Abstract: Polymer blends of non-crystalline mesomorphous polypropylene and a polymer compatible with such polypropylene and the method of making such polymer blends are provided. Such compatible polymer blends exhibit substantial maintenance of structural integrity after exposure to gamma irradiation and provide heat sealing properties, puncture resistance, and tear strength. Films, fibers, and other articles made from such blends may be used in various applications, including medical articles such as medical packaging films, ostomy pouches, and transdermal delivery patches, which may require sterilized storage prior to usage.

Abstract: A golf ball cover includes a blend of natural or synthetic balata and a crosslinkable elastomer such as polybutadiene. The elastomer is thermally crosslinked with a metallic salt of an unsaturated fatty acid, such as zinc diacrylate, and a crosslinking initiator such as organic peroxide.

Abstract: This thermoplastic composition with elastic memory comprises a mixture of about 5-20 parts by weight of polynorbornene which may be crosslinked, about 80-95 parts by weight of at least one polyolefin and an amount of plasticiser for polynorbornene sufficient for reducing its glass transition temperature down to the range of rubbers.According to the invention, the polyolefin chosen is a composition comprising 80 to 100% of at least one copolymer made of ethylene and at least one .alpha.-olefin chosen from propylene and 1-butene, said copolymer having a relative density between 0.850 and 0.890 and a flow index between 0.3 and 15 dg/min, and 0 to 20% of at least one polypropylene polymer.Applications: Air-tight seals, footwear parts, flexible tubes, damping elements, profiles for the construction and automobile industries, and the like.

Abstract: Polypropylene impact copolymer compositions and visbroken derivatives thereof demonstrate a good balance of low temperature properties and resistance to stress whitening when the homopolymer phase is at least predominantly homopolymeric polypropylene and the rubber phase comprises a major proportion of ethylene with a minor proportion of .alpha.-olefin of at least 4 carbon atoms and a minor proportion of propylene.

Abstract: Film having good blocking properties and low coefficient of friction is prepared without the presence of antiblock additives from certain thermoplastic ethylene interpolymer products. The thermoplastic ethylene interpolymer products have a density of about 0.935 g/ml or less, a melt flow ratio. I.sub.10 I.sub.2, of at least about 8, and at least about 0.5 percent by weight of the interpolymer product has a weight average molecular weight of at least about 1,000,000 grams/mole. The interpolymer products are a blend or composite of ethylene polymers or copolymers and comprise at least a first interpolymer of ethylene with at least one alpha-olefin monomer. Preferably, the interpolymer products have a melt index, I.sub.2, of from about 0.1 to about 4 grams/10 minutes. The interpolymer products can be made using discrete polymer blends, or preferably, in a multiple reactor sequence. Blown film made from the interpolymer products is especially useful in grocery sack applications.

Abstract: The present invention provides a rubber composition which comprises the following components (A) and (B):(A) an ethylene copolymer rubber comprising ethylene and at least one compound selected from the group consisting of acrylic esters and methacrylic esters as constituting units, and(B) a hydrogenated unsaturated nitrile-conjugated diene copolymer rubber.This composition is well balanced in its properties such as strength characteristics, oil resistance, low-temperature resistance and ozone resistance.

Abstract: A thermoplastic resin composition is prepared by heat-treating a mixture of a thermoplastic resin substantially containing no olefinic unsaturated carbon-carbon bond and an elastomer having an olefinic unsaturated carbon-carbon bond, dynamically in the presence of a crosslinking agent, characterized in that as said elastomer there is used at least one member selected from the group consisting of styrene-butadiene-styrene block copolymer (SBS), styrene-isoprene-styrene block copolymer (SIS), 1,2-polybutadiene rubber and ethylene-propylene-diene random copolymer (EPDM), and that as said crosslinking agent there is used a dihydroaromatic compound or a polymer thereof.

Abstract: A vinyl chloride polymer composition comprising from 50 to 90 parts by weight of a vinyl chloride polymer having an average particle size of from 5 to 80 .mu.m and an average degree of polymerization of at least 2500 and from 50 to 10 parts by weight of a vinyl chloride polymer capable of forming a plastisol.

Abstract: A plastisol based composition contains:(a) a copolymer of an aliphatic olefinically unsaturated material and an anhydride containing material; and(b) a polyvinyl chloride plastisol.The composition is particularly suitable for use as a sealant.

Abstract: A molded thermoplastic elastomer having a compression set less than about forty percent, an oxygen transmission rate of less than 500 cc/m.sup.2 /day, a moisture vapor transmission rate of less than 2 gm/m.sup.2 /day, and a needle penetration force of less than 2000 grams.

Abstract: A modified thermoplastic resin or elastomer composition having excellent paint adhesion is obtained by dynamically heat-treating a peroxide-crosslinkable olefin type copolymer and/or an olefin type plastic and a monomer containing at least one amino group and/or an unsaturated carboxylic acid or a derivative thereof in the presence of an organic peroxide. This thermoplastic resin or elastoemr composition is valuable as a material for an interior automotive trim. If a layer of this thermoplastic elastomer composition is laminated with a polyurethane layer, a laminate having excellent tensile strength and heat resistance, which is especially valuable as an interior trim of a vehicle such as an automobile, is obtained.

Abstract: The rubber composition comprising a cellulosic material containing-processed powder product and rubber components and a studless tire having a tread portion that contains said rubber composition which is improved in the performance of travelling over snow and ice is disclosed.

Abstract: The invention concerns a homogenous, in particular multicolored plastic sheet or panel, based on ethylene vinyl acetate copolymer (EVA) as binder with a filler content of 30 to 80 wt. % and a process for producing it. In other embodiments the binder contains, in addition to the 70 to 85 wt. % of EVA, polypropylenes to improve the processability (tendency to adhere), EPDM to improve the flexibility, and polyethylenes to reduce the tendency to soiling. In the process described, several additives, each consisting of a binder containing at least some ethylene vinyl acetate copolymer, up to 80 wt. % of fillers and up to 5 wt. % of pigments, are mixed, plasticized and granulated or comminuted to form granules or chips of assorted colours which are mixed and, possibly after other processing operations, pressed to form the plastic web or plates.

Abstract: The present invention provides ethylene-propylene-diene rubbers which are excellent in co-vulcanizability with conjugated diene rubbers and can impart excellent weather resistance, ozone resistance and thermal aging resistance without detriment to excellent mechanical characteristics, wear resistance and dynamic fatigue resistance which the conjugated diene rubbers possess.The ethylene-propylene-diene rubbers of the present invention are characterized by having a Mooney viscosity ML.sub.1+4 (100.degree. C.) of 50 to 120 and comprising(A) 90 to 40% by weight of a high-molecular weight ethylene-propylene-diene copolymer rubber having an ethylene content of 73 to 85 mol %, an intrinsic viscosity [.eta.] of 2.5 to 5.0 dl/g as measured at 135.degree. C. in decalin and an iodine value of 15 to 35, and(B) 10 to 60% by weight of a low-molecular-weight ethylene-propylene-diene copolymer rubber having an ethylene content of 73 to 85 mol %, an intrinsic viscosity [.eta.] of 0.15 to 0.8 dl/g as measured at 135.degree. C.

Abstract: Disclosed herein is a process for the production of cycloolefin random copolymers comprising flash drying a solution of a cylcoolefin random copolymer in a hydrocarbon, said solution being obtained by copolymerization of ethylene and a specific cycloolefin in said hydocarbon in the presence of a catalyst. Further proposed herein is a process for the production of cycloolefin random copolymers by copolymerization of ethylene with a specific cycloolefin of the in a hydrocarbon in the presence of a catalyst wherein said copolymerization is carried out in a polymerization reactor where a gas phase is not substantially present.

Abstract: Thermoplastic elastomers in which low molecular weight ethylene/propylene/nonconjugated diene rubber ("liquid" EPDM rubber) replaces part of the high molecular weight EPDM rubber used in conventional blends exhibit better tension set properties than conventional blends in which liquid EPDM rubber is not used. A masterbatch containing liquid EPDM rubber and phenolic curing resin which is added to a mixture of polyolefin, high molecular weight EPDM rubber, and other ingredients during mixing results in a thermoplastic elastomer having better mechanical properties as well as better tension set properties than blends of conventional materials.

Abstract: Polymer particles in a size range between 2 and 15 micrometers, and having a refractive index close to, but not identical with, that of a matrix polymer and optionally having one or more enclosing shells, the outer shell being compatible with the matrix polymer, impart light-diffusing properties to the matrix polymer without degrading its physical properties, while the particles having a closer refractive index match to the matrix polymer impart gloss reduction to the surface of the matrix polymer.

Abstract: A composition containing as an epoxide heat stabilizer at least one glycidyl methacrylate copolymer whose epoxy value is at least 0.4. These effective heat stabilizers do not appreciably affect the transparency and the imperviousness of vinylidene chloride copolymers. The composition in question is particularly suited for the extrusion of sheets and films intended for packaging.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a rubber stock comprising(A) based on 100 parts by weight of rubber (1) from about 5 to about 15 weight percent of a trans 1,4-polybutadiene rubber wherein at least 65 percent of its butadiene repeat units are a trans 1,4-isomeric structure; and (2) from about 50 to about 95 weight percent of cis 1,4-polyisoprene, and (3) from about 0 to about 30 weight percent of the rubber selected from the group consisting of styrene-butadiene rubber, medium vinyl polybutadiene rubber wherein from about 40 to about 60 percent of its butadiene repeat units are a 1,2-vinyl isomeric structure and a cis 1,4-polybutadiene rubber wherein at least 90 percent of its butadiene repeat units are a cis 1,4-isomeric structure; (B) from about 0.1 to about 10 phr of a methylene acceptor; and (C) from about 0.1 to about 10 phr of a methylene donor.

Abstract: A solventless process for preparing a fluoropolymer based coating which involves mixing and heating a fluoropolymer with a thermoplastic acrylic resin to obtain a molten mixture, slowly cooling the molten mixture to obtain a solid mass having a degree of crystallinity of at least 85% and grinding the solid mass at a temperature higher than -50.degree. C.