Refrigerator interior liner

摘要

A refrigerator interior liner can be made of a composition including a monovinylaromatic polymer matrix having an average molecular weight in weight Mw above 150,000 g/mol; rubber particles; and low- Mw plasticizers. The rubber particles can have an RPS volume of about 8.5 μm, a monomodal distribution, a swell index above 13.8, and an RPVF of at least 39%. The composition can be prepared by forming a polymerizable mixture including a monovinylaromatic monomer, and dissolving a viscous rubber in the polymerizable mixture. A free radical initiator and a chain transfer agent can be contacted with the polymerizable mixture at conditions whereby phase inversion subsequently occurs. The chain transfer agent can produce an increase of the rubber to PS phase viscosity ratio within the inversion reactor. Polymerization can be continued until a monovinylaromatic polymer matrix having rubber particles dispersed therein is obtained.

主权项

1. A refrigerator interior liner made of a rubber modified monovinylaromatic polymer composition comprising:
a) a monovinylaromatic polymer matrix having an average molecular weight in weight Mw above 150,000 g/mol, b) rubber particles dispersed in the monovinylaromatic polymer matrix, said rubber particles having:
a volume median particle size (RPS volume) of about 8.5 μm,a monomodal distribution with essentially no shoulder,a low-to-moderate crosslinking of the rubber expressed as a swell index (SI) above 13.8,a rubber phase volume fraction (RPVF) of at least 39%, c) an amount of low- Mw plasticizer, defined as the weight fraction of solubles in methanol, and such that the weight ratio c/(a+b+c) ranges from 1 to 4.5%.