Methacrylate-butadiene-styrene polymer

Methacrylate-butadiene-styrene polymers (MBS) and related materials chemically similar to ABS but often available in transparent form. 

Uses Emollient emulsifier syn. lubricants bar soaps cosmetics rubber tires emulsifier for polymerization of SBR, ABS, methyl methacrylate-butadiene-styrene polymers lubricant, binder, defoamer for foods component of other food additives in food-pkg. adhesives in paper/paperboard in contact with aq./fatty foods defoamer in food-contact coatings and paper/paperboard food-contact textiles... 

There are various requirements for impact-modified PVC. The most demanding is for outdoor sidings and window frames, where lifetimes of 20 years are expected. Because butadiene polymers or copolymers (e.g., acrylonitrile/butadiene/styrene (ABS), methyl methacrylate/butadiene/styrene (MBS)) are susceptible to UV degradation these polymers are usually not employed instead acrylate polymers are used for these applications. 

Methyl methacrylate-butadiene-styrene (MMBS) types are rarely used as such, but rather in blends as impact modifiers (1). Styr-enic copolymers such as acrylonitrile-butadiene-styrene (ABS) and MMBS make up the largest category of impact modifiers, with about 45% of the impact modifier market (2). The field of polymer blends and the reasons for the addition of impact modifiers have been reviewed (3). 

D.H. Jones and W.J. Ferry, Methacrylate-butadiene-styrene graft polymers and process for their production, US Patent 3 985 704, assigned to Rohm Haas Haas Company (Philadelphia, PA), October 12,1976. 

R.R. Clikeman, D.H. Jones, T.J. Shortridge, and E.J. Troy, Methyl methacrylate-butadiene-styrene impact modifier polymers, polyvinyl chloride, compositions and methods, US Patent 4 379 876, assigned to Rohm and Haas Company (Philadelphia, PA), April 12,1983. 

This study was therefore undertaken to prepare and evaluate acrylonitrile—butadiene-styrene (ABS) and methyl methacrylate-butadiene-styrene (MBS) polymers under similar conditions to determine whether replacement of acrylonitrile by methyl methacrylate could improve color stability during ultraviolet light aging, without detracting seriously from the good mechanical and thermal-mechanical properties of conventional ABS plastics. For purposes of control, the study also included briefer evaluation of commercial ABS, MBS, and acrylonitrile-butyl acrylate-styrene plastics. 

At one time butadiene-acrylonitrile copolymers (nitrile rubbers) were the most important impact modifiers. Today they have been largely replaced by acrylonitrile-butadiene-styrene (ABS) graft terpolymers, methacrylate-butadiene-styrene (MBS) terpolymers, chlorinated polyethylene, EVA-PVC graft polymers and some polyacrylates. 

A transparent rigid vinyl bottle compound is produced by blending PVC homopolymer with a methyl methacrylate/butadiene/ styrene graft polymer of equal refractive index. 

Other Impact-Modified Commercial Grafting-Based Polymers Typical HIPS and ABS polymers are opaque materials however, MABS (methyl methacrylate-acrylonitrile-butadiene-styrene) polymers, which are produced by processes similar to those used in the production of ABS, are transparent materials. This property is obtained by the addition of methyl methacrylate (MMA) to the recipe in order to impart transparency to the polymer by equalizing the refracting index of the rubber particles to that of the matrix. These materials find applications... 

DetaUs A liquid and a monomer used for the production of MMA polymers, also used for the production of co-polymethyl methacrylate - butadiene - styrene which is used as a modifier for PVC. 

The three types of force-time behavior noted for HiPS fractured at different temperatures also apply to other polymer blends and grafts, where values of the impact strength (or fracture energy) were measured as a function of temperature. Such behavior has been observed by Bucknall and Street (1967) not only for ABS (Figure 3.17), but also for rubber-modified PVC, HiPS, and a methacrylate-butadiene-styrene (MBS) copolymer. Not surprisingly, the concentration of rubber is important with respect to both the absolute value of impact strength (Figures 3.16 and 3.17) and the type... 

Acrylic resin Acrylonitrilefbutadiene/styrene copolymer Bis (2,4-di-t-butylphenyl) pentaerythritol diphosphite Butadiene/acrylonitrile copolymer EthyleneA/A copolymer Methoxyethyl acrylate Methyl methacrylate butadiene styrene terpolymer Polyethylene elastomer, chlorinated 2-Propenoic acid, 2-methylmethyl ester, polymer with 1,3-butadiene and butyl 2-propenoate impact modifier, PVC rigid EVA/PVC graft polymer impact modifier, recycled polyamides EPDM, maleated impact modifier, thermoplastics Butadiene/acrylonitrile copolymer impact strength modifier PEG-6 trimethylolpropane impact-resistance lights Polyester carbonate resin impact-resistance, lights Polyester carbonate resin impeller... 

Terlux methyl methacrylate—acrylonitrile— butadiene—styrene polymer (MABS) apphcations properties processing. BASF 2003. 

Blending methyl methacrylate-butadiene-styrene copolymer with poly(vinyl chloride) for instance was shown to decelerate the dehydrochlorination (leading to discoloration). The gel content, surface energy, and the spectroscopic characteristics of the blend was altered by the presence of the seccHid polymer [158]. In ethylene-propylene-diene rubber EPDM where the third monomer is ethylene-2-norbomene (NB), the photo-oxidation rate as measured by the accumulation of typical products such as hydroperoxides, varied linearly with the NB content [159]. The same held true for peroxide-crosslinked compounds of the same EPDM except that the linear relationship was found between the relative carbonyl absorbance on photoxidation and the amoiuit of peroxide used to crosslink the material... 

Here, the inner core of the particle comprises a polymer of controlled modulus, for example, a silicone rubber or a methacrylic-butadiene-styrene terpolymer. The outer shell of the particle contains reactive species that are so designed to react with the adhesive matrix being used. For example, the styrene-based core contains 1 to 2% of an alkyl aryl sulphonate as its outer shell. 

MBS n. Abbreviation for methacrylate-butadiene-styrene resin. These are mixtures of PMMA and butadiene-styrene co-polymers, formulated in a variety of types with markedly different characteristics according to their composition and molecular weight. MBS resins can be processed by all the usual thermoplastics processes. 

Takahashi, J. Watanabe, H. Nakamoto, J. Arakawa, K. Todo, M., In-Situ Polymerization and Properties of Methyl Methacrylate-Butadiene-Styrene Resin with Bimodal Rubber Particle Size Distributions. Polym. J. 2006, 38,... 

Impact Modifiers Impact modifiers are either systems with spherical elastomer particles in a rigid polymer matrix or they are systems with a honeycomb, network type of dispersed elastomeric phase. For the spherical elastomeric particles, examples are acrylonitrile butadiene styrene (ABS), methacrylate-butadiene-styrene (MBS) and acrylics. These systems are either graft copolymers of methyl methacrylate-butyl acrylate-styrene or methyl methacrylate-ethylhexyl acrylate-styrene. For the honeycomb, network type of dispersed elastomeric phase ethylene vinyl acetate (EVA) and chlorinated polyethylene (CPE) or directly dispersed rubber are examples. Both of these two impact modifiers exist in the polymeric form, hence they can hardly migrate and evaporate because of their size. As a result, they pose almost no problems to health. For PVC window frame production, usually the first type (and acrylic impact modifiers) are used while MBS modifiers are found to be very effective in plasticised as well as in rigid PVC. CPE is mainly used in PVC for products like sheet, pipe, gutters and sidings. 

The major types of impact modifiers are acrylics, styrenics including methacrylate-butadiene-styrene (MBS) copolymers and Acrylonitrile-Butadiene-Styrene Polymers, chlorinated polyethylene (CPE), EVA copolymers, and the ethylene-propylene copolymers and terpolymers (EPR and EPDM respectively). The major market for impact modifiers is in PVC, although they are used in a wide range of other polymers such as polyolefins and engineering polymers. 

Impact modifiers are added to many formulations. As the name implies, they impart toughness to the polymer article or film. Many of them are butadiene copolymers that disperse in the polymer matrix. One type - the so-called core shell modifiers - has a rubbery core surrounded by a harder acrylate layer. They have been compared to an egg soft on the inside and hard on the outside. The outer shell also has some adhesion to the matrix so that the modifier can be dispersed. Other impact modifiers include methacrylate-butadiene-styrene copolymers or EPDM, ethylene-propylene-diene monomer copolymers. Acrylonitrile-butadiene-styrene (ABS) and ethylene-vinyl acetate (EVA) are also used. 

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