摘要:
The present invention is a refrigerator interior liner made of a rubber modified monovinylaromatic polymer composition comprising:a) a monovinylaromatic polymer matrix having an average molecular weight in weight Mw above 150,000 g/mol, b) rubber particles dispersed therein, said particles having: a volume median particle size (RPS volume) of about 8.5 μm, a monomodal distribution with essentially no shoulder, a low-to-moderate crosslinking of the rubber expressed as a swell index (SI) above 13.8, a rubber phase volume fraction (RPVF) of at least 39%, c) a moderate amount of low- Mw plasticizers, defined as the weight fraction of solubles in methanol, and such that the weight ratio c/(a+b+c) ranges from 0 to 5%. The present invention is also a process for preparing the above composition comprising:a) forming a polymerizable mixture comprising at least one monovinylaromatic monomer and optionally one or more comonoiners, b) dissolving at least a viscous rubber of essentially linear structure in said polymerizable mixture to form a rubber containing polymerizable solution, c) contacting a free radical initiator and a chain transfer agent with the polymerizable mixture at conditions whereby phase inversion subsequently occurs, wherein the chain transfer agent is capable to produce an increase of the rubber to PS phase viscosity ratio within the inversion reactor, d) continuing the polymerization of the solution obtained at step c), optionally in the presence of a free radical initiator, until a monovinylaromatic polymer matrix having rubber particles dispersed therein is obtained.
摘要:
A refrigerator interior liner can be made of a composition including a monovinylaromatic polymer matrix having an average molecular weight in weight Mw above 150,000 g/mol; rubber particles; and low- Mw plasticizers. The rubber particles can have an RPS volume of about 8.5 μm, a monomodal distribution, a swell index above 13.8, and an RPVF of at least 39%. The composition can be prepared by forming a polymerizable mixture including a monovinylaromatic monomer, and dissolving a viscous rubber in the polymerizable mixture. A free radical initiator and a chain transfer agent can be contacted with the polymerizable mixture at conditions whereby phase inversion subsequently occurs. The chain transfer agent can produce an increase of the rubber to PS phase viscosity ratio within the inversion reactor. Polymerization can be continued until a monovinylaromatic polymer matrix having rubber particles dispersed therein is obtained.
摘要:
A process to make a composition that includes a monovinylaromatic polymer and a dispersed phase of polymer made from renewable resources may include forming a polymerizable mixture. The polymerizable mixture may include a monomer or dimer dispersed in a monovinylaromatic monomer, and optionally a rubber dissolved in the monovinylaromatic monomer. The process may include contacting a catalyst with the polymerizable solution at conditions effective to produce a polymer dispersed in the monovinylaromatic monomer. The process may include polymerizing through a radical pathway the solution, optionally in the presence of a free radical initiator and a chain transfer agent, to obtain a monovinylaromatic polymer that includes a dispersed phase. The process may include degassing to separate unpolymerized monomers and comonomers, and recovering a composition of monovinylaromatic polymer.
摘要:
The present invention is an expandable vinyl aromatic polymer which comprises:a) a matrix of a branched aromatic ionomer,b) 1-10% by weight calculated with respect to the polymer (a), of an expanding agent englobed in the polymeric matrix,c) 0-20% by weight, calculated with respect to the polymer (a), of a filler homogeneously distributed in the polymeric matrix,in which,the branched aromatic ionomer comprises the product of co-polymerizing a first monomer comprising an aromatic moiety and an unsaturated alkyl moiety and a second monomer comprising an ionic moiety and at least two unsaturated moieties, wherein the ionic moiety has at least two ionizable groups, a cationic group that ionizes to form cations and an anionic group that ionizes to form anions, and wherein the cationic group is polyvalent and one capable of forming bridges to other molecules.The present invention also relates to the use of the expandable vinyl aromatic polymer to make expanded articles, in particular insulation boards.
摘要:
The present invention concerns a monovinylaromatic polymer composition comprising a bio-sourced polymer dispersed phase and optionally a rubber dispersed phase wherein said bio-courced polymer dispersed phase is predominantly made of particles having a size of less than 10 μm. The present invention also relates to a process (hereunder referred as the first process) to make said monovinylaromatic polymer composition, said process comprising admixing: a monovinylaromatic monomer, at least one bio-sourced polymer, optionally a rubber, at conditions effective to polymerize at least a part of the monovinylaromatic monomer and generate a compatibilizer of the bio-sourced polymer and monovinylaromatic polymer. The present invention also relates to a process (hereunder referred as the second process) to make said monovinylaromatic polymer composition, said process comprising admixing: a monovinylaromatic monomer, functionalized bio-sourced polymer-s), or mixtures of bio-sourced polymer(s) and functionalized bio-sourced polymer(s), optionally a rubber, at conditions effective to polymerize at least a part of the monovinylaromatic monomer. The present invention also relates to a process (hereunder referred as the third process) to make said monovinylaromatic polymer composition, said process comprising blending in the molten state functionalized bio-sourced polymer(s) (or mixtures of bio-sourced polymer(s) and functionalized bio-sourced polymer(s)) with monovinylaromatic polymer, said monovinylaromatic polymer comprising optionally a rubber.
摘要:
A monovinylaromatic polymer composition can include a bio-sourced polymer dispersed phase and optionally a rubber dispersed phase. The bio-sourced polymer dispersed phase can be predominantly made of particles having a size of less than 10 μm. The monovinylaromatic polymer composition can be made by admixing a monovinylaromatic monomer, bio-sourced polymer, and optionally rubber at conditions effective to polymerize at least a part of the monovinylaromatic monomer and generate a compatibilizer. The monovinylaromatic polymer composition can be made by admixing a monovinylaromatic monomer, functionalized bio-sourced polymer(s) or mixtures of bio-sourced polymer(s) and functionalized bio-sourced polymer(s), and optionally rubber at conditions effective to polymerize at least a part of the monovinylaromatic monomer. The monovinylaromatic polymer composition can be made by blending, in the molten state, functionalized bio-sourced polymer(s) or mixtures of bio-sourced polymer(s) and functionalized bio-sourced polymer(s) with monovinylaromatic polymer, and optionally rubber.
摘要:
The present invention relates to a process for preparing a high impact monovinylaromatic polymer comprising admixing a rubber, at least one monovinylaromatic monomer and optionally one or more comonomer in the presence of at least a borane complex of the L-BH3 type wherein L is a Lewis base and polymerizing the monovinylaromatic monomer.The borane complex initiator, L may be an ether (e.g THF, tetrahydrofurane), a thioether (e.g dimethylthioether) or an amine. A preferred complex is an amine borane such as by way of example triethylamine borane.The present invention also relates to a high impact monovinylaromatic polymer having a weight ratio of grafted monovinylaromatic monomer and optional comonomer to the initial monovinylaromatic monomer and optional comonomer above 0.1%, advantageously above 2% and preferably in the range 2 to 4%.The invention is of particular interest to make high impact polystyrene.
摘要:
The present invention provides a device for distributing electric energy between a current source and several groups of electric current consumers or peripherals P.sub.1, P.sub.2 . . . P.sub.n which is more particularly intended to be placed on board a motorized land, air or sea vehicle and comprises at least a first conductor for conveying the electric energy supplying the current consumers, at least a second conductor for conveying electric control signals and/or receiving information about the state of the current consumers, and at least one central control unit U.sub.1 comprising means for transmitting, receiving, storing and processing coded information for controlling the start up or shut down of the current consumers.In this device, each group of current consumers or peripherals comprise the same microprocessor or programmed means, with the same program and an address recognition circuit associated with this microprogrammed means allowing this latter to recognize itself.
摘要:
The present invention concerns a monovinylaromatic polymer composition comprising a bio-sourced polymer dispersed phase and optionally a rubber dispersed phase wherein said bio-sourced polymer dispersed phase is predominantly made of particles having a size of less than 10 μm. The present invention also relates to a process (hereunder referred as the first process) to make said monovinylaromatic polymer composition, said process comprising admixing: a monovinylaromatic monomer, at least one bio-sourced polymer, optionally a rubber, at conditions effective to polymerize at least a part of the monovinylaromatic monomer and generate a compatibilizer of the bio-sourced polymer and monovinylaromatic polymer. The present invention also relates to a process (hereunder referred as the second process) to make said monovinylaromatic polymer composition, said process comprising admixing: a monovinylaromatic monomer, functionalized bio-sourced polymer-s), or mixtures of bio-sourced polymer(s) and functionalized bio-sourced polymer(s), optionally a rubber, at conditions effective to polymerize at least a part of the monovinylaromatic monomer. The present invention also relates to a process (hereunder referred as the third process) to make said monovinylaromatic polymer composition, said process comprising blending in the molten state functionalized bio-sourced polymer(s) (or mixtures of bio-sourced polymer(s) and functionalized bio-sourced polymer(s)) with monovinylaromatic polymer, said monovinylaromatic polymer comprising optionally a rubber.
摘要:
The present invention is a process to make a composition comprising a block copolymer A-B and optionally a monovinylaromatic polymer, said process comprising: a) forming a mixture comprising: one or more cyclic component polymerizable by ring-opening polymerization (ROP) dispersed in at least one monovinylaromatic monomer, optionally a rubber dissolved in the monovinylaromatic monomer, b) contacting the mixture of step a) with a mixture of b1 and b2 such that: b1) is M[N(SiR83)2]x in which M is a metal, R8 is an hydrocarbon group and x is the valency of the metal M, or a metal alkoxide M(OR9)x in which M is a metal, R9 is an hydrocarbon group and x is the valency of the metal M, or phenol-based pro-ligands of formula wherein R1 is wherein m is 1, 2 or 3 and n≧1); R2 is hydrocarbyl group having 1 to 10 carbon atoms and is preferably selected from methyl, ethyl, iso-propyl, tert-butyl or neo-pentyl; R3 is the same as R1 or is hydrocarbyl group having 1 to 20 carbon atoms and is preferably alkyl selected from methyl, ethyl, iso-propyl, tert-butyl, neo-pentyl, cumyl, trityl or aryl selected from phenyl, 2,4,6-trimethylphenyl, 2,6-diisopropylphenyl, or a mixture thereof, or triazabicyclodecene (TBD), or a single-site metal catalyst component based upon a bulky β-diiminate ligands (BDI), represented by the following general formula: wherein R1, R2, R3, R4, R5, R6 and R7 are each independently selected from hydrogen, unsubstituted or substituted hydrocarbyl, or inert functional group and wherein two or more of said groups can be linked together to form one or more rings, wherein X is an hydrocarbyl radical having from 1 to 12 carbon atoms, an alkoxide group OR*, an amido group NR**2 or a borohydride group (BH4) wherein M is a metal, b2) a functional alcohol containing, besides its —OH function, another functionality Y enabling the growth or the grafting of a polyvinylaromatic, at conditions effective to produce by ROP of the cyclic component a block polymer A, having an —OH end and another function Y, dispersed in the monovinylaromatic monomer, wherein the molar ratio OH/b1 of the alcohol function in b2 to b1 ranges from 2 to 50, c) polymerizing the solution obtained at step b) optionally in the presence of a free radical initiator, optionally in the presence of chain transfer agents, at conditions effective to produce: a monovinylaromatic block polymer B linked to the block polymer A by the aforementioned functionality Y such that H-A-O—R—Y—B or H-A-O—R—B—Y (referred in both cases as A-B to simplify) in which R is a linking group, optionally a monovinylaromatic polymer, d) optionally degassing the product of step c) to separate the optional unpolymerized monomers and comonomers and recovering optionally a composition comprising at least the block copolymer A-B, optionally a monovinylaromatic polymer and optionally a rubber. In another embodiment b1 doesn't comprise the metal alkoxide M(OR9)x and there is no ratio OH/b1.