Abstract: A composition comprising a polyvinylidene fluoride and a fluoroelastomer, especially a fluoroelastomer containing moieties of vinylidene fluoride and hexa- or pentafluoropropylene, and methods for the preparation of formed articles from such composition and formed articles thereof having improved notch impact toughness and elongation at rupture.This is a continuation, filed June 8, 1977, now abandoned, which in turn is a continuation of 609,870 filed Sept. 2, 1975 (now abandoned).

Abstract: An improvement in a process for the preparation of thermoplastically workable fluoro-polyolefins and their copolymers wherein a fluorine containing olefin is polymerized or copolymerized in the aqueous phase in the presence of a water-soluble, radical-forming catalyst and a polymerization regulator, the improvement residing in employing as the polymerization regulator a halogenated hydrocarbon having from one to three carbon atoms and at least three halogen atoms of which at least one is a fluorine atom and at least one is a bromine or iodine atom.

Abstract: A process for coagulating a fluoro-elastomer in an aqueous medium which comprises adding to an aqueous acidic medium thereof an organic base or salt thereof which acts as a vulcanization accelerator.

Abstract: An improvement in a process for the preparation of thermoplastically workable fluoro-polyolefins and their copolymers wherein a fluorine containing olefin is polymerized or copolymerized in the aqueous phase in the presence of a water-soluble, radical-forming catalyst and a polymerization regulator, the improvement residing in employing as the polymerization regulator a halogenated hydrocarbon having from 1 to 3 carbon atoms and at least three halogen atoms of which at least one is a fluorine atom and at least 1 is a bromine or iodine atom.