Abstract: Calcium aluminum hexahydrate is a useful curative-stabilizer for halogenated rubbers such as chloronated polyethylene, chlorosulfonated polyethylene and polychloroprene as it can yield vulcanizates free of leachable lead. Also, these vulcanizates with about 1 to about 30 or more parts with about 3 to about 15 parts calcium aluminum hexahydrate being highly desirable give satisfactory to improved heat ageing properties as well as oil ageing properties.

Abstract: This invention is concerned with a hose construction particularly suitable for Freon service in refrigeration systems. The hose comprises (1) a core tube of polyamide covered by an elastomeric friction layer such as EPDM rubber having incorporated therein a calcium ion source and an adhesion system and a curative, (2) a layer of tensioned reinforcement strands, (3) an adhesive/barrier/friction layer such as an ethylene acrylic acid copolymer, (4) a second layer of tensioned reinforcement strands, and (5) a cover selected from chlorobutyl rubber or other suitable materials wherein the chlorobutyl rubber utilizes a bis-dienophile as a crosslinker.

Abstract: This invention discloses a rubber composition that has a high capacity for absorbing energy. This rubber composition has a Shore A hardness in the range of about 20 to about 30 and is nontoxic. Thus, it has excellent properties for use in articles that come in close proximity to humans or animals which benefit from the ability to absorb energy, such as shoe soles, gun butt pads, baseball glove insert pads, helmet liners, hammer handles, horse shoe pads, tumbling mats, and the like. The energy absorbing rubber composition of this invention comprises a mixture of a polynorbornene rubber, a plasticizer, and a resin which is incompatible with the polynorbornene.