Abstract:
Vulcanizable olefin tetrapolymers are described which are comprised of ethylene, an alpha-olefin having at least 3 carbon atoms, at least one conventional terpolymer such as exodicyclopentadiene, and a minor amount of a polycyclic polyene containing an endomethylene system ortho-condensed with another hydrocarbon ring, and wherein the two carbon atoms common to two rings belong to a conjugated diene system whose double bonds are in the ring other than the endomethylene ring.
Abstract:
Polyisoprene of improved green strength is prepared by reacting maleic acid with polyisoprene of a high cis 1,4 content and containing at least 3% imbibition water by feeding moist polyisoprene and maleic acid to an extruder-desiccator at a temperature in the range of 140* to 200*C and at a rate such that 0.01 to 5 parts by weight of maleic acid are fed per 100 parts of polyisoprene, whereby the reaction of the maleic acid with the polyisoprene and the desiccation thereof occur at the same time.
Abstract:
A terpolymer-diene composition that is readily curable with conventional vulcanizing agents is provided by preparing a mixture of diene polymer or copolymer with an olefinic terpolymer which includes at least one GROUP DIRECTLY BOUND TO TWO CARBON ATOMS, EACH OF WHICH IS CHARACTERIZED BY ETHYLENIC UNSATURATION, WHEREIN R1 is a hydrocarbon radical.
Abstract:
Vulcanizable olefin tetrapolymers are described which are comprised of ethylene, an alpha-olefin having at least three carbon atoms, at least one conventional terpolymer such as endoand exo-dicyclopentadiene, and a minor amount of a polycyclic polyene represented by the formula A-(CH2)n-B, wherein A is a radical consisting of or containing at least one cyclohexane ring with or without an endomethylene bridge, B is a cyclodiene radical and n is a number ranging from 0 to 5.
Abstract:
A method is described whereby olefin terpolymers, consisting of ethylene, an alpha olefin and a polyene having in the molecule, in addition to the double bond participating in the formation of the macromolecule, at least one conjugated double bond system, are stabilied against oxidative aging without destroying their characteristic high vulcanization rate by reacting them with a dienophilic agent represented by one of the following formulae:
WHEREIN R and R6 may be an alkyl, alkenyl, cycloalkyl, aryl or aralkyl radical having up to 8 carbon atoms, R1, R2, R3, R4 and R5 may be hydrogen or alkyl, aryl, cycloalkyl or aralkyl radicals having up to 8 carbon atoms, the R1-R2 and R-R pairs may be divalent radicals forming condensed rings.
Abstract:
Terpolymers are disclosed which are subject to crosslinking in the absence of any vulcanizing agent or accelerator and which are obtained from Alpha -olefine monomers and a terpolymer having side chains consisting of a GROUP WHICH IS DIRECTLY LINKED TO TWO CARBON ATOMS, EACH OF WHICH HAS AN ETHYLENIC BOND, E.G.: WHEREIN R1, R2, R3, R4, R5, and R6 are selected from the group consisting of hydrogen and hydrocarbon radicals which contain from one to five carbon atoms and which may include pairs of radicals that may be cyclized to form one or more rings having from four to seven carbon atoms.