Graft blend of plastic polymers and rubber. The resulting polymer offers both the hardness and strength of the vinyl resin, and the toughness and impact resistance of the nitrile rubber.
Acrylonitrile and styrene liquids and butadiene gas are polymerized together in a variety of ratios to produce the family of ABS resins. ABS is used extensively for injection molded women´s heels by reason of its high impact strength and ease with which it can be decorated and finished.