Abstract: A thermoplastic composition which may be unvulcanized or vulcanized is provided which comprises a polymer blend of an elastomeric thermoplastic engineering resin and a halogen-containing copolymer of a C.sub.4 to C.sub.7 isomonoolefin and a para-alkylstyrene. A process for preparing a dynamically vulcanized composition is also provided.
Type:
Grant
Filed:
January 31, 1991
Date of Patent:
January 11, 2000
Assignee:
Exxon Chemical Patents, Inc.
Inventors:
Narayanaswami Raja Dharmarajan, Robert Chester Puydak, Hsien Chang Wang, Kenneth William Powers, Thomas Chen-Chi Yu, Donald Ross Hazelton
Abstract: A polyvinyl chloride composition having superior processing and thermal stability properties is prepared by blending with the polyvinyl chloride a copolymer of an .alpha.-olefin and an unsaturated epoxy monomer, or a terpolymer of an .alpha.-olefin, an unsaturated epoxy monomer and an epoxy-free monomer, such as an acrylate ester.