Abstract: A block copolymer composition including a diblock copolymer (I) having one block of a monovinylaromatic hydrocarbon and one block of a conjugated diene having a peak molecular weight from 30,000 to 78,000 and one or more block copolymers (ii) comprising at least two blocks of monovinylaromatic hydrocarbon and at least one block of conjugated diene, the block copolymer selected from linear triblock copolymers having a peak molecular weight that is 1.5 to 9.0 times the peak molecular weight of the diblock copolymer, and mixtures thereof, wherein the ratio of (i) to (ii) is greater than 1:1.

Abstract: Accelerator composition for a rubber latex derived from a conjugated diene and optionally a vinyl aromatic comonomer comprising: (i) a diethyl dithiocarbamate (like e.g. ZDEC), and (ii) diphenylguanidine (DPG), and substantially free of any thiazole derivative, a curable aqueous synthetic rubber latex composition comprising said accelerator composition, and a process for the water-based solvent-free manufacture of synthetic shaped synthetic elastomeric articles, prepared by using said accelerator composition.