An unsaturated polyester resin composition

• Main Authors: MORITA, KENICHI, TERADA, HIDEKI, AKIYAMA, KOICHI
• Format: Patent
• Language: English; French; German
• Published: 06.05.1998
• Edition: 6
• Subjects: ARTIFICIAL STONE; CEMENTS; CERAMICS; CHEMISTRY; COMPOSITIONS BASED THEREON; COMPOSITIONS OF MACROMOLECULAR COMPOUNDS; COMPOSITIONS THEREOF, e.g. MORTARS, CONCRETE OR LIKE BUILDINGMATERIALS; CONCRETE; LIME, MAGNESIA; MACROMOLECULAR COMPOUNDS OBTAINED BY REACTIONS ONLY INVOLVINGCARBON-TO-CARBON UNSATURATED BONDS; MACROMOLECULAR COMPOUNDS OBTAINED OTHERWISE THAN BY REACTIONSONLY INVOLVING UNSATURATED CARBON-TO-CARBON BONDS; METALLURGY; ORGANIC MACROMOLECULAR COMPOUNDS; REFRACTORIES; SLAG; THEIR PREPARATION OR CHEMICAL WORKING-UP; TREATMENT OF NATURAL STONE; USE OF INORGANIC OR NON-MACROMOLECULAR ORGANIC SUBSTANCES ASCOMPOUNDING INGREDIENTS

An unsaturated polyester resin composition which comprises 100 parts by weight of a resin mixture comprising 25 to 80 parts by weight of an unsaturated polyester, 20 to 60 parts by weight of a comonomer and 1 to 10 parts by weight of a particulate crosslinked polymer and 100 to 400 parts by weight of an inorganic filler and in which the difference in refractive index between a product of copolymerization of the unsaturated polyester with the comonomer and the inorganic filler is 0.02 or below; and molded articles produced by curing the resin composition by heating under pressure. The resin composition has a high productivity, exhibits a texture excellent in both light transmittance and gloss, and is excellent in water resistance and which is suitable for the production of artificial marble.