IP Library Granted Patent US 8,575,269
Granted Patent B2
US 8,575,269 · App. 12/677,960 · Granted Nov 5, 2013

Transparent, tough and rigid molding compositions based on styrene-butadiene block copolymer mixtures

Inventors: Konrad Knoll (Mannheim, DE); Jürgen Koch (Neuhofen, DE); Piyada Charoensirisomboon (Mannheim, DE); Daniel Wagner (Bad Dürkheim, DE)
Assignee: Styrolution GmbH
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Patent No.
US 8,575,269
App. No.
12/677,960
Granted
Nov 5, 2013
Kind
B2
Abstract

A mixture which contains a) a copolymer or block copolymer A comprising one or more copolymer blocks (B/S)A which are respectively composed of from 65 to 95% by weight of vinylaromatic monomers and of from 35 to 5% by weight of dienes, and whose glass transition temperature TgA is in the range from 40° to 90° C., b) a block copolymer B comprising at least one hard block S which is composed of vinylaromatic monomers, and comprising one or more copolymer blocks (B/S)B which are respectively composed of from 20 to 60% by weight of vinylaromatic monomers and of from 80 to 40% by weight of dienes, and whose glass transition temperature TgB is in the range from −70° to 0° C., c) a polystyrene C, and its use for the production of packaging for electronics components.

Claims (23)

1. A mixture comprising

a) at least 30% by weight of a copolymer or block copolymer A comprising one or more copolymer blocks (B/S) A which are respectively composed of from 65 to 95% by weight of vinylaromatic monomers and of from 35 to 5% by weight of dienes, and whose glass transition temperature Tg A is in the range from 40° to 90° C.,

b) at least 20% by weight of a block copolymer B comprising at least one hard block S which is composed of vinylaromatic monomers, and comprising one or more copolymer blocks (B/S) B which are respectively composed of from 20 to 60% by weight of vinylaromatic monomers and of from 80 to 40% by weight of dienes, and whose glass transition temperature Tg B is in the range from −70° to 0° C.,

c) from 30 to 40% by weight of polystyrene C,

d) at least 5% by weight of a block copolymer D comprising at least one copolymer block (B/S) A which is respectively composed of from 65 to 95% by weight of vinylaromatic monomers and of from 35 to 5% by weight of dienes, and whose glass transition temperature Tg A is in the range from 40° to 90° C., and comprising at least one diene block B or copolymer block (B/S) B which is respectively composed of from 1 to 60% by weight of vinylaromatic monomers and of from 99 to 40% by weight of dienes, and whose glass transition temperature Tg B is in the range from −100° to 0° C., wherein component d) is (S/B) A -(S/B) B or (S/B) A -B-S, and

e) from 0 to 6% by weight of a plastifying agent E.

2. The mixture according to claim 1 , wherein the number-average molar mass M n of the copolymer block (B/S) A of the copolymer or block copolymer A is from 50 000 to 150 000 g/mol.

3. The mixture according to claim 1 , wherein the glass transition temperature of the copolymer block (B/S) A of the copolymer or block copolymer A is in the range from 60° to 80° C.

4. The mixture according to claim 1 , wherein the copolymer or block copolymer A is composed of one copolymer block (B/S) A .

5. The mixture according to claim 1 , wherein the copolymer or block copolymer A is composed of one copolymer block (B/S) A and the glass transition temperature of the copolymer block (B/S) A of the copolymer or block copolymer A is in the range from 60° to 80° C.

6. The mixture according to claim 1 , wherein the block copolymer A has the structure S-(B/S) A -S where S is a hard block composed of vinylaromatic monomers.

7. The mixture according to claim 5 , wherein the block copolymer A has the structure S-(B/S) A -S where S is a hard block composed of vinylaromatic monomers.

8. The mixture according to claim 1 , wherein the copolymer blocks (B/S) A and (B/S) B of the block copolymers A and B have random distribution of the vinylaromatic monomers and dienes.

9. The mixture according to claim 1 , wherein the block copolymer B has a star-shaped structure having at least two terminal hard blocks S 1 and S 2 with different molecular weight which are composed of vinylaromatic monomers, and the proportion of the entirety of the hard blocks S is at least 40% by weight, based on the entire star-shaped block copolymer B.

10. The mixture according to claim 7 , wherein the block copolymer B has a star-shaped structure having at least two terminal hard blocks S 1 and S 2 with different molecular weight which are composed of vinylaromatic monomers, and the proportion of the entirety of the hard blocks S is at least 40% by weight, based on the entire star-shaped block copolymer B.

11. The mixture according to claim 9 , wherein the star-shaped block copolymer B has terminal blocks S 1 whose number-average molar mass M n is in the range from 5000 to 30 000 g/mol, and S 2 whose number-average molar mass M n is in the range from 35 000 to 150 000 g/mol.

12. The mixture according to claim 1 , wherein the extruded mixture has a three-phase honeycomb structure.

13. A packaging for electronic components which comprises the mixture according to claim 1 .

14. A tubular packaging for integrated circuits, produced from the mixture according to claim 1 .

15. The mixture according to claim 1 , wherein the mixture has a modulus of elasticity of 1740 to 2500 MPa.

16. The mixture according to claim 1 , wherein the mixture has a modulus of elasticity of 1900 to 2500 MPA.

17. The mixture according to claim 1 , wherein component e) is present in an amount from 2 to 4% by weight.

18. The mixture according to claim 17 , wherein component e) is a homogenously miscible oil or oil mixture.

Assignments (3)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Dec 24, 2014
From: BASF SE; STYROLUTION GMBH
To: STYROLUTION EUROPE GMBH
Reel/Frame 034700/0165 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Aug 28, 2013
From: BASF SE
To: STYROLUTION GMBH
Reel/Frame 031100/0059 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Mar 16, 2010
From: KNOLL, KONRAD; KOCH, JUERGEN; CHAROENSIRISOMBOON, PIYADA; WAGNER, DANIEL
To: BASF SE
Reel/Frame 024085/0708 →
Priority Claims (1)
EP 07116456 · Sep 14, 2007 · regional
Continuity (1)
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