Low-gloss thermoplastic resin composition having excellent heat resistance and weather resistance

1. A low-gloss thermoplastic resin composition with resistance to heat and weather, comprising:

(A) a thermoplastic resin forming a first dispersed phase, and

(B) an acrylic resin forming a second dispersed phase,

wherein the first dispersed phase has a network configuration.

2. The low-gloss thermoplastic resin composition according to claim 1 , further comprising (C) a heat resistant aromatic vinyl copolymer.

3. The low-gloss thermoplastic resin composition according to claim 1 , wherein the (A) thermoplastic resin comprises (a1) an alkyl (meth)acrylate polymer forming a dispersed phase in a network configuration, and (a2) an aromatic vinyl-vinyl cyanide copolymer forming a continuous phase.

4. The low-gloss thermoplastic resin composition according to claim 1 , wherein the (B) acrylic resin forming a second dispersed phase is an acrylic graft copolymer.

5. The low-gloss thermoplastic resin composition according to claim 1 , wherein the second dispersed phase is in the form of particles.

6. The low-gloss thermoplastic resin composition according to claim 2 , wherein the low-gloss thermoplastic resin composition comprises about 20 to about 50% by weight of the (A) thermoplastic resin having a dispersed phase in a network configuration, about 5 to about 40% by weight of the (B) acrylic resin, and about 10 to about 50% by weight of the (C) heat resistant aromatic vinyl copolymer.

7. The low-gloss thermoplastic resin composition according to claim 3 , wherein the (A) thermoplastic resin comprises about 5 to about 35% by weight of the (a1) alkyl (meth)acrylate polymer and about 65 to about 95% by weight of the (a2) aromatic vinyl-vinyl cyanide copolymer.

8. The low-gloss thermoplastic resin composition according to claim 3 , wherein the (a1) alkyl (meth)acrylate polymer comprises units derived from an alkyl (meth)acrylate compound, an unsaturated carboxylic acid, an anhydride thereof, or a combination thereof, and a compound having two or more hydroxyl groups.

9. The low-gloss thermoplastic resin composition according to claim 8 , wherein the (a1) alkyl (meth)acrylate polymer comprises: about 60 to about 95% by weight of the alkyl (meth)acrylate compound; about 1 to about 20% by weight of the unsaturated carboxylic acid, anhydride thereof, or combination thereof; about 0 to about 20% by weight of an aromatic vinyl compound; about 0 to about 10% by weight of a vinyl cyanide compound; and about 0.1 to about 3 equivalents of the compound having two or more hydroxyl groups per equivalent of the unsaturated carboxylic acid, anhydride thereof, or combination thereof.

10. The low-gloss thermoplastic resin composition according to claim 8 , wherein the compound having two or more hydroxyl groups is selected from the group consisting of C 2 -C 10 alkanediols, polyalkylene glycols, polyols, and mixtures thereof.

11. The low-gloss thermoplastic resin composition according to claim 3 , wherein the (a1) alkyl (meth)acrylate polymer comprises alkyl (meth)acrylate units and unsaturated carboxylic acid, an anhydride thereof, or a combination thereof units in the main chain thereof, and the carboxyl groups of the unsaturated carboxylic acid, anhydride thereof, or combination thereof units are connected to the hydroxyl groups of the compound having two or more hydroxyl groups by ester bonds to form a dispersed phase in a network configuration.

12. The low-gloss thermoplastic resin composition according to claim 3 , wherein the (a1) alkyl (meth)acrylate polymer comprises units derived from an alkyl (meth)acrylate compound, an unsaturated compound having a hydroxyl group, and a compound having two or more carboxyl groups.

13. The low-gloss thermoplastic resin composition according to claim 3 , wherein the (a1) alkyl (meth)acrylate polymer comprises units derived from an alkyl (meth)acrylate compound, a glycidyl (meth)acrylate compound, and a compound having two or more hydroxyl groups.

14. The low-gloss thermoplastic resin composition according to claim 3 , wherein the (a2) aromatic vinyl-vinyl cyanide copolymer comprises about 60 to about 95% by weight of aromatic vinyl compound units, about 5 to about 40% by weight of vinyl cyanide compound units, and about 0 to about 10% by weight of alkyl (meth)acrylate compound units.

15. The low-gloss thermoplastic resin composition according to claim 3 , wherein the (a2) aromatic vinyl-vinyl cyanide copolymer has a weight average molecular weight of about 150,000 to about 300,000 g/mol.

16. The low-gloss thermoplastic resin composition according to claim 1 , wherein the (B) acrylic resin has a structure in which about 40 to about 90% by weight of (b2) an aromatic vinyl compound-vinyl cyanide compound copolymer is grafted onto about 10 to about 60% by weight of (b1) a (meth)acrylic rubber.

17. The low-gloss thermoplastic resin composition according to claim 16 , wherein the (b2) aromatic vinyl compound-vinyl cyanide compound copolymer is a copolymer of about 60 to about 80% by weight of an aromatic vinyl compound and about 20 to about 40% by weight of a vinyl cyanide compound.

18. The low-gloss thermoplastic resin composition according to claim 16 , wherein the (b1) (meth)acrylic rubber particles have an average particle diameter in the range of about 0.05 to about 1 μm.

19. The low-gloss thermoplastic resin composition according to claim 2 , wherein the (C) heat resistant aromatic vinyl copolymer comprises aromatic vinyl compound units, vinyl cyanide compound units, and cross-linkable monomer units.

20. The low-gloss thermoplastic resin composition according to claim 19 , wherein the (C) heat resistant aromatic vinyl copolymer comprises: 100 parts by weight of monofunctional vinyl compounds comprising about 60 to about 80% by weight of an aromatic vinyl compound and about 20 to about 40% by weight of a vinyl cyanide compound; and about 0.01 to about 0.05 parts by weight of a cross-linkable monomer.

21. The low-gloss thermoplastic resin composition according to claim 1 , further comprising (D) an aromatic vinyl compound-vinyl cyanide compound copolymer, (E) a copolymer comprising a maleic anhydride compound, or a mixture thereof.

22. The low-gloss thermoplastic resin composition according to claim 21 , wherein the resin composition comprises more than about 0 but not more than about 40% by weight of the (D) aromatic vinyl compound-vinyl cyanide compound copolymer, based on the total weight of the composition.

23. The low-gloss thermoplastic resin composition according to claim 21 , wherein the resin composition comprises more than about 0 but not more than about 20% by weight of the (E) copolymer comprising a maleic anhydride compound, based on the total weight of the composition.

24. The low-gloss thermoplastic resin composition according to claim 21 , wherein the (E) copolymer comprising a maleic anhydride compound comprises about 40 to about 60% by weight of maleic anhydride, N-substituted maleate, or a mixture thereof.

25. The low-gloss thermoplastic resin composition according to claim 1 , further comprising one or more additives selected from the group consisting of antibacterial agents, heat stabilizers, antioxidants, release agents, light stabilizers, inorganic additives, surfactants, coupling agents, plasticizers, admixtures, stabilizers, lubricants, antistatic agents, toning agents, flame-proofing agents, weather stabilizers, colorants, UV absorbers, UV blocking agents, flame retardants, fillers, nucleating agents, adhesion aids, adhesives, and combinations thereof.

26. The low-gloss thermoplastic resin composition according to claim 1 , wherein the composition has a gloss of about 30 G.U. or less as measured using a 75° gloss meter, a Vicat softening temperature of about 100 to about 150° C., a ΔE of about 2.8 or less as measured by UL 746C, and a notched Izod impact strength of about 8 kgf·cm/cm or more as measured at a thickness of ⅛″ by ASTM D256.