Claims
- 1. A blend of polymeric materials comprising
- (A) from about 1 to about 99 weight percent of at least one substantially random interpolymer containing
- (1) from about 1 to about 65 mole percent of polymer units derived from
- (a) at least one vinyl or vinylidene aromatic monomer,
- (b) at least one hindered aliphatic or cycloaliphatic vinyl or vinylidene monomer selected from the group consisting of vinylcyclohexane, vinylcyclohexene and 5-ethylidene-2-norbornene, or
- (c) a combination of (a) and (b), and
- (2) from about 35 to about 99 mole percent of polymer units derived from ethylene and/or at least one aliphatic .alpha.-olefin having from about 3 to about 20 carbon atoms; and
- (B) from about 1 to about 99 weight percent of
- (1) at least one homopolymer of a vinyl or vinylidene aromatic monomer,
- (2) at least one interpolymer of one or more vinyl or vinylidene aromatic monomer and one or more interpolymerizeable monomers other than ethylene and/or an aliphatic alpha olefin,
- (3) at least one of (1) or (2) which additionally contains an impact modifier, or
- (4) a combination of any two or more of (1), (2) or (3).
- 2. A blend of claim 1 wherein
- (i) component (A2) contains from 2 to 12 carbon atoms;
- (ii) the vinyl or vinylidene aromatic monomer(s) of component (B) is represented by the following general formula: ##STR7## wherein R.sup.1 is selected from the group of radicals consisting of hydrogen and alkyl radicals containing three carbons or less, and Ar is a phenyl group or a phenyl group substituted with from 1 to 5 substituents selected from the group consisting of halo, C.sub.1-4 -alkyl, and C.sub.1-4 -haloalkyl.
- 3. A blend of claim 1 wherein the interpolymerizable monomer of component (B) is selected from the group consisting of .alpha.-methyl styrene, N-phenyl maleimide, N-alkyl maleimide, acrylamide, acrylonitrile, methacrylonitrile, maleic anhydride, acrylic acid, C.sub.1-4 alkyl acrylates and C.sub.1-4 alkyl methacrylates.
- 4. A blend of claim 1 wherein component (B) is polystyrene or polystyrene containing an impact modifier.
- 5. A blend of claim 1 wherein component (A1a) is styrene and component (A2) is ethylene or a combination of ethylene and at least one of propylene, 4-methyl pentene, butene-1, hexene-1 or octene-1.
- 6. A blend of claim 1 wherein component (A1a) is styrene; component (A2) is ethylene or a combination of ethylene and at least one of propylene, 4-methyl pentene, butene-1, hexene-1 or octene-1; and component (B) is polystyrene or polystyrene containing an impact modifier.
- 7. A blend of claim 1 wherein component (A) is produced by polymerization in the presence of a metallocene or constrained geometry catalyst and a co-catalyst.
- 8. An adhesive composition containing a blend of claim 1.
- 9. A sheet or film resulting from calendaring, casting or blowing a blend of claim 1.
- 10. An article resulting from injection, compression, extrusion or blow molding a blend of claim 1.
- 11. A fiber, foam or latex prepared from a blend of claim 1.
- 12. A foamable composition comprising
- (I) at least one blowing agent; and
- (II) at least one interpolymer or blend of interpolymers comprising
- (A) from about 1 to 99 percent by weight of at least one substantially random interpolymer comprising polymer units derived from
- (1) from about 1 to about 65 mole percent of (a) at least one vinyl or vinylidene aromatic monomer, (b) at least one hindered aliphatic or cycloaliphatic vinyl or vinylidene monomer selected from the group consisting of vinylcyclohexane, vinylcyclohexene and 5-ethylidene-2-norbornene, or (c) a combination of (a) and (b), and
- (2) from about 35 to about 99 mole percent of polymer units derived from ethylene and/or at least one aliphatic .alpha.-olefin having from about 3 to about 20 carbon atoms; and
- (B) from 1 to about 99 percent by weight of at least one homopolymer of a vinyl or vinylidene aromatic monomer or at least one interpolymer of one or more vinyl vinylidene aromatic monomers and one or more interpolymerizeable monomers other than ethylene and/or an aliphatic alpha olefin.
- 13. A foam resulting from subjecting the foamable composition of claim 12 to foaming conditions.
- 14. An adhesive composition containing a blend of claim 2.
- 15. An adhesive composition containing a blend of claim 3.
- 16. An adhesive composition containing a blend of claim 4.
- 17. An adhesive composition containing a blend of claim 5.
- 18. An adhesive composition containing a blend of claim 6.
- 19. An adhesive composition containing a blend of claim 7.
- 20. A sheet or film resulting from calendaring, casting or blowing a blend of claim 2.
- 21. A sheet or film resulting from calendaring, casting or blowing a blend of claim 3.
- 22. A sheet or film resulting from calendaring, casting or blowing a blend of claim 4.
- 23. A sheet or film resulting from calendaring, casting or blowing a blend of claim 5.
- 24. A sheet or film resulting from calendaring, casting or blowing a blend of claim 6.
- 25. A sheet or film resulting from calendaring, casting or blowing a blend of claim 7.
- 26. An article resulting from injection, compression, extrusion or blow molding a blend of claim 2.
- 27. An article resulting from injection, compression, extrusion or blow molding a blend of claim 3.
- 28. An article resulting from injection, compression, extrusion or blow molding a blend of claim 4.
- 29. An article resulting from injection, compression, extrusion or blow molding a blend of claim 5.
- 30. An article resulting from injection, compression, extrusion or blow molding a blend of claim 6.
- 31. An article resulting from injection, compression, extrusion or blow molding a blend of claim 7.
- 32. A fiber, foam or latex prepared from a blend of claim 2.
- 33. A fiber, foam or latex prepared from a blend of claim 3.
- 34. A fiber, foam or latex prepared from a blend of claim 4.
- 35. A fiber, foam or latex prepared from a blend of claim 5.
- 36. A fiber, foam or latex prepared from a blend of claim 6.
- 37. A fiber, foam or latex prepared from a blend of claim 7.
Parent Case Info
This application is a continuation in part of application Ser. No. 08/469,828 filed Jun. 6, 1995, now U.S. Pat. No. 5,703,187, which is a division of application Ser. No. 07/545,403 filed Jul. 3, 1990 which is a continuation-in-part of application Ser. No. 07/401,345 filed Aug. 31, 1989 now abandoned, application Ser. No. 07/428,082, filed Oct. 27, 1989, now abandoned, application Ser. No. 07/428,283, filed Oct. 27, 1989, now abandoned, application Ser. No. 07/428,276, filed Oct. 27, 1989, now abandoned and application Ser. No. 07/520,168, filed May 9, 1990, now abandoned, which is a continuation of application Ser. No. 07/436,524, filed Nov. 14, 1989, now abandoned.
PCT Information
Filing Document |
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102e Date |
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PCT/US96/14233 |
9/4/1996 |
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3/5/1998 |
3/5/1998 |
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WO98/10014 |
3/12/1998 |
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US Referenced Citations (6)
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428082 |
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428283 |
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428276 |
Oct 1989 |
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520168 |
May 1990 |
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Divisions (1)
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545403 |
Jul 1990 |
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Continuations (1)
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436524 |
Nov 1989 |
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Continuation in Parts (2)
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469828 |
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401345 |
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