TERLURAN/NOVODUR 
Acrylonitrile butadiene styrene (‘ABS’) is a high volume engineering plastic, favoured for its strength, scratch resistance and attractive finish. ABS is produced from three monomers: acrylonitrile (provides thermal and chemical resistance), butadiene (provides rubber-like ductility and impact resistance) and styrene (provides stiffness, the ability to be easily processed and reduces overall cost). ABS resins typically contain at least 50% styrene, with varying proportions of acrylonitrile and butadiene. There are two main processes that can be used to produce ABS: mass and emulsion. In the mass process, styrene and acrylonitrile are mass polymerized in the presence of a rubber substrate (polybutadiene or styrenebutadiene elastomer). In the emulsion process, ABS is prepared by polymerizing butadiene in aqueous emulsion using radical initiators, emulsifiers, followed by a grafting step of emulsion polymerizing styrene and acrylonitrile onto the polybutadiene latex elastomer substrate.

Key Applications

• Household applications
  
• Housings for electronic devices
  
• Automotive components
  
• Sanitary applications
  
• Toys
  
• Gardening equipment
  
• Extrusion
  

Product description :

Self-coloring			Melt Volume Rate 220 °C/10 kg [cm³/10 min]	Vicat Softening Temperature VST/B/50 (50N, 50 °C/h) [°C]	Tensile Modulus [MPa]	Charpy Notched Impact Strength, 23° C [kJ/m²]	Yellowness Index [-]
Injection Molding	Impact strength	TERLURAN GP-22  DataSheet	19	96	2300	22	13
	High impact strength	TERLURAN HI-10  DataSheet	5.5	90	1900	35	15
	Enhanced flow	TERLURAN GP-35  DataSheet	34	95	2300	19	13
Extrusion	High impact strength	TERLURAN EGP-7  DataSheet	5	100	2400	33
	Balance properties	NOVODUR 560  DataSheet	8	101	2100	25