Rubber modified methyl methacrylate syrups, production and use in producing cast sheets and moulding materials

摘要

A continuous process for producing rubber-modified methyl methacrylate syrups which comprises continuously supplying a material liquor comprising 1 to 20 parts by weight of a rubbery polymer dissolved in 100 parts by weight of a monomer comprising 60 to 100% by weight of methyl methacrylate, and a radical-polymerization initiator to a first reaction zone, continuously polymerizing at such a stationary conversion that the rubbery polymer is dispersed in the form of particles form while maintaining the temperature and residence time in the first reaction zone so that a steady state is achieved in the zone and the steady-state concentration of the initiator in the zone 1_/2 to 1/1,000 times the concentration of initiator supplied, continuously taking out the resulting reaction mixture from the first reaction zone, and passing it through a second reaction zone having a volume of 0 to 5 times the volume of the first reaction zone, to.obtain a stable syrup comprising a disperse phase which is a solution of the rubbery polymer in the monomer and a continuous phase which is a solution of the resinous polymer in the monomer, and the use of these materials in the production of methyl methacrylate cast sheets and molding materials having an excellent impact resistance from the syrups.