HYBRID MATERIALS EMPLOYING PPE/POLYSTYRENE/CURABLE EPOXY MIXTURES

摘要

A curable melt blended composition and a method of making the composition by melt blending a thermoplastic polymer comprising polyphenylene ether (PPE) polymer and a polystyrene polymer, preferably high impact polystyrene (HIPS), and optionally a compatibilizer, with an uncured epoxy component, comprising a curable epoxy and an epoxy curing agent, at a temperature greater than 150 DEG C and without addition of solvent wherein the epoxy component of the resulting curable melt blended composition remains substantially uncured.