Resin composition for capstock
View Patent ↗A resin composition for capstock, comprising 100 to 30 parts by weight of an impact resistance modifier having a multilayer structure, and 0 to 70 parts by weight of a methyl methacrylate (co)polymer containing 50 to 100% by weight of methyl methacrylate and 50 to 0% by weight of a monomer which is copolymerizable therewith, wherein the total amount of the impact resistance modifier and the methyl methacrylate (co)polymer is 100 parts by weight, wherein the outer layer of said impact resistance modifier and/or said methyl methacrylate copolymer is copolymerized with 0.5 to 40% by weight of a reactive monomer based on the total amount of the impact resistance modifier and the methyl methacrylate (co)polymer as a polymer component, and wherein the homopolymer of said reactive monomer has an SP value of 9.8 (cal/cm 3 )/ 1/2 or more.
1. An article of manufacture, comprising:
a substrate; and
a capstock laminated with said substrate, said capstock being made from a resin composition for capstock, comprising:
80 to 40 parts by weight of an impact resistance modifier having a multilayer structure, and
20 to 60 parts by weight of a methyl methacrylate (co)polymer containing 50 to 100% by weight of methyl methacrylate and 50 to 0% by weight of a monomer(s) which is copolymerizable therewith,
wherein the total amount of the impact resistance modifier and the methyl methacrylate (co)polymer is 100 parts by weight,
wherein the outer layer of said impact resistance modifier and/or said methyl methacrylate copolymer is copolymerized with 0.5 to 40% by weight of reactive monomer(s) based on the total amount of the impact resistance modifier and the methyl methacrylate (co)polymer as a polymer component,
wherein said reactive monomer is one or more monomer(s) selected from acrylonitrile, methacrylonitrile, glycidyl methacrylate, 2-hydroxyethyl acrylate, 2-hydroxyethyl methacrylate, 4-hydroxybutyl acrylate, acrylic acid, and methacrylic acid,
wherein the homopolymer of said reactive monomer has an SP value of 9.8 (cal/cm 3 ) 1/2 or more, and
wherein the impact resistance modifier has a two-layer structure and is obtained by polymerizing a monomer mixture containing (meth)acrylic ester(s) and copolymerizable monomer(s) in the presence of a crosslinked acrylic rubber.
2. The article of manufacture according to claim 1 , wherein the outer layer of said impact resistance modifier and/or said methyl methacrylate (co)polymer is copolymerized with 1 to 20% by weight of the reactive monomer based on the total amount of the impact resistance modifier and the methyl methacrylate (co)polymer.
3. The article of manufacture according to claim 1 , wherein the SP value of the homopolymer of the reactive monomer is 10.8 (cal/cm 3 ) 1/2 or more.
4. The article of manufacture according to claim 1 , wherein a weight ratio of the crosslinked rubber portion and the outer layer portion of said impact resistance modifier is 15/85 to 95/5.
5. The article of manufacture according to claim 1 , wherein the substrate is a siding panel made of polyvinyl chloride.
6. The article of manufacture according to claim 1 , which is a siding panel obtained by extrusion-molding said resin composition as the capstock and a polyvinyl chloride resin as the substrate.
7. The article of manufacture according to claim 1 , which is a siding panel obtained by extrusion-molding said resin composition as the capstock and a polyvinyl chloride resin as the substrate using a multimanifold die.
8. The article of manufacture according to claim 1 , wherein the reactive monomer is used for either the outer layer of the impact resistance modifier or the methyl methacrylate (co)polymer.
9. The article of manufacture according to claim 1 , wherein the impact resistance modifier having a multilayer structure is obtained by one-stage or at least two-stage polymerization of a vinyl monomer in the presence of rubbery polymer particles.
10. An article of manufacture, comprising:
a substrate; and
a capstock laminated with said substrate, said capstock being made from a resin composition for capstock, comprising:
80 to 40 parts by weight of an impact resistance modifier having a multilayer structure, and
20 to 60 parts by weight of a methyl methacrylate (co)polymer containing 50 to 100% by weight of methyl methacrylate and 50 to 0% by weight of monomer(s) which is copolymerizable therewith,
wherein the total amount of the impact resistance modifier and the methyl methacrylate (co)polymer is 100 parts by weight,
wherein the outer layer of said impact resistance modifier and/or said methyl methacrylate copolymer is copolymerized with 0.5 to 40% by weight of reactive monomer(s) based on the total amount of the impact resistance modifier and the methyl methacrylate (co)polymer as a polymer component,
wherein said reactive monomer is one or more monomer(s) selected from acrylonitrile, methacrylonitrile, glycidyl methacrylate, 2-hydroxyethyl acrylate, 2-hydroxyethyl methacrylate, 4-hydroxybutyl acrylate, acrylic acid, and methacrylic acid,
wherein the homopolymer of said reactive monomer has an SP value of 9.8 (cal/cm 3 ) 1/2 or more, and
wherein the impact resistance modifier has a three-layer structure and is obtained by the steps of:
(1) obtaining a polymer by polymerizing methyl methacrylate, copolymerizable monomer(s) and crosslinking monomer(s);
(2) polymerizing an alkyl acrylate, copolymerizable monomer(s) and crosslinking monomer(s) in the presence of the polymer of step (1) to yield a two layer polymer; and then
(3) polymerizing a monomer mixture containing (meth)acrylic ester(s) and copolymerizable monomer(s) in the presence of the resulting two-layer polymer of step (2), to produce the outer layer portion of the three-layer structure.
11. The article of manufacture according to claim 10 , wherein a weight ratio of the crosslinked rubber portion and the outer layer portion of said impact resistance modifier is 15/85 to 95/5.