High performance lignin-acrylonitrile polymer blend materials

Naskar, Amit K.; Tran, Chau D.

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Title: High performance lignin-acrylonitrile polymer blend materials

Abstract

A polymer blend material comprising: (i) a lignin component having a weight-average molecular weight of up to 1,000,000 g/mol; and (ii) an acrylonitrile-containing copolymer rubber component comprising acrylonitrile units in combination with diene monomer units, and having an acrylonitrile content of at least 20 mol %; wherein said lignin component is present in an amount of at least 5 wt % and up to about 95 wt % by total weight of components (i) and (ii); and said polymer blend material possesses a tensile yield stress of at least 5 MPa, or a tensile stress of at least 5 MPa at 10% elongation, or a tensile stress of at least 5 MPa at 100% elongation. Methods for producing the polymer blend, molded forms thereof, and articles thereof, are also described.

Inventors:: Naskar, Amit K.; Tran, Chau D.

Issue Date:: Tue Nov 14 00:00:00 EST 2017

Research Org.:: Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL), Oak Ridge, TN (United States)

Sponsoring Org.:: USDOE

OSTI Identifier:: 1409016

Patent Number(s):: 9815985

Application Number:: 14/798,729

Assignee:: UT-BATTELLE, LLC (Oak Ridge, TN)

Patent Classifications (CPCs):: C - CHEMISTRY C08 - ORGANIC MACROMOLECULAR COMPOUNDS C08J - WORKING-UP

C - CHEMISTRY C08 - ORGANIC MACROMOLECULAR COMPOUNDS C08K - Use of inorganic or non-macromolecular organic substances as compounding ingredients

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C - CHEMISTRY C08 - ORGANIC MACROMOLECULAR COMPOUNDS C08J - WORKING-UP
C08J2309/02 - Copolymers with acrylonitrile
C08J2397/00 - Characterised by the use of lignin-containing materials
C08J2409/02 - Copolymers with acrylonitrile
C08J3/005 - {Processes for mixing polymers}

C - CHEMISTRY C08 - ORGANIC MACROMOLECULAR COMPOUNDS C08K - Use of inorganic or non-macromolecular organic substances as compounding ingredients
C08K5/14 - Peroxides

C - CHEMISTRY C08 - ORGANIC MACROMOLECULAR COMPOUNDS C08L - COMPOSITIONS OF MACROMOLECULAR COMPOUNDS
C08L33/20 - Homopolymers or copolymers of acrylonitrile
C08L9/00 - Compositions of homopolymers or copolymers of conjugated diene hydrocarbons
C08L9/02 - Copolymers with acrylonitrile
C08L9/06 - Copolymers with styrene
C08L97/00 - Compositions of lignin-containing materials
C08L97/005 - {Lignin}

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DOE Contract Number:: AC05-00OR22725

Resource Type:: Patent

Resource Relation:: Patent File Date: 2015 Jul 14

Country of Publication:: United States

Language:: English

Subject:: 36 MATERIALS SCIENCE

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Method of Making Synthetic Constructional Boards and Products Thereof patent, April 1953

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Polyvinyl Cyanoethyl Ether
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Lignin Reinforced Rubber and Method of Making Same
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Method of Making Synthetic Constructional Boards and Products Thereof
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Method of Making a Modified Sulfate Lignin Reinforced Butadiene-Acrylo-Nitrile Rubber
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Method of Preparing Rubber-Modified Lignin Blends
patent, January 1965

Polymers Containing Sulfonic Acid Groups
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Polymerizable hydroxy-containing esters of amido-substituted sulfonic acids
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Polymers containing cyclic ether units joined through 2,6-diyl linkages
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