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US 6,673,868 B2Granted
Polymeric compositions and processes for providing weatherable film and sheet
AssigneeRohm and Haas Company
InventorOlivier Jacques Choulet
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Abstract
The present invention discloses polymeric compositions containing a vinylaromatic lubricating copolymer which can be melt processed to provide plastic films or layers having excellent optical, printing, weathering, and tensile impact resistance characteristics. The present invention also discloses a processes for preparing plastic films of the compositions of the present invention. The present invention also discloses composite articles having the plastic films of the present invention and an underlying substrate.
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A polymeric composition, comprising:
- (A) 100 parts by weight of an acrylic core-shell graft-co-polymer, comprising
- (i) from 20% to 70% by weight of an acrylic rubbery core polymer, based on the total weight of the acrylic core-shell graft-co-polymer and
- (ii) from 30% to 80% by weight of an acrylic hard shell polymer, based on the total weight of the acrylic core-shell graft-co-polymer wherein the acrylic hard shell polymer contains 80 to 99 parts by weight of units derived from at least one C1-C8 alkyl methacrylate monomer, based on 100 parts by weight of the acrylic hard shell polymer;
- (B) based on 100 parts by weight of the acrylic core-shell polymer, from 1 to 40 parts by weight of a processing aid polymer, wherein the weight average molecular weight of the processing aid polymer is greater than 1 million g/mol and
- (C) based on 100 parts by weight of the acrylic core-shell polymer, from 0.1 to 10 parts by weight of a VA lubricating copolymer, comprising
- (i) from 20% to 70% by weight of polymerizable units derived from one or more vinyl aromatic monomers, based on the total weight of the VA lubricating copolymer and
- (ii) from 30% to 80% by weight of polymerizable units derived from one or more ethylenically unsaturated monomers based on the total weight of the VA lubricating copolymer, wherein the weight average molecular weight of the VA lubricating polymer is in the range of from 20,000 g/mol to 1 million g/mol.
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A polymeric composition, comprising:
- (A) 100 parts by weight of an acrylic core-shell graft-co-polymer, comprising
- (i) from 35% to 45% by weight of an acrylic rubbery core polymer based on the total weight of the acrylic core-shell graft-co-polymer;
- and
- (ii) from 55% to 65% by weight of an acrylic hard shell polymer based on the total weight of the acrylic core-shell graft-co-polymer;
- wherein the acrylic hard shell polymer contains 80 to 99 parts by weight of units derived from at least one C1-C8 alkyl methacrylate monomer, based on 100 parts by weight of the acrylic hard shell polymer;
- (B) based on 100 parts by weight of the acrylic core-shell polymer, from 2 to 25 parts by weight of a processing aid polymer, wherein the weight average molecular weight of the processing aid polymer is in the range of 1.5 to 6 million g/mol
- (C) based on 100 parts by weight of the acrylic core-shell polymer, from 0.5 to 2 parts by weight of a VA lubricating copolymer, comprising
- (i) from 20% to 70% by weight of polymerizable units derived from styrene, based on the total weight of the VA lubricating copolymer, and
- (ii) from 30% to 80% by weight of polymerizable units selected from the group consisting of acrylonitrile, C1 to C8 alkyl acrylates, C1 to C4 alkyl methacrylates, and mixtures thereof, based on the total weight of the VA lubricating copolymer;
- wherein the weight average molecular weight of the (C) VA lubricating polymer is in the range of from 50,000 to 800,000 g/mol;
- and
- (D) based on 100 parts by weight of the acrylic core-shell polymer, from 5 to 50 parts by weight of a second core-shell graft-co-polymer, which is compositionally different from the acrylic core-shell graft-co-polymer in component (A).
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A polymeric composition, consisting of:
- (A) 100 parts by weight of an acrylic core-shell graft-co-polymer, comprising
- (i) from 20% to 70% by weight of an acrylic rubbery core polymer based on the total weight of the acrylic core-shell graft-co-polymer and
- (ii) from 30% to 80% by weight of an acrylic hard shell polymer based on the total weight of the acrylic core-shell graft-co-polymer wherein the acrylic hard shell polymer contains 80 to 99 parts by weight of units derived from at least one C1-C8 alkyl methacrylate monomer, based on 100 parts by weight of the acrylic hard shell polymer;
- (B) based on 100 parts by weight of the acrylic core-shell polymer, from 1 to 40 parts by weight of a processing aid polymer, wherein the weight average molecular weight of the processing aid polymer is greater than 1 million g/mol;
- (C) based on 100 parts by weight of the acrylic core-shell polymer, from 0.1 to 10 parts by weight of a VA lubricating copolymer, comprising
- (i) from 20% to 70% by weight of polymerizable units derived from one or more vinyl aromatic monomers, based on the total weight of the VA lubricating copolymer;
- and
- (ii) from 30% to 80% by weight of polymerizable units derived from one or more ethylenically unsaturated monomers based on the total weight of the VA lubricating copolymer,
- wherein the weight average molecular weight of the VA lubricating polymer is in the range of from 20,000 g/mol to 1 million g/mol;
- (D) an optional UV light stabilizer component;
- and
- (E) an optional pigment component.
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A polymeric composition, consisting of:
- (A) 100 parts by weight of an acrylic core-shell graft-co-polymer, comprising
- (i) from 20% to 70% by weight of an acrylic rubbery core polymer based on the total weight of the acrylic core-shell graft-co-polymer and
- (ii) from 30% to 80% by weight of an acrylic hard shell polymer based on the total weight of the acrylic core-shell graft-co-polymer wherein the acrylic hard shell polymer contains 80 to 99 parts by weight of units derived from at least one C1-C8 alkyl methacrylate monomer, based on 100 parts by weight of the acrylic hard shell polymer;
- (B) based on 100 parts by weight of the acrylic core-shell polymer, from 1 to 40 parts by weight of a processing aid polymer, wherein the weight average molecular weight of the processing aid polymer is greater than 1 million g/mol;
- (C) based on 100 parts by weight of the acrylic core-shell polymer, from 0.1to 10 parts by weight of a VA lubricating copolymer, comprising
- (i) from 20% to 70% by weight of polymerizable units derived from one or more vinyl aromatic monomers, based on the total weight of the VA lubricating copolymer and
- (ii) from 30% to 80% by weight of polymerizable units derived from one or more ethylenically unsaturated monomers based on the total wei&ht of the VA lubricating copolymer,
- wherein the weight average molecular weight of the VA lubricating polymer is in the range of from 20,000 g/mol to 1 million g/mol;
- (D) based on 100 parts by weight of the acrylic core-shell polymer, from 0 to 100 parts by weight of a second core-shell graft:co polymer, which is compositionally different from the acrylic core-shell graft-co-polymer in component (A);
- (E) an optional UV light stabilizer component;
- and
- (F) an optional pigment component.
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