SHRINKABLE LABELS MADE FROM DIRECTED POLYSTYRENE FILM, CONTAINING FINE RUBBER PARTICLES, LOW CONTENT OF GEL OF RUBBER PARTICLES AND BLOCK-COPOLYMERS Russian patent published in 2011 - IPC C08L53/02 C08J5/18 C08L51/00 C08L53/00 G09F3/02 

FIELD: chemistry.

SUBSTANCE: invention relates to production of shrinkable polymer labels, particularly to preparation of a film composition. The composition contains (a) a high-impact polystyrene component (HIPS) with a block-copolymer grafted to the polystyrene, (b) 10-50 wt % general purpose polystyrene (GPPS) and (c) approximately 2-80 wt % styrene block-copolymer. Component (a) contains a grafted rubber component which is a styrene block-copolymer and a rubber-like diene with conjugated double bonds from 1 to 7 wt % of the weight of the HIPS; less than 10 wt % concentration of gel, defined by extraction of the methylethylketone/methanol mixture. The average particle size of the rubber is less than 1 mcm and 0.01 mcm or more. Approximately 40-90 vol % of the rubber particles have diametre approximately less than 0.4 mcm and approximately 10-60 vol % of the rubber particles have diametre of approximately 0.4-2.5 mcm. Most of the rubber particles have a nucleus-shell morphology and said particles are in concentration of 10-70 wt % of the total weight of the polymer composition, and 1-5 wt % of the rubber-like diene of the total weight of the polymer composition.

EFFECT: film made from said composition has ratio of directed length to non-directed length in the direction of the greatest drawing at least equal to 3:1 and enable increase in size by 20% in the direction of less stretching at 110°C.

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