Thermoplastic resin having high transparency and high impact strength and preventing low-temperature whitening

1. A transparent thermoplastic resin composition comprising:

(A) a methylmethacrylate-styrene-acrylonitrile-butadiene copolymer (g-MABS) graft resin with a core-shell structure, wherein the core includes butadiene with an average butadiene particle size of about 700 to about 1800 Å;

(B) a methylmethacrylate-styrene-acrylonitrile-butadiene copolymer (g-MABS) graft resin with a core-shell structure, wherein the core includes butadiene with an average butadiene particle size of about 2000 to about 4000 Å;

(C) a dimethyl polysiloxane; and

(D) a base resin including (meth)acrylic acid alkyl ester in an amount of about 40 to about 100% by weight.

2. The transparent thermoplastic resin composition of claim 1 , wherein the transparent thermoplastic resin composition comprises

the methylmethacrylate-styrene-acrylonitrile-butadiene copolymer (g-MABS) graft resin (A) with a core-shell structure including butadiene with an average butadiene particle size of about 700 to about 1800 Å (A) in an amount of about 30 to about 40% by weight;

the methylmethacrylate-styrene-acrylonitrile-butadiene copolymer (g-MABS) graft resin (B) with a core-shell structure including butadiene with an average butadiene particle size of about 2000 to about 4000 Å (B) in an amount of about 1 to about 6% by weight;

the dimethyl polysiloxane (C) in an amount of about 0.002 to about 0.01% by weight; and

the base resin which includes about 40 to about 100% by weight of (meth)acrylic acid alkyl ester component (D) in an amount of about 54 to about 68% by weight.

3. The transparent thermoplastic resin composition of claim 1 , wherein the shell of each of the graft resins (A) and (B) has a double shell structure including a first inner shell and a second outer shell.

4. The transparent thermoplastic resin composition of claim 3 , wherein the first inner shell comprises a styrene-acrylonitrile resin, the second outer shell comprises a polymethylmethacrylate (PMMA) resin, and the core comprises butadiene rubber, butadiene-styrene rubber copolymer, or a combination thereof.

5. The transparent thermoplastic resin composition of claim 1 , wherein each of the graft resins (A) and (B) comprises about 30 to about 70 parts by weight of butadiene rubber, about 15 to about 55 parts by weight of methylmethacrylate, about 1 to about 5 parts by weight of acrylonitrile, and about 5 to about 35 parts by weight of styrene.

6. The transparent thermoplastic resin composition of claim 1 , wherein the base resin (D) including the (meth)acrylic acid alkyl ester in an amount of about 40 to about 100% by weight comprise a polymethylmethacrylate resin (PMMA), a methylmethacrylate-styrene-acrylonitrile (MSAN) resin, or combination thereof.

7. The transparent thermoplastic resin composition of claim 6 , wherein the methylmethacrylate-styrene-acrylonitrile (MSAN) resin comprises methylmethacrylate-styrene-acrylonitrile (MSAN) with a fluidity index of about 10, methylmethacrylate-styrene-acrylonitrile (MSAN) resin with a fluidity index of about 25, or combination thereof, wherein the fluidity index is measured for a 10 kg specimen at 220° C. in accordance with ISO1103.

8. The transparent thermoplastic resin composition of claim 1 wherein the transparent thermoplastic resin composition further comprises one or more additives selected from the group consisting of dyes, pigments, flame retardants, fillers, stabilizers, lubricants, antimicrobial agents, releasing agents, and combinations thereof.