Summary of the invention
The technical issues that need to address of the present invention are to disclose a kind of styrene block copolymer reacting and extruding polymerization method, to overcome the above-mentioned defective that prior art exists, satisfy the needs of relevant department.
The said styrenic block copolymer of the present invention is the linear styrene monomer/conjugated diene block copolymer of the many blocks of nano level yardstick disperse phase with special construction and performance, by a large amount of small (nano level) conjugated diene block and a small amount of random section styrene monomer of forming/conjugated diene segmented copolymer, constitutional features is as follows for a kind of for its constructional feature:
The said styrene monomer of the present invention/conjugated diene segmented copolymer is by the long block of vinylbenzene, the short block of divinyl is main, the ABAB.... type segmented copolymer (A refers to the long block of vinylbenzene, and B refers to the short block of divinyl) that is being mingled with random section composition of a spot of butylbenzene.
The prepared styrene copolymer number-average molecular weight (Mn) of the present invention is 1 * 10
4~70 * 10
4, optimum range 5 * 10
4~35 * 10
4, the weight percent content of styrene monomer in multipolymer is 50%~95%, optimum content is 93%~60%.
The preparation method of above-mentioned polymkeric substance comprises the steps:
Styrene monomer and conjugated diene are sent into first section of screw extrusion press by a certain percentage, and temperature is 0~50 ℃; Initiators for polymerization is sent into second section carry out polymerization reaction zone, temperature is 0~100 ℃, is preferably between 20~80 ℃; Third and fourth section mainly is melt conveying zone, and temperature is 80~180 ℃, at the melt conveying zone of polymerisate, oxidation inhibitor and the side direction of other properties-correcting agent from screw extrusion press is added; The 5th section is a mouthful mould section, and temperature is 180~230 ℃, and per os mould section is extruded, and cooling after the pelletizing, promptly obtains the linear styrene monomer of the many blocks of nano level yardstick disperse phase/conjugated diene copolymer pellet.
The styrene monomer of being addressed comprises a kind of or its mixture in vinylbenzene, alpha-methyl styrene or the Vinylstyrene;
The conjugated diene boiling point of being addressed should be lower more than 40 ℃ than styrene monomer boiling point, preferred divinyl or isoprene etc.;
All monomers that the present invention uses are preferably not moisture, amine, and oxy-compound, oxygen, carbonic acid gas, therefore impurity such as monomer stopper are preferably made with extra care olefinic monomer before polymerization, and its water content preferably will reach in the 10ppm, is preferably in the 7ppm.
The initiators for polymerization of being addressed can be simple function group initiator or bifunctional initiator.
The simple function group initiator of being addressed comprises simple function group organic alkali metal or alkaline-earth metal, rare earth metal initiator system, lewis acid initiator system.
The simple function group organic alkali metal of being addressed or the general formula of alkaline-earth metal are: a kind of among RMe, ROMe, RMeX or the RnMe;
R represents a kind of in alkyl, alicyclic radical, thiazolinyl, allyl group, benzyl or the aryl;
Me represents basic metal or alkaline-earth metal, as Li, and Na, K, Rb, Cs and Ca, Mg, Sr, Ba, Zn etc.;
X is a halogen; N=2;
In the present invention, this class initiator preferably uses straight chained alkyl lithium class, carbonatoms 4~10 be good, such as butyllithium;
In polymerization system, the mol ratio of polymerization single polymerization monomer and simple function group organic alkali metal or alkaline-earth metal initiator is 1 * 10
4~70 * 10
4
The rare earth metal initiator system of being addressed is the disclosed NdX-Mg of prior art (n-Bu)
2-HMPA three component initiator systems, wherein:
NdX is main initiator, and X is di(2-ethylhexyl)phosphate (the 2-ethyl is an own) ester;
HMPA represents hexamethylphosphoramide;
Mg (n-Bu)
2Be aided initiating normal-butyl magnesium, and add a spot of triethyl aluminum that increasing the dissolving situation of normal-butyl magnesium, addition is 2~10 for well with Mg/Al;
The mol ratio of HMPA/Mg is 0.3~4.0, preferred 0.5~2.0;
The mol ratio of aided initiating and main initiator is 5~35, preferred 10~30;
In the polymerization system, the mol ratio of Nd and olefinic monomer should be 3.0 * 10
-5~3.0 * 10
-4, preferably 5.0 * 10
-5~1.0 * 10
-4
Described lewis acid initiator system is the disclosed lewis acid initiator system of prior art, said Lewis acid comprises a kind of in aluminum chloride, alchlor, ethyl aluminum dichloride, two chloropropyl aluminium, dichloro amyl group aluminium, sesquialter ethyl aluminum chloride, sesquialter propyl group aluminum chloride, sesquialter butyl aluminum chloride, sesquialter amyl group aluminum chloride, aluminium diethyl monochloride, a chlorine dipropyl aluminium, a chlorine dibutyl aluminium, a chlorine diamyl aluminium, titanium tetrachloride, tin tetrachloride, boron trifluoride or the boron tribromide etc., and it is good using the aluminum chloride effect; The employed thinner of Lewis acid initiator system is an alkyl halide, as: monochloro methane, methylene dichloride, tertiary butyl chloride, tert.-butyl bromide, a kind of or its mixture in 2-chloro-butane and 2-bromo-butane or the monochloroethane.In polymerization system of the present invention, polymerization of olefin monomers and lewis acidic mol ratio are 1 * 10
4~70 * 10
4
Described bifunctional initiator comprises a kind of in bifunctional organic lithium initiator, basic metal or alkaline-earth metal-polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons composite initiator system.
The bifunctional organic lithium initiator of being addressed is the disclosed any bifunctional organic lithium initiator of prior art, it can be the mixture of a kind of bifunctional alkyl lithium initiator or several bifunctional alkyl lithium initiators, as: two lithiums of two halogenated alkanes and the two lithiums of oligopolymer thereof, such as: LiRLi, Li (DO) nR (DO) nLi, wherein: R is that carbonatoms is 4~10 alkyl, DO is that carbonatoms is 4~8 a kind of conjugated diene or the mixture of several conjugated dienes, with, 1, the 3-divinyl is good, n is the oligomerisation degree, and n is generally 2~8, preferably 3~6; For example: 1,4-two lithium butane, 1,2-two lithiums-1,2 diphenylethane, 1,4-two lithiums-1,1,4,4-tetraphenyl butane, 1,4-dimethyl-1,4-diphenyl butane two lithiums, polyhutadiene two lithium oligopolymers, polyisoprene two lithium oligopolymers; Two lithiums of diene hydro carbons and the two lithiums of oligopolymer thereof, such as: 1,1 '-(1, the 3-penylene)-two [3-methyl isophthalic acid-(4-tolyl) amyl group] two lithiums, the two lithiums of 1,1 '-(1, the 3-penylene)-two [3-methyl isophthalic acid-(4-tolyl) amyl group] butadiene oligomer, 1, the two lithiums of 1 '-(1, the 3-penylene)-two [3-methyl isophthalic acid-(4-tolyl) amyl group] isoprene oligopolymer, 1,1 '-(1, the 4-penylene)-two [3-methyl isophthalic acid-(4-tolyl) amyl group] two lithiums, 1,1 '-(1, the 4-penylene)-two two lithiums of [3-methyl isophthalic acid-(4-tolyl) amyl group] butadiene oligomer, the two lithiums of 1,1 '-(1, the 4-penylene)-two [3-methyl isophthalic acid-(4-tolyl) amyl group] isoprene oligopolymer, in polymerization system of the present invention, the mol ratio of polymerization single polymerization monomer and bifunctional organic lithium initiator is 1 * 10
4~70 * 10
4
Basic metal of being addressed or alkaline-earth metal-polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons composite initiator system is to use aromatic hydrocarbon, such as naphthalene or biphenyl etc., makes with basic metal or alkaline-earth metal reaction, and preferred naphthalene sodium, naphthalene lithium or alpha-methyl-naphthalene lithium etc. are good with naphthalene lithium effect.In polymerization system of the present invention, the mol ratio of polymerization single polymerization monomer and basic metal or alkaline-earth metal-polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons composite initiator should be 1 * 10
4~35 * 10
4
The screw extrusion press of being addressed comprises single screw extrusion machine, intermeshing counter-rotating twin-screw forcing machine or non-intermeshing counter-rotating twin-screw forcing machine, the engagement co-rotating twin screw extruder, the length-to-diameter ratio of screw extrusion press (L/D) is 20/1~60/1, preferably get 30/1~45/1 this scope, select engagement co-rotating twin screw extruder best results; Screw speed is controlled at 20~300rpm, when rotating speed is lower than 20rpm, causes the overstand of material, mixes inhomogeneously, and production efficiency is low; When rotating speed is higher than 300rpm, can cause high molecular polymer shear degradation and residence time deficiency, therefore, the control screw speed is controlled between 60~1000s the mean residence time of material in screw extrusion press.
The prepared linear styrene monomer/conjugated diene copolymer of the many blocks of nano level yardstick disperse phase of the present invention is compared with general linear styrene monomer/conjugated diene block copolymer, has outstanding tension set, exceed several times of the latter and even tens times, and other mechanical properties are not inferior yet.
The present invention adopts reactive extrusion technology, with the screw extrusion press is that reactor carries out monomer polymerization and modification, compare with traditional reactor, reactive extrusion technology integrates polyreaction in the conventional polymerization process and extrusion process in screw extrusion press, make the whole production cycle shorten to several minutes, and there is not solvent to participate in the whole process substantially, need not to carry out complex solvent separation, purify, so production efficiency height, energy consumption is little, cost is low, pollute gently, and screw extrusion press has good mixing ability, the high fluid of viscosity there is good transport capacity, the deliming ability, advantages such as the continuity of producing is good all have the incomparable many superiority of conventional polymerization process method technically and economically.Compare with the polymerization technique of present industrial styrene block copolymer, the present invention has the equipment less investment, technology is fairly simple, continuously, technical process and with short production cycle, technological process less energy consumption, pollute advantages such as little, comply with the requirement of the world to the environmental protection aspect, have good social benefit and economic benefit, industrial prospect is good.
Embodiment
Further specify the present invention below in conjunction with embodiment, but the scope of also unrestricted claim protection of the present invention adopts following testing method in an embodiment:
Molecular weight and distribution thereof: GPC test
Tensile strength: GB/T1040-92
Flexural strength: GB/9341-88
Notched Izod impact strength: GB/1842-80
Block copolymer structure and monomeric unit assay: by infrared spectra, proton nmr spectra and carbon-13 nmr spectra are measured.
Segmented copolymer microscopic pattern test: transmission electron microscope
The mensuration of monomer conversion: at first be dissolved in the polymer samples of certainweight in the tetrahydrofuran (THF), adopt methyl alcohol that it is precipitated then, under 40 ℃, be evacuated to constant weight through overanxious being placed in the vacuum drying oven, calculate monomer conversion by the weight before and after the comparative sample.
Embodiment 1
To reach the styrene monomer of polymerization requirement of the present invention after the refinement treatment, divinylic monomer is freezing to-10 ℃, under the conveying of volume pump, successively is transported to mix monomer storage tank at 80: 20 according to the phenylethylene/butadiene weight ratio, and makes both thorough mixing even.Mix monomer and n-butyl lithium initiator reacted in twin screw extruder extrude, obtain number-average molecular weight and be 270,000 nano-grade size disperse phase (dispersed phase size measured of transmission electron microscope for less than 10 nanometers, and be evenly distributed) many block styrene/conjugated diene shape block copolymer product A.Transmission electron microscope picture is seen Fig. 1.Processing condition are provided with as follows:
Each segment temperature of screw rod: 20/45/140/180/200 ℃, the monomer mass flow: 6 kilograms/hour, initiator mass rate: 1.5 Grams Per Hours, screw speed: 100rpm.
The The performance test results of product A
Embodiment 2
Adopt the identical processing condition of embodiment 1, with 1,4-two lithium butane are initiator, and the initiator mass rate is 1.6 Grams Per Hours, and the The performance test results of product B is as follows:
Embodiment 3
Adopt the identical processing condition of embodiment 1, with NdX-Mg (n-Bu)
2-HMPA three component initiator systems are initiator, wherein the ratio of each component is: Mg/Nd=20; Mg/Al=9; HMPA/Mg=1.5, initiator and monomer mass throughput ratio are 4 * 10
-5, the The performance test results of products C is as follows:
Embodiment 4
Adopting the identical processing condition of embodiment 1, is initiator with the naphthalene lithium, and the initiator mass rate is 6.0 Grams Per Hours, and the The performance test results of product D is as follows:
Embodiment 5
Adopting the identical processing condition of embodiment 1, is initiator with the titanium tetrachloride, is initiator diluent with the methylene dichloride, and initiator concentration is 1M, and the titanium tetrachloride mass rate is 7.4 Grams Per Hours, and the The performance test results of product E is as follows: