Thermoplastic resin composition

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-11505689-B2
Application number	US-201916649116-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Mar 19, 2019
Priority date	Mar 20, 2018
Publication date	Nov 22, 2022
Grant date	Nov 22, 2022

Abstract

Provided is a thermoplastic resin composition that includes: a first copolymer including an unit derived from an aromatic vinyl-based monomer and an unit derived from a vinyl cyan-based monomer; a second copolymer including an unit derived from an alkyl (meth)acrylate-based monomer, an unit derived from an aromatic vinyl-based monomer, and an unit derived from a vinyl cyan-based monomer; a third copolymer including a conjugated diene-based polymer with an average particle diameter of 0.25 to 0.35 μm, an unit derived from an aromatic vinyl-based monomer, and an unit derived from a vinyl cyan-based monomer; and a fourth copolymer including a conjugated diene-based polymer with an average particle diameter of 0.05 to 0.15 μm, an unit derived from an aromatic vinyl-based monomer, and an unit derived from a vinyl cyan-based monomer, and can be used for producing a molded article exhibiting excellent basic properties while being capable of realizing selective transmittance.

First claim

The invention claimed is:

1. A thermoplastic resin composition comprising:
a first copolymer including a unit derived from an aromatic vinyl-based monomer and a unit derived from a vinyl cyan-based monomer;
a second copolymer including a unit derived from an alkyl (meth)acrylate-based monomer, a unit derived from an aromatic vinyl-based monomer, and a unit derived from a vinyl cyan-based monomer;
a third copolymer including a conjugated diene-based polymer with an average particle diameter of 0.25 to 0.35 μm, a unit derived from an aromatic vinyl-based monomer, and a unit derived from a vinyl cyan-based monomer; and
a fourth copolymer including a conjugated diene-based polymer with an average particle diameter of 0.05 to 0.15 μm, a unit derived from an aromatic vinyl-based monomer, and a unit derived from a vinyl cyan-based monomer,
wherein the thermoplastic resin composition includes 60 to 70 wt % of the first copolymer and 10 to 20 wt % of the second copolymer.

2. The thermoplastic resin composition of claim 1 , wherein the thermoplastic resin composition further includes:
the third copolymer at 15 to 25 wt %; and
the fourth copolymer at 5 to 15 wt %.

3. The thermoplastic resin composition of claim 1 , wherein the first copolymer has a refractive index of 1.55 to 1.57.

4. The thermoplastic resin composition of claim 1 , wherein the second copolymer, the third copolymer, and the fourth copolymer each independently have a refractive index of 1.51 to 1.53.

5. The thermoplastic resin composition of claim 1 , wherein the second copolymer includes:
the unit derived from the alkyl (meth)acrylate-based monomer at 65 to 80 wt %;
the unit derived from the aromatic vinyl-based monomer at 3 to 15 wt %; and
the unit derived from the vinyl cyan-based monomer at 10 to 25 wt %.

6. The thermoplastic resin composition of claim 1 , wherein the second copolymer has a weight-average molecular weight of 50,000 to 150,000 g/mol.

7. The thermoplastic resin composition of claim 1 , wherein the third copolymer includes:
the conjugated diene-based polymer at 55 to 70 wt %;
the unit derived from the aromatic vinyl-based monomer at 20 to 35 wt %; and
the unit derived from the vinyl cyan-based monomer at 5 to 20 wt %.

8. The thermoplastic resin composition of claim 1 , wherein the fourth copolymer includes:
the conjugated diene-based polymer at 45 to 60 wt %;
the unit derived from the aromatic vinyl-based monomer at 30 to 45 wt %; and
the unit derived from the vinyl cyan-based monomer at 5 to 20 wt %.

9. The thermoplastic resin composition of claim 1 , further comprising one or more additives selected from the group consisting of a UV stabilizer and an antioxidant.

10. The thermoplastic resin composition of claim 9 , wherein the additive is included at 0.2 to 1.1 parts by weight based on 100 parts by weight of the sum of the first copolymer, the second copolymer, the third copolymer, and the fourth copolymer.

11. A thermoplastic resin molded article comprising:
a first copolymer including a unit derived from an aromatic vinyl-based monomer and a unit derived from a vinyl cyan-based monomer;
a second copolymer including a unit derived from an alkyl (meth)acrylate-based monomer, a unit derived from an aromatic vinyl-based monomer, and a unit derived from a vinyl cyan-based monomer;
a third copolymer including a conjugated diene-based polymer with an average particle diameter of 0.25 to 0.35 μm, a unit derived from an aromatic vinyl-based monomer, and a unit derived from a vinyl cyan-based monomer; and
a fourth copolymer including a conjugated diene-based polymer with an average particle diameter of 0.05 to 0.15 μm, a unit derived from an aromatic vinyl-based monomer, and a unit derived from a vinyl cyan-based monomer,
wherein a refractive index of a matrix part including the first copolymer and the second copolymer and a refractive index of an impact modifying part including the third copolymer and the fourth copolymer differ by 0.01 to 0.04,
wherein the thermoplastic resin of the molded article includes 60 to 70 wt % of the first copolymer and 10 to 20 wt % of the second copolymer.

12. The thermoplastic resin molded article of claim 11 , wherein the matrix part has a refractive index of 1.53 to 1.55.

13. The thermoplastic resin molded article of claim 11 , wherein the impact modifying part has a refractive index of 1.51 to 1.52.

14. The thermoplastic resin molded article of claim 11 , wherein the thermoplastic resin molded article has an illuminance of 80 lux or more and an impact strength of 15 kg·cm/cm or more,
wherein the illuminance is obtained by preparing a 3-mm-thick specimen of the thermoplastic resin molded article and projecting LED source light onto the specimen from directly behind, and refers to an illuminance of the source light transmitted through the specimen.

Assignees

• Lg Chemical Ltd

Inventors

• Kang Byoung Il
• Choi Eun Jung
• Sung Da Eun

Classifications

• C08L25/12 Primary

  with unsaturated nitriles · CPC title

• C08L2666/78

  Stabilisers against oxidation, heat, light or ozone · CPC title

• C08L51/04

  grafted on to rubbers · CPC title

• C08L55/02

  ABS [Acrylonitrile-Butadiene-Styrene] polymers · CPC title

• C08L9/06

  Copolymers with styrene · CPC title