Abstract:
An ultraviolet light and fire resistant thermoplastic composition exhibiting good heat deflection temperature, tensile strength and elastic modulus properties comprising: 1. BETWEEN ABOUT 50 AND 75 WT. PERCENT OF A TERPOLYMER RESIN CHARACTERIZED AS A RUBBERY COPOLYMER BACKBONE OF A C2 to C18 alkyl acrylate and alkylthioalkyl methacrylate having grafted thereon an acrylonitrile-styrene member copolymer, 2. BETWEEN ABOUT 50 AND 25 WT. PERCENT OF A POLYVINYL CHLORIDE HAVING A SPECIFIC VISCOSITY BETWEEN ABOUT 0.30 AND 0.60 AND, 3. BETWEEN ABOUT 0 AND 10 WT. PERCENT OF A SYNGERISTIC FIRE RETARDING METAL SALT, SAID GRAFT TERPOLYMER FORMED BY POLYMERIZING A MIXTURE OF SAID ALKYL ACRYLATE AND ALKYLTHIOALKYL METHACRYLATE UNDER AQUEOUS EMULSION POLYMERIZATION CONDITIONS AT A PH between about 2-7 at a first temperature between about 110* and 150* C. under vigorous agitation conditions to form the rubbery copolymer of alkyl acrylate and ethylthioethyl methacrylate, then second polymerizing within said polymerization conditions said polymer with a mixture of acrylonitrile and styrene member.
Abstract:
The properties, in particular the impact strength, of polycarbonate resins having an average molecular weight of at least 8000 are improved by blending such resins with from about 3 percent to about 35 percent by weight of at least one elastomer characterized by an average molecular weight ranging from about 100,000 to about 2,000,000 and a second order transition (Tg) below 0*C.