High flow thermoplastic resin composition with excellent chemical resistance, impact resistance and gloss

1. A thermoplastic resin composition that can have impact resistance, chemical resistance, fluidity and gloss, comprising:

(A) about 1 to about 80 parts by weight of a styrene-acrylonitrile resin including one or more functional groups capable of reacting with polyester;

(B) 30 to about 98 parts by weight of an acrylonitrile-butadiene-styrene resin comprising (B1) about 5 to about 40% by weight of a graft polymerized acrylonitrile-butadiene-styrene resin and (B2) about 60 to about 95% by weight of a styrene-acrylonitrile resin and including about 20% by weight or less of acrylonitrile; and

(C) about 1 to about 98 parts by weight of a polyester resin,

wherein the resin composition comprises a total amount of acrylonitrile of about 1 to about 11% by weight, and

wherein the composition has a melt flow index of 32 g/10 min. to 67 g/10 min. measured in accordance with ASTM D1238.

2. The thermoplastic resin composition that can have impact resistance, chemical resistance, fluidity and gloss of claim 1 , wherein said styrene-acrylonitrile resin (A) includes about 0.01 to about 5.0 mole % of the functional group capable of reacting with polyester.

3. The thermoplastic resin composition that can have impact resistance, chemical resistance, fluidity and gloss of claim 1 , wherein said functional group capable of reacting with polyester is derived from an unsaturated compound represented by the following Chemical Formula 1, maleic anhydride, maleic acid, or a combination thereof

wherein each of R3, R4 and R5 independently comprises H, saturated or unsaturated C1-C12 alkyl, C6-C14 aryl, or saturated or unsaturated C1-C12 alkyl-substituted C6-C14 aryl;

Y is ether (—O—), carboxyl (—O—[C═O]—, —[O═C]—O—), C1-C12 alkylene, C6-C14 arylene, or saturated or unsaturated C1-C12 alkyl-substituted C6-C14 arylene;

x is 0 or 1;

Z is epoxy, carboxylic acid, isocyanate, oxadiazole, amine, or hydroxy,

wherein if Y is ether (—O—) or carboxyl (—O—[C═O]—, —[O═C]—O—), each R1 and R2 independently comprises C1-C12 alkylene, C6-C14 arylene, or saturated or unsaturated C1-C12 alkyl-substituted C6-C14 arylene,

and if Y is C1-C12 alkylene or C6-C14 arylene or saturated or unsaturated C1-C12 alkyl-substituted C6-C14 arylene, Y is represented by (R1-Y—R2).

4. The thermoplastic resin composition that can have impact resistance, chemical resistance, fluidity and gloss of claim 3 , wherein said unsaturated compound represented by the Chemical Formula 1 comprises epoxy alkyl acrylate, allyl glycidyl ester, aryl glycidyl ester, glycidyl methacrylate, glycidyl acrylate, butadiene monoxide, vinyl glycidyl ether, glycidyl itaconate, acrylic acid, methacrylic acid, 2-butanoic acid, 2-methyl-2-butanoic acid, undecylenic acid, oleic acid, sorbic acid, linoleic acid, crotonic acid, itaconic acid, vinyl isocyanate, acryl isocyanate, methacryl isocyanate, vinyl amine, acryl amine, methacryl amine, hydroxy vinyl ether, hydroxy ethyl acrylate, hydroxy ethyl methacrylate, hydroxy propyl acrylate, hydroxy propyl methacrylate, 2-hydroxy acrylate, 3-phenoxypropyl acrylate, or a combination thereof.

5. The thermoplastic resin composition that can have impact resistance, chemical resistance, fluidity and gloss of claim 1 , further comprising one or more additives comprising a heat stabilizer, release agent, dispersant, anti-dripping agent, weather stabilizer, inorganic filler, inorganic fiber, or a combination thereof

6. A molded article produced from the thermoplastic resin composition as defined in claim 1 .

7. The thermoplastic resin composition that can have impact resistance, chemical resistance, fluidity and gloss of claim 1 , wherein the composition has an impact strength of 38 to 58 kgf·cm/cm measured in accordance with ASTM D256 and a gloss of 96 to 98 degrees measured in accordance with ASTM D523.

8. The thermoplastic resin composition that can have impact resistance, chemical resistance, fluidity and gloss of claim 1 , wherein the length of an injection molded article formed of the composition is 270 to 370 mm, measured after injecting the composition using a 6 oz injection molding machine and a spiral mold at a molding temperature of about 230° C., a mold temperature of about 60° C., an injection pressure of about 50%, and an injection rate of about 70%.