Abstract:
Impact vinyl aromatic polymer compositions are provided which comprise vinyl aromatic polymers reinforced by the incorporation or dispersion therein of at least one percent by weight on the total polymer weight of a polybutadiene having a cis butadiene content of at least 25 percent and a 1,2-addition butadiene content of not more than about ten percent. Processes for their production are also provided. These polymer compositions are useful in molding many consumer articles such as containers, refrigerator liners, sheet, trays, etc.
Abstract:
A method of polymerizing acrylic monomers in which polymerizing and hardening of the monomer is carried out in the presence of an organic hydroperoxide and chlorosulfite, or a mixture of the organic hydroperoxide, chlorsulfite and one or more of the following (a) organic peroxide, (b) water, (c) organic acid soluble in acrylic monomers, (d) inorganic filler, and (e) one or more of magnesium oxide, zinc oxide, and magnesium hydroxide.
Abstract:
1. A PROCESS FOR THE PREPARATION OF A LINEAR COPOLYMER HAVING PENDANT PEROXYDIESTER FUNCTIONALITY FROM AN ACID SALT OF A LINEAR COPOLYMER AND AN ACRYL HALIDE, WHICH COMPRISES: MIXING THE ACID SALT OF A LINEAR COPOLYMER OF THE FORMULA
-CH2-CH2-, -CH(-R1)-C(-R2)(-R3)-, OR -CH2-C(-R4)=CH-CH2-
WHEREIN M1 IS
-H, -COOH, OR -COO-R''
WHERE, R1 IS
-H, -COOH, -COO-R'' OR PHENYL-
WITH R'' BEING -CH3, -C2H5, R2 IS
-C(-R5)(-R6)-C(-R7)(-R8)-
R3 IS -H, -CH3, -OR'''' WITH R'''' BEING AN ALKYL OF 1 TO 4 CARBON ATOMS, R4 IS -H, -F, -CL, -BR OR -CH3 M2 IS
-H, -F, -CL, -COOH, OR -COO-R"''
WHERE, R5 AND R6 ARE INDEPENDENTLY SELECTED FROM
-H, -F, -CL, -COOH, -COO-R(IV), PHENYL- OR
-((M1)M-(M2)N)Q-CH2-CH2-, -CH(-R1)-C(-R2)(-R3)-, OR -CH2-C(-R4)=CH-CH2-, -H, -COOH, OR -COO-R'' -H, -COOH, -COO-R'', OR PHENYL -C(-R5)(-R6)-C(-R7)(-R8)-H, -F, -CL, -COOH, OR -COO-R"'' WITH R'''''' BEING -CH3 OR -C2H5 R7 AND R8 ARE INDEPENDENTLY SELECTED FROM -H, -F, -CL, -COOH, -COO-RIV, PHENYL, OR WITH RIV BEING AN ALLKYL OF 1 TO 8 CARBON ATOMS, AND X IS A HALOGEN A IS 0 TO 3 M IS 1 TO 1000 N IS 1 TO 1000 Q IS 4 TO 1000, WITH AN ACYL HALIDE OF THE FORMULA R9-CO-X (O2N-)A,(X)(3-A)-PHENYL WHEREIN R9 IS AN ALKYL OF 1 TO 7 CARBON ATOMS, ALKENYL OF 1 TO 4 CARBON ATOMS, ARYL OR SUBSTITUTED ARYL, AND X IS A HALOGEN IN A REACTION MEDIUM, COMPRISING WATER OR MIXTURES OF WATER AND LOWER ALKYL ALCOHOLS AND IN THE PRESENCE OF HYDROGEN PEROXIDE OR OZONE AT TEMPERATURES RANGING FROM ABOUT -15* C. TO 200* C. SO AS TO FORM SAID LINEAR COPOLYMER HAVING PENDANT PEROXYDIESTER FUNCTIONALITY.
R IS PHENYL DIRADICAL OR AN ALKYL, ALKYCYCLOALKYL OR PHENALKYL DIRADICAL OR 1-17 CARBONS OPTIONALLY CONTAINING AN -O-, -C(=O)NH- OR -C(=O)OLINKING GROUP IN THE BACKBONE STRUCTURE; R1 AND R3 ARE ALKYL OF 1-10 CARBONS; R2 IS T-ALKYL, T-CYCLOALKYL OR T-ARALKYL OF 4-13 CARBONS; AND R4 IS PHENYL.
Abstract:
RIGID VINYL CHLORIDE-PROPYLENE COPOLYMERS ARE PREPARED OVER SHORTER CYCLE PERIODS BY CONDUCTING THE POLYMERIZATION PROCESS IN THE PRESENCE OF A T-BUTYL PERNEOALKANOATE FREE-RADICAL CATALYST. THE NOVEL COPOLYMERS, POSSESSING IMPROVED THERMAL STABILITY, CONTAIN FROM ABOUT 90 TO 99% BY WEIGHT VINYL CHLORIDE, 1 TO 10% BY WEIGHT PROPYLENE, AND ARE FURTHER CHARACTERIZED BY AN INTRINSIC VISCOSITY OF 0.5 TO 1.5 DL./G/. AND A MELT FLOW RATE OF AT LEAST 0.1 DG./MIN., PROVIDING RESINOUS COMPOSITIONS WHICH ARE PARTICULARLY ADAPTABLE TO MOLDING AND EXTRUSION OPERATIONS.
Abstract:
A FLUOROELASTOMER HAVING EXCELLENT ELASTOMERIC PROPERTY, LOWER MOONEY VISCOSITY AND SMALLER COMPRESSION SET IS ECONOMICALLY PREPARED BY SUBJECTING TETRAFLUOROETHYLENE, VINYLIDENE FLUORIDE AND HEXAFLUOROPROPENE TO THE SUSPENSION POLYMERIZATION IN AN AQUEOUS MEDIUM CONTAINING AT LEAST ONE OF THE SAID MONOMERS AND HALOGENATED HYDROCARBONS WHICH APPEAR AS A LIQUID IN THE RATIO OF 10 TO 100% BY WEIGHT TO THE EXISTING WATER IN THE PRESENCE OF AN OILSOLUBLE INITIATOR AT 1* TO 45*C. UNDER 1 TO 30 KG./CM2G.
Abstract:
PROCESS FOR THE POLYMERIZATION OF VINYL CHLORIDE OR THE COPOLYMERIZATION OF VINYL CHLORIDE AND VINYL ACETATE AT TEMPERATURES OF LESS THAN ABOUT 70*C., IN THE PRESENCE OF A POLYMERIZATION INITIATOR WHICH IS A BLEND OF AN ACETYL ALKYLSULFONYL PEROXIDE WITH (A) A PEROXYDICARBONATE, (B) A DIACYL PEROXIDE AND A TERITARY-ALKYL NEOACID PEROXYETHER OR (C) A DIACYL PEROXIDE AND A PEROXYDICARBONATE.
Abstract:
A continuous process for producing ethylene polymers by conducting the polymerization of an ethylene feed material at elevated pressures and temperatures in a tubular reactor in the presence of a free-radical initiator for the polymerization and injecting the ethylene feed material containing initiator at a point or points along the length of the tubular reactor while it is simultaneously introduced at the reactor inlet.
Abstract:
Production of polyethylene by polymerizing ethylene at elevated temperatures and elevated pressure under the action of a polymerization initiator, consisting of oxygen and t-butyl hydroperoxide, and of a polymerization regulator. The process of the invention is characterized in that temperature ranging from 310* to 400*C are used and that the polymerization initiator consists of from 1 to 12 molar parts of oxygen and from 1 to 5 molar parts of t-butyl hydroperoxide per million molar parts of the ethylene being polymerized. The process of the invention is preferably carried out continuously in a tubular reactor. The process permits easy control of the reaction with high yields and provides products with high flexibility and elongation.
Abstract:
A PROCESS FOR POLYMERIZING ETHYLENE AT PRESSURES OF MORE THAN 1000 ATMOSPHERES AND AT TEMPERATURES OF FROM 150* TO 400*C. IN THE PRESENCE OF METHYL ISOBUTYL KETONE PEROXIDE. POLYETHYLENE HAVING A DENSITY OF FROM 0.924 TO 0.935 G/CCM. IS OBTAINED IN HIGHER YIELDS THAN IN CONVENTIONAL METHODS; IT IS USED FOR THE PRODUCTION OF TRANSPARENT FILM AND SHEETING.