds,
• A214 from 0 to 29.9% by weight of at least one other copolymerizable monomer A214,
• A22 from 20 to 40% by weight of at least one graft shell made of:
• A221 from 65 to 70% by weight of at least one vinylaromatic monomer A221,
• A222 from 30 to 35% by weight of at least one polar, copolymerizable unsaturated monomer A222,
• A223 from 0 to 30% by weight of at least one other, copolymerizable monomer A223; and/or
• A3 from 5-50% by weight of a graft copolymer A3 with particle size from 300 to 600 nm, of:
• A31 from 60 to 80% by weight of at least one rubber-like graft base A31 with Tg ⁇ 0° C. made of
• A311 from 70 to 99.9% by weight of at least one alkyl (meth)acrylate A311,
• A312 from 0.1 to 0.5% by weight of at least one allyl (meth)acrylate A312
• A313 from 0 to 2% by weight of at least one other monomer A313 having at least 2 unconjugated ethylenic double bonds,
• A314 from 0 to 29.9% by weight of at least one other copolymerizable monomer A314,
• A32 from 20 to 40% by weight of at least one graft shell made of:
• A321 from 65 to 70% by weight of at least one vinylaromatic monomer A321,
• A322 from 30 to 35% by weight of at least one polar, copolymerizable unsaturated monomer A322,
• A323 from 0 to 30% by weight of at least one other, copolymerizable monomer A323.
• the ratio by weight of component A2 to component A3 is often from 3:1 to 1:1.
• the proportions by weight of polymer components A1, A2, and/or A3 are intended to give a total of 100% by weight.
• the respective ratios by weight in the polymer mixtures are often by way of example:
• (meth)acrylate monomers means methacrylate monomers and acrylate monomers.
• the polymer mixtures of the invention can also comprise auxiliaries and/or additives in addition to polymer components A1, A2, and/or A3. Preference is given to mixtures of the invention composed of from 50 to 99.9% by weight, preferably from 70 to 99.9% by weight, of components A1, A2, and/or A3, and from 0.1 to 50% by weight, preferably from 0.1 to 30% by weight, of the auxiliaries and/or additives.
• Quantities used of component A1 are from 5 to 95% by weight, preferably from 10 to 90% by weight, in particular from 30 to 80% by weight, very particularly preferably from 50 to 80% by weight.
• Suitable monomers A11 are styrene and styrene derivatives such as ⁇ -methylstyrene and ring-alkylated styrenes, for example p-methylstyrene and/or tert-butylstyrene. Preference is given to styrene, ⁇ -methylstyrene, and/or p-methylstyrene, in particular styrene and/or ⁇ -methylstyrene, and very particular preference is given to use of styrene.
• Monomers A12 used are preferably acrylonitrile and/or methacrylonitrile. Acrylonitrile is particularly preferred.
• the proportion of the monomer A11 in the copolymer A1 is generally from 60 to 80% by weight, preferably from 60 to 65% by weight.
• the proportion of the monomer A12 in the copolymer A1 is generally from 40 to 20% by weight, preferably from 40 to 35% by weight.
• the copolymer A1 can moreover also comprise up to 20% by weight of at least one other, copolymerizable monomer A13, for example methyl acrylate, ethyl acrylate, propyl acrylate, methyl methacrylate, ethyl methacrylate, phenylmaleimide, maleic anhydride, acrylamide, and/or vinyl methyl ether.
• at least one other, copolymerizable monomer A13 for example methyl acrylate, ethyl acrylate, propyl acrylate, methyl methacrylate, ethyl methacrylate, phenylmaleimide, maleic anhydride, acrylamide, and/or vinyl methyl ether.
• Preferred copolymers A1 are copolymers of styrene and acrylonitrile and/or copolymers of ⁇ -methylstyrene and acrylonitrile. It is particularly preferable that A1 is a copolymer of styrene and acrylonitrile.
• A1 can be produced by well-known methods (DE-A 31 49 358, p. 9, lines 18 to 32 and DE-A 32 27 555, p. 9, lines 18 to 32), for example by well-known copolymerization of A11, A12, and optionally A13 in bulk, solution, suspension, or aqueous emulsion at conventional temperatures and pressures in known apparatuses (reference Kunststoff-Handbuch [Plastics handbook], Vieweg-Daumiller, volume V (Polystyrol [Polystyrene]), Carl-Hanser-Verlag, Kunststoff 1969, p. 124, lines 12 ff.).
• Monomers A211 that can be used for the production of the rubber-like graft base A21 are generally alkyl (meth)acrylates having a straight-chain or branched alkyl moiety having from 1 to 12 carbon atoms, preferably from 2 to 8 carbon atoms, particularly preferably from 4 to 8 carbon atoms. Preference is given to alkyl acrylates having a straight-chain or branched alkyl moiety having from 1 to 12 carbon atoms, preferably from 2 to 8 carbon atoms, particularly preferably from 4 to 8 carbon atoms, in particular n-butyl acrylate and/or ethylhexyl acrylate. Production of the graft base A21 can use the alkyl (meth)acrylates individually or in a mixture.
• the rubber-like graft base A21 also comprises from 0.2 to 0.8% by weight, preferably from 0.2 to 0.6% by weight, in particular from 0.4 to 0.5% by weight, of at least one allyl (meth)acrylate A212 as monomer component. Allyl methacrylate is preferred.
• A212 acts as crosslinking agent.
• the expression crosslinking agents means at least bifunctional monomers having at least two reactive, unsaturated groups.
• the rubber-like graft base A21 can moreover comprise up to 2% by weight, preferably up to 1% by weight, and in particular up to 0.5% by weight, of other copolymerizable monomers A213 having at least 2 ethylenic double bonds which are not conjugated in 1,3-position and which likewise function as crosslinking agent.
• the graft base A21 comprises no crosslinking agent A213.
• Examples of possible other copolymerizable monomers A214 that can be used are the following compounds: alpha-methylstyrene, methacrylonitrile, methyl acrylate, ethyl acrylate, propyl acrylate, methyl methacrylate, ethyl methacrylate, phenylmaleimide, acrylamide, vinyl methyl ether. It is preferable that the graft base A21 comprises no monomer A214.
• Monomers A221 suitable for the production of the graft shell A22 are vinylaromatic monomers such as styrene and/or styrene derivatives, for example alkylstyrene, preferably ⁇ -methylstyrene, and ring-alkylated styrenes, for example p-methylstyrene and/or tert-butylstyrene.
• vinylaromatic monomers such as styrene and/or styrene derivatives, for example alkylstyrene, preferably ⁇ -methylstyrene, and ring-alkylated styrenes, for example p-methylstyrene and/or tert-butylstyrene.
• polar copolymerizable unsaturated monomers A222 are acrylonitrile and/or methacrylonitrile, preferably acrylonitrile.
• Examples of possible other copolymerizable monomers A223 that can be used are the following compounds: acrylic acid, methacrylic acid, maleic anhydride, methyl acrylate, ethyl acrylate, propyl acrylate, methyl methacrylate, ethyl methacrylate, phenylmaleimide, acrylamide, and vinyl methyl ether. It is preferable that A223 is methyl methacrylate and/or maleic anhydride.
• the graft shell A22 is a copolymer of styrene and/or ⁇ -methylstyrene and acrylonitrile, preferably of styrene and acrylonitrile.
• Monomers A311, A312, A313 and A314 used for the graft base A31 are the corresponding compounds described above for the graft base A21 (A211, A212, A213, and A214).
• the quantity used of monomer component A312, i.e. allyl (meth)acrylate is from 0.1 to 0.5% by weight, preferably from 0.1 to 0.4% by weight, in particular from 0.1 to 0.2% by weight.
• Monomers A321, A322 and A323 used for the graft shell A32 are likewise the corresponding compounds described above for the graft shell A22 (A221, A222 and A223).
• polymer mixture of the invention made of polymer components A1 and A2 and/or A3 comprises:
• A1 from 5 to 95% by weight of a copolymer A1 of
• A11 from 60 to 80% by weight of styrene or ⁇ -methylstyrene A11,
• A12 from 40 to 20% by weight of acrylonitrile A12
• A2 from 5 to 50% by weight of a graft copolymer A2 with median particle size from 90 to 280 nm, of
• A21 from 60 to 80% by weight of a rubber-like graft base A21 with Tg ⁇ 0° C. made of
• A211 from 70 to 99.9% by weight of at least one alkyl acrylate having from 1 to 8 carbon atoms in the alkyl moiety A211,
• A212 from 0.2 to 0.8% by weight of allyl methacrylate A212,
• A22 from 20 to 40% by weight of at least one graft shell made of:
• A221 from 65 to 70% by weight of styrene or ⁇ -methylstyrene A221,
• A222 from 30 to 35% by weight of acrylonitrile A222, and/or
• A3 from 5-50% by weight of a graft copolymer A3 with particle size from 300 to 600 nm, of
• A31 from 60 to 80% by weight of at least one rubber-like graft base A31 with Tg ⁇ 0° C. made of
• A311 from 70 to 99.9% by weight of at least one alkyl acrylate having from 1 to 8 carbon atoms in the alkyl moiety A311,
• A312 from 0.1 to 0.5% by weight of allyl methacrylate A312,
• A32 from 20 to 40% by weight of at least one graft shell made of:
• A321 from 65 to 70% by weight of styrene or ⁇ -methylstyrene A321,
• A322 from 30 to 35% by weight of acrylonitrile A322,
• ratio by weight of component A2 to component A3 is from 3:1 to 1:1, and the proportions by weight of polymer components A1, A2, and/or A3 give a total of 100% by weight.
• polymer mixtures of the invention comprising components A1, A2, and A3 which comprise a quantity of from 0.2 to 0.6% by weight, in particular from 0.4 to 0.5% by weight, of A212 and from 0.1 to 0.4% by weight, in particular from 0.1 to 0.2% by weight, of A312.
• graft copolymers made of an elastomeric rubber-like graft base and of a graft shell is well known (see by way of example DE 4006643 A1, p. 2, line 65 to p. 3, line 43; DE 4131729 A1 p. 3, line 12 to p. 4, line 49).
• Fine-particle graft copolymers can be produced by way of example as described in DE 4006643 A1 (p. 2, line 65 to p. 3, line 43).
• Coarse-particle graft copolymers can be produced via grafting in two stages as described in DE 3227555 A1 (component B: p. 8, line 14 to p. 10, line 5) and DE-A 31 49 358 (p. 8, line 14 to p. 10, line 5).
• Production of the graft copolymers A2 generally begins with production, for example by emulsion polymerization, of the rubber-like acrylate polymer A21 serving as graft base, in that by way of example alkyl acrylate A211 and the crosslinking agent A212, and optionally A213 and/or A214 are polymerized in aqueous emulsion in a manner known per se at temperatures of from 20 to 100° C., preferably from 50 to 80° C.
• the production of the graft copolymers A3 proceeds, for the graft base A31, as described above for A2, but the grafting usually proceeds in two stages where the vinylaromatic monomer A321 is generally first polymerized in the presence of the graft base A31.
• the graft copolymerization with a mixture comprising at least one vinylaromatic monomer A321 and at least one polar copolymerizable monomer A322, and also optionally A323, can then be carried out in the second stage.
• the polymerization process can moreover use the conventional auxiliaries and/or additives, for example emulsifiers, such as alkali metal salts of alkyl- or alkylarylsulfonic acids, alkyl sulfates, fatty alcohol sulfonates, salts of higher fatty acids having from 10 to 30 carbon atoms, or resin soaps, polymerization initiators, for example conventional persulfates such as potassium persulfate, or known redox systems, polymerization auxiliaries, for example conventional buffer substances that can be used for adjustment to pHs that are preferably from 6 to 9, e.g.
• emulsifiers such as alkali metal salts of alkyl- or alkylarylsulfonic acids, alkyl sulfates, fatty alcohol sulfonates, salts of higher fatty acids having from 10 to 30 carbon atoms, or resin soaps
• polymerization initiators for example conventional persulfates such as potassium persulfate,
• sodium bicarbonate and/or sodium pyrophosphate and/or molecular-weight regulators, for example mercaptans, terpinols, and/or dimeric ⁇ -methylstyrene, where the usual quantity used of the molecular-weight regulators is from 0 to 3% by weight, based on the weight of the reaction mixture.
• molecular-weight regulators for example mercaptans, terpinols, and/or dimeric ⁇ -methylstyrene, where the usual quantity used of the molecular-weight regulators is from 0 to 3% by weight, based on the weight of the reaction mixture.
• the polymer mixture of the invention is produced by incorporating the particulate graft polymers A2 and/or A3 described above into the hard component, i.e. the copolymer A1.
• the method of incorporation can by way of example be that the particulate graft polymer is isolated from the emulsion by adding an electrolyte and then, optionally after drying, is mixed with the hard component by extruding, kneading, or roll-milling the materials together.
• the auxiliaries and/or additives below can also be added during the production of this mixture.
• the material can comprise by way of example the following as auxiliaries and/or additives: plasticizers, antistatic agents, light stabilizers, lubricants, blowing agents, adhesion promoters, and optionally other compatible thermoplastics, fillers, surface-active substances, flame retardants, dyes and pigments, stabilizers with respect to oxidation, hydrolysis, light, heat, or discoloration, and/or reinforcing agents.
• auxiliaries and/or additives plasticizers, antistatic agents, light stabilizers, lubricants, blowing agents, adhesion promoters, and optionally other compatible thermoplastics, fillers, surface-active substances, flame retardants, dyes and pigments, stabilizers with respect to oxidation, hydrolysis, light, heat, or discoloration, and/or reinforcing agents.
• Light stabilizers used can be any of the conventional light stabilizers, for example compounds based on benzophenone, on benzotriazole, on cinnamic acid, on organic phosphites and phosphonites; other examples are sterically hindered amines.
• lubricants are hydrocarbons such as oils, paraffins, PE waxes, PP waxes, fatty alcohols having from 6 to 20 carbon atoms, ketones, carboxylic acids such as fatty acids, montanic acid, or oxidized PE wax, carboxamides, and also carboxylic esters, e.g. with the alcohols ethanol, fatty alcohols, glycerol, ethanediol, pentaerythritol, and long-chain carboxylic acids as acid component.
• Stabilizers used can be conventional antioxidants, for example phenolic antioxidants, e.g. alkylated monophenols, esters and/or amides of ⁇ -(3,5-di-tert-butyl-4-hydroxy-phenylpropionic acid, and/or benzotriazoles. Possible antioxidants are mentioned by way of example in EP-A 698637 and EP-A 669367.
• phenolic antioxidants e.g. alkylated monophenols, esters and/or amides of ⁇ -(3,5-di-tert-butyl-4-hydroxy-phenylpropionic acid, and/or benzotriazoles.
• Possible antioxidants are mentioned by way of example in EP-A 698637 and EP-A 669367.
• phenolic antioxidants 2,6-di-tert-butyl-4-methylphenol, pentaerythrityl tetrakis[3-(3,5-di-tert-butyl-4-hydroxyphenyl)propionate], and N,N′-di(3,5-di-tert-butyl-4-hydroxyphenylpropionyl)hexamethylenediamine.
• the stabilizers mentioned can be used individually or in mixtures.
• thermoplastics can by way of example be polyesters (e.g. polyethylene terephthalate, polybutylene terephthalate), PMMA, polycarbonate, polyamide, polyoxymethylene, polystyrene, polyethylene, polypropylene, polyvinyl chloride.
• polyesters e.g. polyethylene terephthalate, polybutylene terephthalate
• PMMA polycarbonate
• polyamide polyoxymethylene
• polystyrene polyethylene
• polypropylene polyvinyl chloride
• auxiliaries and/or additives can either be used before production of thermoplastic component A1 concludes or else added to component A1, A2, and/or A3 during the production of the mixture.
• the invention further provides moldings produced from the polymer mixtures of the invention.
• the polymer mixtures of the invention can by way of example be pelletized or granulated, or processed by well-known processes, for example by extrusion, injection molding, blow molding, or calendering to give moldings of any type, for example cable sheathing, foils, hoses, fibers, profiles, shoe shells, shoe soles, technical moldings, consumer items, coatings, bellows, and/or ear tags for animals.
• a feature of the polymer mixtures of the invention in particular at low temperatures in the range from 0 to ⁇ 30° C., is an optimized toughness/stiffness ratio with retention of gloss.
• the polymer mixtures of the invention can therefore be used particularly advantageously for the production of moldings that are used in the low-temperature range from 0 to ⁇ 30° C.
• the invention provides the production of the polymer mixtures via mixing of the components.
• the invention therefore further provides the use, for outdoor applications, of moldings produced from the polymer mixtures of the invention.
• Notched impact resistance and impact resistance (kJ/m 2 ): measured in accordance with DIN 53 453 (ISO 179 1eA) on injection-molded standard small specimens at 23, 0, and ⁇ 30° C., and with an injection-molding temperature of 220° C. In each case, three series of samples were tested. Tables 3-5 collate the results.
• Median particle size is determined by using an ultracentrifuge and the method of W. Scholtan and H. Lange, Kolloid-Z. and Z. Polymere 250 (1972), 782-796. The ultrafuge measurement gives the cumulative mass distribution of the particles of a sample.
• the median particle diameter d50 is defined as follows: the diameter of 50% by weight of particles is smaller than, and the diameter of 50% by weight of the particles is greater than, the d50 value.
• Puncture is determined in accordance with ISO 6603-2/40/20/c.
• Gloss is measured at 60° in accordance with DIN 67530.
• Modulus of elasticity is determined in accordance with ISO 527-2:1993.
• MVR (220/10) is determined in accordance with ISO 1133.
• Component A1 Copolymer produced with 67% by weight of styrene as A11 and 33% by weight of acrylonitrile as A12, IV; intrinsic viscosity (measured in 0.5% toluene solution at room temperature): 80 ml/g.
• Component A1 was produced by a solution polymerization process as described by way of example in: Kunststoff-Handbuch [Plastics handbook], ed. Vieweg-Daumiller, volume V (Polystyrol [Polystyrene]), Carl-Hanser-Verlag, Kunststoff, 1969, p. 124, line 12 ff.
• the respective graft base was produced in accordance with the following general specification: 160 g of the monomer mixture stated in table 1 were heated, with stirring, to 60° C. in 1500 g of water with addition of 5 g of sodium salt of a C 12 - to C 18 -paraffinsulfonic acid, 3 g of potassium peroxodisulfate, 3 g of sodium hydrogen-carbonate, and 1.5 g of sodium pyrophosphate. 10 minutes after the start of the polymerization reaction, a further 840 g of the monomer mixture of table 1 were added within a period of 3 hours. Once monomer addition had ended, the emulsion was kept at 60° C. for a further hour.
• graft copolymers A2 were produced with from 0.1 to 1.0% by weight of allyl methacrylate (AMA) as crosslinking agent.
• the median particle size of the resultant graft copolymer A2 was from 95-105 nm.
• Comparative examples CE1 and CE2 were also carried out, using DCPA (as in DE 4006643 A1, p. 5, table) instead of AMA.
• this latex 150 parts were then mixed with 20 parts of styrene and 60 parts of water, and heated, with stirring, to 65° C. for 3 hours after addition of a further 0.03 part of potassium persulfate and 0.05 part of lauroyl peroxide.
• the dispersion obtained in the graft copolymerization reaction was then polymerized for a further 4 hours with 20 parts of a mixture of styrene and acrylonitrile in a ratio of 75:25.
• the reaction product was then precipitated from the dispersion with a calcium chloride solution at 95° C., isolated, washed with water, and dried in a stream of warm air.
• the degree of grafting of the graft copolymer was determined as 40%; the median size of the latex particles was 564/545/551 nm.
• graft copolymers A3 were produced with from 0.1 to 0.75% by weight of allyl methacrylate as crosslinking agent (table 2).
• Comparative examples CE3 and CE4 were also carried out with DCPA (as in DE 4131729 A1, p. 6, table 1) instead of AMA.
• the mixtures A1 and A2 (table 3), A1 and A3 (table 4), and A1, A2, and A3 (table 5) of the invention were produced by mixing the respective components intimately in an extruder (ZSK 30 twin-screw extruder from Werner & Pfleiderer) at a temperature of 230° C.
• the respective ratios by weight were 70:30 in the case of the mixture of A1 and A2, 70:30 in the case of the mixture of A1 and A3, and 70:20:10 in the case of the mixture of A1, A2, and A3.
• AMA allyl methacrylate
• AMA allyl methacrylate
• the mechanical properties of the polymer mixtures of the invention are actually mostly better than when markedly greater quantities of DCPA are used, while gloss is maintained.
• crosslinking agent used mutually independently respectively for component A2 and A3.
• the comparative example was carried out correspondingly, but using 2% by weight of DCPA instead of AMA.

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