Abstract:
An apparatus comprising: (a) a mandrel; (b) an internal guide spaced apart from the mandrel; (c) an external guide extending around all or a portion of the internal guide and being spaced apart from the mandrel; wherein a pipe extends between the internal guide and the external guide and then over the mandrel so that the mandrel changes one or more dimensions of the pipe.
Abstract:
An impact modifier composition comprising one or more core/shell polymers which comprise a crosslinked core having from 98 to 99.9 wt% units derived from one or more acrylate monomers and from 0.1 to 2 wt% units derived from a crosslinker containing a vinylically unsaturated moiety with an acrylate free radical reactivity ratio from 0.8 to 1.2 and one or more non- acrylate vinylically unsaturated moiety(ies) with an acrylate free radical reactivity ratio(s) greater than 1, wherein the crosslinked core has a swell ratio in THF between 7 and 15 and a Tg equal to less than 10°C; and a shell having from 20 to 100 wt% units derived from one or more (meth)acrylate monomers and having a Tg of greater than 20 °C is provided. Also provided is a polymer composition comprising the impact modifier composition and a base structural polymer.
Abstract:
A processing aid for foam molding comprising a copolymer obtained by the polymerization of from 50% to 100% by weight total of one or more monomers selected from the group consisting of ethyl methacrylate and propyl methacrylate, and 0 to 50% by weight of other copolymerizable monomers, the copolymer having the following properties: (a) a reduced viscosity measured according to ASTM D2857 at 1 mg/mL in chloroform at 25°C of greater than 8dL/g and (b) a Tg equal to or less than 77 °C is provided.
Abstract:
A process of emulsion polymerization comprising (a) adding a reactive mixture to a reaction vessel, said reactive mixture comprising water, one or more emulsifiers, one or more acrylate monomers, and a crosslinker having a free radical reactivity ratio of less than 1, (b) providing conditions in which said reactive mixture undergoes emulsion polymerization to form a crosslinked core having a glass transition temperature, Tg, of less than or equal to 10 °C, or in the alternative, wherein the crosslinker is in an amount sufficient such that the crosslinked core has a swell ratio between 8 and 15 in THF and forming a polymer having an original ratio of units derived from the crosslinker to units derived from the acrylate monomer(s); and (c) feeding additional crosslinker during polymerization in an amount sufficient to maintain the original ratio of crosslinker to acrylate monomer(s) is provided. Further disclosed is an impact modifier composition and a polymer composition comprising an impact modifier.