Abstract:
A mixture comprising a) 5 to 95 wt.-% of a copolymer A that contains one or more copolymer blocks (B/S) A , each made of 65 to 95 wt.-% of vinyl aromatic monomers and 5 to 35 wt.-% dienes and having a glass transition temperature Tg A in the range of 40° to 90°C, b) 5 to 95 wt.-% of a block copolymer B containing at least one hard block S made of 95 to 100 wt.-% of vinyl aromatic monomers and 0 to 5 wt.-% dienes, one or more copolymer blocks (B/S) A , each made of 65 to 95 wt.-% of vinyl aromatic monomers and 5 to 35 wt.-% dienes and having a glass transition temperature Tg A in the range of 40° to 90°C and one or more copolymer blocks (B/S) B , each made of 20 to 60 wt.-% of vinyl aromatic monomers and 40 to 80 wt.-% dienes and having a glass transition temperature Tg B in the range of –70° to 0°C, c) 0 to 45 wt.-% of A and B of various thermoplastic polymers C and d) 0 to 6 wt.-% of processing aids D, wherein the total of A through D is 100 wt.-%, and use thereof for the production of shrink-wrap films.
Abstract:
A method is described for the production of purified caprolactam, comprising the steps: a) extraction with an organic extraction agent of raw caprolactam, obtained from the Beckmann rearrangement of cyclohexanone oxime, b) separation of the organic phase from step a), c) distillative separation of the organic extraction agent from the organic phase from step b), obtaining aqueous extract lactam, wherein, prior to distillative separation, an aqueous alkali hydroxide solution is added to a volume of 0 to 10 mmol/kg caprolactam, d) addition of 0 to 30 mmol alkali hydroxide/kg caprolactam to the aqueous extract lactam from step c), e) distillative dewatering of the aqueous extract lactam from step d) which has been mixed with alkali hydroxide, f) freeing the caprolactam from step e) of by-products with lower and higher boiling points than caprolactam by distillation, wherein at least 1.5 mmol alkali hydroxide/kg caprolactam is added in steps c) and d) combined.
Abstract:
The invention relates to thermoplastic molding compounds comprising: A) at least one thermoplastic polyamide, B) at least one polyarylene ether sulfone, and C) at least one oxide and/or oxide hydrate of at least one metal or semimetal having a weighted average diameter of the primary particles of 0.5 to 50 nm. The invention further relates to the use of the thermoplastic molding compounds for producing fibers, films, and molded parts, and to fibers, films, and molded parts obtainable from the thermoplastic molding compound according to the invention.
Abstract:
The invention relates to a method for producing thermoplastic molding compounds, comprising: A) 40 to 99 wt % of at least one thermoplastic polymer, B) 1 to 60 wt % of a flame-proofing agent component containing an expandable graphite, and C) 0 to 60 wt % of further additives, by melt-mixing components A), B) and C) in a screw-type extruder, wherein the screw-type extruder, along the feed direction, comprises, in the following order, at least one dosing zone, a plastifying zone, a homogenizing zone, a second dosing zone, and a discharge zone, in that the dosing takes place into the screw-type extruder having the length L, wherein the length L is defined as the section starting with the first dosing unit for adding components A, B and/or C and ending, in the feed direction, at the discharge opening, a melt is generated after adding components A, B and C in the range of 0 liter to 0.15 liter in a first method step in the presence of component B1), and in a second method step, after the addition of component B1) in the range of 0.5 liter to 0.95 liter, component B1) is mixed into said melt, wherein said method offers technical advantages.
Abstract:
A thermoplastic copolymer prepared from acrylonitrile and para-alpha-dimethylstyrene via bulk or solution polymerization has an improved heat distortion temperature and can be used together with graft copolymers and further components for the preparation of thermoplastic moldings.
Abstract:
Illumination device comprising at least one LED and at least one color converter comprising at least one organic fluorescent colorant in a matrix consisting essentially of polystyrene or polycarbonate, wherein LED and color converter are present in a remote phosphor arrangement.
Abstract:
Illumination device comprising at least one LED and at least one color converter comprising at least one organic fluorescent colorant in a matrix consisting essentially of polystyrene or polycarbonate, wherein LED and color converter are present in a remote phosphor arrangement.
Abstract:
The invention relates to thermoplastic moulding compositions comprising A) between 55 to 98% in weight of at least one vinyl aromatic copolymer modified with a particulate graft rubber, B) between 1 to 44% in weight of a flame retardant comprising B1) an expandable graphite, B2) a flame-retardant compound comprising phosphorus, and B3) a fluorine-containing polymer, C) between 1 to 20% in weight of a non-particulate-forming rubber comprising polar groups, and D) between 0 to 40% in weight of additional additives, where the weight percentages are respectively based on the total weight of components A) to D), and said percentages add up to a total of 100% in weight, and the polybutadiene content is between 0 to 11% in weight.
Abstract:
The present invention relates to thermoplastic molding compositions comprising a mixture of (a) 10 to 50% by weight, based on the sum of components (A), (B) and (C), of a methyl methacrylate polymer as component (A) and (b) 20 to 60% by weight, based on the sum of the components (A), (B) and (C), of a copolymer as component (B), obtainable by polymerizing a vinylaromatic monomer and a vinyl cyanide, and 20 to 70% by weight, based on the sum of components (A), (B) and (C), of graft copolymer as component (C), obtainable from (c1) 50 to 70% by weight, based on (C), of a core as component (C1), obtainable by polymerizing a 1,3-diene and a vinylaromatic monomer and an agglomeration polymer and (c2) 15 to 25% by weight, based on (C), of a first graft shell as component (C2), obtainable by polymerizing a vinylaromatic monomer, a C 1 -C 8 -alkyl ester of methacrylic acid and/or a C 1 -C 8 -alkyl ester of acrylic acid and a crosslinking monomer and (c3) 15 to 25% by weight, based on (C), of a second graft shell as component (C3), obtainable by polymerizing a C 1 -C 8 -alkyl ester of methacrylic acid as component (C31) and a further monomer as component (C32), it being essential to the invention that component (C32) is a vinylaromatic monomer and graft copolymer (C) is prepared by emulsion polymerization and isolated from the reaction mixture by shear precipitation, and to processes for producing these molding compositions, to the use thereof and to the moldings obtainable thereby.