Compatible blend of polycarbonate with vinyl (co)polymer
View Patent ↗A compatible blend of polycarbonate resin with a vinyl (co)polymer blending partner is disclosed. The preparation of inventive blend comprise reactive blending of polycarbonate, a vinyl (co)polymer and a novel compatibilizer in the presence of a transesterification catalyst and under conditions of time and temperature designed to promote transesterification. The compatibilizer is the polymerized reaction product of at least one vinyl monomer that contains no hydroxy groups and a hydroxyl containing monomer conforming to (I) where R denotes H or C 1 –C 4 alkyl, R 1 denotes H, Cl, Br, C 1 –C 4 alkyl, cyclohexyl, or C 1 –C 4 alkoxy, a is 0 or 1, b is 0 or 1, c is 0 or 1, n is an integer of 0 to 4 and X is an OH group. The compatible blends of the invention are characterized by their improved properties.
1. A process of making a compatible thermoplastic molding composition comprising reactive blending, in the melt and in the presence of a transesterification catalyst, a polycarbonate, a vinyl (co)polymer and a hydroxy-containing compatibilizer that is the polymerized reaction product of (a) and (b) wherein
(a) is at least one vinyl monomer that contains no hydroxy groups and where
(b) is a hydroxyl containing monomer conforming to (I)
where R denotes H or C 1 –C 4 alkyl, R 1 denotes H, Cl, Br, C 1 –C 4 alkyl, cyclohexyl, or C 1 –C 4 alkoxy, a is 0 or 1, b is 0 or 1, c is 0 or 1, n is an integer of 0 to 4, and X is an OH group, and wherein vinyl (co)polymer is selected from the group consisting of SAN, ABS, homopolyolefin, homopolymethacrylate, homopolyacrylate and homopolystyrene.
2. The process of claim 1 wherein the compatibilizer has a weight average molecular weight of 5,000 to 80,000.
3. The process of claim 1 wherein 2.0 to 5% of (b) is reacted with (a), the percent being relative to the total weight of (a) and (b).
4. The process of claim 1 wherein vinyl (co)polymer is a homopolymer of a monomer selected from the group consisting of ethylene, propylene, butadiene, vinyl acetate, vinyl benzoate, vinyl isobutylether, acrylamide, methacrylamide, N-methoxy-methyl-methacrylamide, acrylonitrile, methacrylonitrile, acrylic acid ester, methacrylic ester, cyclohexylmethacrylate, styrene and vinyl toluene.
5. The process of claim 1 wherein (b) is at least one member selected from the group consisting of α-methyl-p-hydroxy-styrene, p-hydroxystyrene, and p-isopropenyl-o-cresol.
6. The process of claim 1 wherein (a) is at least one member selected from the group consisting of styrene, acrylonitrile, acrylate and olefin monomers.
7. The process of claim 1 wherein compatibilizer is the reaction product of (a) and 0.5 to 50 percent of (b) the percent being relative to the total weight of (a) and (b).
8. The compatible thermoplastic molding composition prepared by the process of claim 1 .