Polyester/styrene copolymer

The bulk of polyester production in the United States has gone to the synthetic coatings field in the manufacture of glyptal resin coatings and varnishes, with production between 200,000,000 and 300,000,000 pounds in the postwar years. A recent development has been the use of polyester-styrene copolymers reinforced by Fiberglas for the manufacture of items such as low-pressure molded boats, corrugated structural sheet, and plastic pipe. The 1947 requirements for glycerol in the production of polyester resins and... 

PES = Polyester-styrene copolymer NG = Nitroglycerine PS NGU - Polystyrene plasticizer with dioctylphthalate = Nitroguanidine PU = Polyurethane NC = Nitrocellulose ... 

Property PE ppi PS Nylon PP 50% PE 43% Nylon 7% Polyester styrene copolymer... 

Thermoset plastics have also been pyrolysed with a view to obtain chemicals for recycling into the petrochemical industry. Pyrolysis of a polyester/styrene copolymer resin composite produced a wax which consisted of 96 wt% of phthalic anhydride and an oil composed of 26 wt% styrene. The phthalic anhydride is used as a modifying agent in polyester resin manufacture and can also be used as a cross-linking agent for epoxy resins. Phthalic anhydride is a characteristic early degradation product of unsaturated thermoset polyesters derived from orf/io-phthalic acid [56, 57]. Kaminsky et al. [9] investigated the pyrolysis of polyester at 768°C in a fiuidized-bed reactor and reported 18.1 wt% conversion to benzene. 

Polyester / Styrene Copolymer Characterization and Comments References... 

As reported by Avrami and Voreck (Ref 192), the only proplnt in that test was AK-14 Mod I which is a cast, fuel-oxidizer whose compn is 74% K perchlorate, 25% polyester-styrene copolymer (P-lO resin) and 1% carbon black. Two capsules were irradiated at two levels — the lower level at 7.0 x 10 ° n/cm° fast, 2.4 x lO n/cm° thermal and 3 x 10° R gamma, and the higher level at 3.5 x lO n/cm° fast, 1.7 x 10 n/cm° thermal and 1.5 x 10 R gamma — all in a pulse of about one millisecond. The tests conducted on the AK-14 Mod I proplnt did not show any significant changes although the 5-second expln temp results were not consistent with the control and steady-state results... 

Polyester/styrene copolymer Characterization and comments References... 

Polyolefin Polyester Block copolymers of styrene and butadiene or styrene and isoprene Block copolymers of styrene and ethylene or styrene and butylene Poly(vinyl chloride) and poly(vinyl acetate) ... 

Organic peroxides are used in the polymer industry as thermal sources of free radicals. They are used primarily to initiate the polymerisation and copolymerisation of vinyl and diene monomers, eg, ethylene, vinyl chloride, styrene, acryUc acid and esters, methacrylic acid and esters, vinyl acetate, acrylonitrile, and butadiene (see Initiators). They ate also used to cute or cross-link resins, eg, unsaturated polyester—styrene blends, thermoplastics such as polyethylene, elastomers such as ethylene—propylene copolymers and terpolymers and ethylene—vinyl acetate copolymer, and mbbets such as siUcone mbbet and styrene-butadiene mbbet. 

Styrene [100-42-5] (phenylethene, viaylben2ene, phenylethylene, styrol, cinnamene), CgH5CH=CH2, is the simplest and by far the most important member of a series of aromatic monomers. Also known commercially as styrene monomer (SM), styrene is produced in large quantities for polymerization. It is a versatile monomer extensively used for the manufacture of plastics, including crystalline polystyrene, mbber-modifted impact polystyrene, expandable polystyrene, acrylonitrile—butadiene—styrene copolymer (ABS), styrene—acrylonitrile resins (SAN), styrene—butadiene latex, styrene—butadiene mbber (qv) (SBR), and unsaturated polyester resins (see Acrylonithile polya rs Styrene plastics). 

Multiblock Copolymers. Replacement of conventional vulcanized mbber is the main appHcation for the polar polyurethane, polyester, and polyamide block copolymers. Like styrenic block copolymers, they can be molded or extmded using equipment designed for processing thermoplastics. Melt temperatures during processing are between 175 and 225°C, and predrying is requited scrap is reusable. They are mostiy used as essentially pure materials, although some work on blends with various thermoplastics such as plasticized and unplasticized PVC and also ABS and polycarbonate (14,18,67—69) has been reported. Plasticizers intended for use with PVC have also been blended with polyester block copolymers (67). 

Since the last edition several new materials have been aimounced. Many of these are based on metallocene catalyst technology. Besides the more obvious materials such as metallocene-catalysed polyethylene and polypropylene these also include syndiotactic polystyrenes, ethylene-styrene copolymers and cycloolefin polymers. Developments also continue with condensation polymers with several new polyester-type materials of interest for bottle-blowing and/or degradable plastics. New phenolic-type resins have also been announced. As with previous editions I have tried to explain the properties of these new materials in terms of their structure and morphology involving the principles laid down in the earlier chapters. 

Weathering Many plastics has short lives when exposed to outdoor conditions. The better materials include acrylic, chlorotri-fluorethylene, vinylidene fluoride, chlorinated polyether, polyester, alkyd, and black linear poly-ethylene. Black materials are best for outdoor service. Some of the styrene copolymers are suitable for certain outdoor uses (Chapter 2, WEATHERING/ ENVIRONMENT). 

Certain commercially important crosslinking reactions are carried out with unsaturated polymers. For example, as will be described later in this chapter, polyesters can be made using bifunctional acids which contain a double bond. The resulting polymers have such double bonds at regular intervals along the backbone. These sites of unsaturation are then crosslinked by reaction with styrene monomer in a free-radical chain (addition) process to give a material consisting of polymer backbones and poly(styrene) copolymer crosslinks. 

Engineering polymers are often used as a replacement for wood and metals. Examples include polyamides (PA), often called nylons, polyesters (saturated and unsaturated), aromatic polycarbonates (PCs), polyoxymethylenes (POMs), polyacrylates, polyphenylene oxide (PPO), styrene copolymers, e.g., styrene/ acrylonitrile (SAN) and acrylonitrile/butadiene/styrene (ABS). Many of these polymers are produced as copolymers or used as blends and are each manufactured worldwide on the 1 million tonne scale. 

Thermoplastic elastomeric behavior requires that the block copolymer develop a microheterogeneous two-phase network morphology. Theory predicts that microphase separation will occur at shorter block lengths as the polarity difference between the A and B blocks increases. This prediction is borne out as the block lengths required for the polyether-polyurethane, polyester-polyurethane, and polyether-polyester multiblock copolymers to exhibit thermoplastic elastomeric behavior are considerably shorter than for the styrene-diene-styrene triblock copolymers. 

It is evident that reactions of unsaturated polymers with bisnitrile oxides lead to cross-linking. Such a procedure has been patented for curing poly(butadiene), butadiene-styrene copolymer, as well as some unsaturated polyethers and polyesters (512-514). Bisnitrile oxides are usually generated in the presence of unsaturated polymers by dehydrochlorination of hydroximoyl chlorides. Cross-linking of ethylene-propylene-diene co-polymers with stable bisnitrile oxides has been studied (515, 516). The rate of the process has been shown to reduce in record with the sequence 2-chloroterephthalonitrile oxide > terephthalonitrile oxide > 2,5-dimethylterephthalonitrile oxide > 2,3,5,6-tetramethylterephthalo-nitrile oxide > anthracene-9,10-dicarbonitrile oxide (515). 

In mixtures with copolymer polyester-styrene the temperature of the oxidant is 582°K and that of copolymer 1020°K. 

Andersen et al. obtained a similar result for mixtures of ammonium nitrate with copolymer polyester-styrene-acrylate and with copolymer butadiene-styrene. 

HMX HMX HMX HMX HMX HMX HMX HMX HMX HMX HMX HMX HNS NTO NTO/HMX NTO/HMX NTO/HMX PETN PETN PETN PETN PETN PETN PETN PETN PETN PETN RDX RDX RDX RDX RDX RDX RDX RDX RDX RDX RDX RDX RDX TATB/HMX Cariflex (thermoplastic elastomer) Hydroxy-terminated polybutadiene (polyurethane) Hydroxy-terminated polyester Kraton (block copolymer of styrene and ethylene-butylene) Nylon (polyamide) Polyester resin-styrene Polyethylene Polyurethane Poly(vinyl) alcohol Poly(vinyl) butyral resin Teflon (polytetrafluoroethylene) Viton (fluoroelastomer) Teflon (polytetrafluoroethylene) Cariflex (block copolymer of butadiene-styrene) Cariflex (block copolymer of butadiene-styrene) Estane (polyester polyurethane copolymer) Hytemp (thermoplastic elastomer) Butyl rubber with acetyl tributylcitrate Epoxy resin-diethylenetriamine Kraton (block copolymer of styrene and ethylene-butylene) Latex with bis-(2-ethylhexyl adipate) Nylon (polyamide) Polyester and styrene copolymer Poly(ethyl acrylate) with dibutyl phthalate Silicone rubber Viton (fluoroelastomer) Teflon (polytetrafluoroethylene) Epoxy ether Exon (polychlorotrifluoroethylene/vinylidine chloride) Hydroxy-terminated polybutadiene (polyurethane) Kel-F (polychlorotrifluoroethylene) Nylon (polyamide) Nylon and aluminium Nitro-fluoroalkyl epoxides Polyacrylate and paraffin Polyamide resin Polyisobutylene/Teflon (polytetrafluoroethylene) Polyester Polystyrene Teflon (polytetrafluoroethylene) Kraton (block copolymer of styrene and ethylene-butylene)... 

Vistonex Isocyanate Polyester Acrylonitrile Butadiene Copolymer PVC—PVD Copolymer Butadiene—Styrene Copolymer PVC—PVA Copolymer 80 75 75 75 75 75... 

Vinyltoluene. Vinyltoluene (VT) is a mixture of meta- and para-vinyltoluenes, typically in the ratio of 60 40. This isomer ratio results from the ratio of the corresponding ethyltoluenes in thermodynamic equilibrium. Vinyltoluene is produced for special applications. Its copolymers are more heat-resistant than the corresponding styrene copolymers, and it is used as a specialty monomer for paint, varnish, and polyester applications. 

Mazzola et al used polyesters for foamed composites (6). Narkis et al (27) described foamed polyester composites made using random glass mat. Saidla et al (28) reported making foamed polyester composites using -inch glass fibers. Vinyl ester/styrene copolymer foams were developed by Olstowski and Perrish (10, 11). Vinyl ester-based hybrid-foam composites were developed by Frisch and Ashida (19). 

Polyester Acrylic copolymers Alkali soluble polyvinyl acetate Linear polyester Stymer (styrene - maleic anhydride coplymer) Gelatin... 

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