Abstract:
HOT-MELT ADHESIVES BASED ON GRAFT POLYMERS IN WHICH A MIXTURE CONSISTING OF STYRENE FOR THE MOST PART AND ESTERS OF ACRYLIC OR METHACYLIC ACID IS POLYMERIZED ONTO A BACKBONE POLYMER CONSISTING A POLYSTYRENE OR A COPOLYMER OF STYRENE AND FOR THE MOST PART ACRYLIC OR METHACRYLIC ESTERS, THE SAID ESTERS BEING DERIVED FROM PRIMARY AND/OR SECONDARY ALKANOLS HAVING 3 TO 12 CARBON ATOMS, ARE VERY STABLE EVEN IN TH MOLTEN STATE, ARE PARTICULARLY TOUGH, AND HAVE AN ESPECIALLY LOW VISCOSITY IN THE MOLTEN STATE.