The present application provides a method for producing a cured product that includes: (I) heating a thermosetting composition containing a styrene-butadiene-styrene block copolymer (SBS) (A) and a thermal radical generator (B) within a temperature range of 120° C. to 180° C. until 30% or more of double bonds derived from 1,2-bond structure in a butadiene block react; and (II) then heating the thermosetting composition within a temperature range of 181° C. to 300° C. until 50% or more of the double bonds derived from 1,2-bond structure in a butadiene block react.

The present application provides a method for producing a cured product that includes: (I) heating a thermosetting composition containing a styrene-butadiene-styrene block copolymer (SBS) (A) and a thermal radical generator (B) within a temperature range of 120° C. to 180° C. until 30% or more of double bonds derived from 1,2-bond structure in a butadiene block react; and (II) then heating the thermosetting composition within a temperature range of 181° C. to 300° C. until 50% or more of the double bonds derived from 1,2-bond structure in a butadiene block react.

A tube connection part adapted to accommodate a flexible tube made from a material comprising polyvinyl chloride, wherein said tube connection part comprises a sleeve adapted to form an overlapping region between said tube connection part and said tube, wherein an adhesion promoting agent is deposited on at least a subsection of a surface of said sleeve, characterized in that the adhesion promoting agent comprises a styrene-butadiene block copolymer.

A tube connection part adapted to accommodate a flexible tube made from a material comprising polyvinyl chloride, wherein said tube connection part comprises a sleeve adapted to form an overlapping region between said tube connection part and said tube, wherein an adhesion promoting agent is deposited on at least a subsection of a surface of said sleeve, characterized in that the adhesion promoting agent comprises a styrene-butadiene block copolymer.

A shoe member consisting of a material comprising a thermoplastic elastomer, wherein the material has a glass transition temperature Tg of no more than 10° C., a loss tangent tan δ of no less than 0.4 in a test of dynamic viscoelasticity, and a Δ tan δ, which is the amount of change of tan δ, of no less than 0.15 when strain is changed from 5% to 100%.

An impact-resistant polystyrene resin includes a continuous phase and a plurality of particles dispersed in the continuous phase. The average particle size of the particles is about 0.1 to 4.0 .Math.m, and the average distance between the particles is about 0.3 to 5.0 .Math.m. The impact-resistant polystyrene resin is made from a polystyrene composition including a polystyrene plastic, a styrene block copolymer, a processing aid, and an antioxidant.

An impact-resistant polystyrene resin includes a continuous phase and a plurality of particles dispersed in the continuous phase. The average particle size of the particles is about 0.1 to 4.0 .Math.m, and the average distance between the particles is about 0.3 to 5.0 .Math.m. The impact-resistant polystyrene resin is made from a polystyrene composition including a polystyrene plastic, a styrene block copolymer, a processing aid, and an antioxidant.

An impact-resistant polystyrene resin includes a continuous phase and a plurality of particles dispersed in the continuous phase. The average particle size of the particles is about 0.1 to 4.0 .Math.m, and the average distance between the particles is about 0.3 to 5.0 .Math.m. The impact-resistant polystyrene resin is made from a polystyrene composition including a polystyrene plastic, a styrene block copolymer, a processing aid, and an antioxidant.

The invention relates to polymer blends of a styrene copolymer A selected from the group consisting of styrene acrylonitrile copolymers (SAN), styrene acrylonitrile maleic anhydride terpolymers (SMA), styrene acrylic copolymers, acrylonitrile butadiene styrene terpolymers (ABS), acrylonitrile butadiene styrene terpolymers with polyamide (ABS/PA), and acrylonitrile styrene acrylate terpolymers (ASA); and at least one copolymer B selected from the group consisting of styrene-butadiene block copolymers (SBC) and styrene-isoprene block copolymers (SIS); wherein the mold shrinkage of the polymer blend is reduced by at least 5% compared to the mold shrinkage of the pure styrene copolymer A.A process for the preparation of the polymer blends and the uses of the polymer blends in an injection molding process are described.

The invention relates to polymer blends of a styrene copolymer A selected from the group consisting of styrene acrylonitrile copolymers (SAN), styrene acrylonitrile maleic anhydride terpolymers (SMA), styrene acrylic copolymers, acrylonitrile butadiene styrene terpolymers (ABS), acrylonitrile butadiene styrene terpolymers with polyamide (ABS/PA), and acrylonitrile styrene acrylate terpolymers (ASA); and at least one copolymer B selected from the group consisting of styrene-butadiene block copolymers (SBC) and styrene-isoprene block copolymers (SIS); wherein the mold shrinkage of the polymer blend is reduced by at least 5% compared to the mold shrinkage of the pure styrene copolymer A.A process for the preparation of the polymer blends and the uses of the polymer blends in an injection molding process are described.