CPC G01N 30/88 (2013.01) [B60C 1/00 (2013.01); B60C 1/0016 (2013.01); C08F 10/14 (2013.01); C08F 32/00 (2013.01); C08G 61/08 (2013.01); C08J 11/02 (2013.01); C09J 7/255 (2018.01); C09J 7/381 (2018.01); C09J 7/387 (2018.01); C09J 123/08 (2013.01); C09J 123/0853 (2013.01); C09J 123/26 (2013.01); C09J 131/04 (2013.01); C09J 153/02 (2013.01); C09J 191/00 (2013.01); G01N 25/4866 (2013.01); C08G 2261/228 (2013.01); C08G 2261/3325 (2013.01); C08G 2261/72 (2013.01); C08G 2261/724 (2013.01); C08J 2300/22 (2013.01); C09J 2423/00 (2013.01); C09J 2431/00 (2013.01); C09J 2453/00 (2013.01); C09J 2467/006 (2013.01); G01N 5/04 (2013.01); G01N 2030/885 (2013.01); G01N 2030/8854 (2013.01); Y02T 10/86 (2013.01)] | 19 Claims |
1. A modified thermoplastic resin prepared by polymerization of one or more monomers,
wherein the modified thermoplastic resin has a glass transition temperature (Tg) of between −50° C. and 160° C.,
wherein the modified thermoplastic resin has a number average molecular weight of less than 3,000 g/mol,
wherein the modified thermoplastic resin has a z-average molecular weight (Mz) of less than 9,500 g/mol,
wherein the modified thermoplastic resin comprises less than or equal to 55 wt % oligomers by gel permeation chromatography (GPC), or less than or equal to 38 wt % by high resolution thermogravimetric analysis (TGA),
wherein oligomers consist of dimers, trimers, tetramers, pentamers, or a mixture thereof, of the one or more monomers, and
wherein the modified thermoplastic resin is obtained by modification of hydrogenated or partially hydrogenated C9 thermoplastic resin, and
wherein the value of Tg/Mz is greater than or equal to 0.19 K/(g/mol), and:
(a) the weight percent of oligomers as determined by high resolution TGA is less than or equal to 13 wt %, or
(b) the value of T10/Tmax is greater than 0.90, wherein T10 is the temperature at which the modified thermoplastic resin loses about 10% of its weight as measured by high resolution TGA, and wherein Tmax is the temperature of the maximum first derivative value of the modified thermoplastic resin as measured by high resolution TGA; or
(c) both (a) and (b).
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