Abstract: The disclosure is directed to improvements in a process for preparing curable polyolefin polymers in which a mass of dry, discrete, free-flowing particles of polyolefin polymer is tumbled in admixture with a curing agent effective to cause curing when the finished product is subjected to curing temperature, which comprises tumbling said mass in two separate and discrete steps in which essentially all of the curing agent is incorporated into said mass in the first tumbling step and equilibration between the curing agent and the polymer is effected in the second tumbling step while maintaining in both tumbling steps a temperature above the melting point of said curing agent but below both the agglomerating temperature and the curing temperature and, at least in the second tumbling step, a temperature which provides equilibration between the curing agent and the polymer; and thereafter tumble-cooling the thus-treated mass until a dry, discrete, free-flowing mass of polymer particles is obtained.

Abstract: Resistance to cathodic or galvanic disbondment of plastic-metal laminates is obtained by incorporating in the metal bonding plastic material used in forming the laminate an amount of conductive carbon black effective to minimize or prevent disruption of the bond by galvanic action which otherwise would take place in the absence of the conductive carbon black. The conductive carbon black is used in a relatively high concentration, for example, between about 20 and about40 percent, with the balance of the composition being made up of a polymeric material containing an amount effective to promote bonding between the metal and the polymeric material of an ionomeric copolymer containing about 25 to about 98.5 percent ethylenic units and between about 1.5 to about 30 percent carboxylic acid units, the major proportion of which is in the free acid form. Advantageously, two-thirds or more of the carboxylic units are in the free form and the remainder, if any, are neutralized by zinc.

Abstract: The disclosure relates to a modified ionomer blend which is characterized by excellent metal adhesion, good weatherability, and low gloss, consisting essentially of an intimate mixture of (1) about 20 to 60 percent of an ethylene-propylene rubber, in which ethylene is the predominant component, (2) about 40 to 80 percent of a copolymer containing ethylene units and carboxylic acid containing units, said copolymer containing between about 25 and 98.5 percent ethylene units and between about 1.

Abstract: The disclosure relates to a modified ionomer blend which is characterized by excellent metal adhesion, good weatherability, and low gloss, consisting essentially of an intimate mixture of (1) about 20 to 60 percent of an ethylene-propylene rubber, in which ethylene is the predominant component, (2) about 40 to 80 percent of a copolymer containing ethylene units and carboxylic acid containing units, said copolymer containing between about 25 and 98.5 percent ethylene units and between about 1.