| abstract |
The present invention relates to a thermoplastic resin having excellent non-whitening properties while having excellent impact strength, gloss, and fluidity, and a method of preparing the thermoplastic resin. More particularly, the present invention provides a thermoplastic resin including an alkyl acrylate-alkyl methacrylate graft copolymer (A), or an alkyl acrylate-alkyl methacrylate graft copolymer (A); and a matrix resin (B) including one or more selected from the group consisting of an alkyl methacrylate polymer and an alkyl methacrylate-alkyl acrylate copolymer, wherein a transparency (haze value), measured according to ASTM D-1003, of the thermoplastic resin having a thickness of 0.15 mm is less than 2, and a transparency of the thermoplastic resin having a thickness of 3 mm is 4 or less, a total content of the alkyl acrylate in the thermoplastic resin is 20 to 50 % by weight, and a butyl acrylate coverage value (X) as calculated by Equation 1 below is 50 or more: X = G − Y / Y × 100 , wherein G represents a total gel content (%) of the thermoplastic resin, and Y represents a content (% by weight) of butyl acrylate in the gel of the thermoplastic resin. |