Abstract: It is an object of the present invention to provide an olefin thermoplastic elastomer composition which, through dynamic crosslinking of an olefin resin and an ethylene-?-olefin copolymer rubber as polymer components, has excellent appearance of the extrusion molding while also having excellent physical properties such as compression set and tensile strength. The present invention is directed to a method for producing a thermoplastic elastomer composition having the steps of: dynamically heat treating the following components (A) to (D); adding a component (E) to a resulting composition; and kneading the resulting mixture, and a thermoplastic elastomer composition obtained by the production method, (A): 40 to 95 parts by weight of an ethylene-?-olefin-based copolymer rubber; (B): 5 to 60 parts by weight of a polyolefin-based resin; (C): 0.1 to 20 parts by weight of a halogenated alkylphenolic resin-based crosslinking agent; (D): 0.001 to 0.7 part by weight of iron oxide; and (E): 0.

Abstract: It is an object of the present invention to provide a method for producing an olefin thermoplastic elastomer composition which, through dynamic crosslinking of an olefin resin and an ethylene-?-olefin copolymer rubber as polymer components, has excellent appearance of the extrusion molding while also having excellent physical properties such as compression set, oil resistance and tensile strength. The present invention is directed to a method for producing a thermoplastic elastomer composition having the steps of: dynamically heat treating the following components (A) to (D); adding a component (E) to a resulting composition; and kneading a resulting mixture, (A): an ethylene-?-olefin-based copolymer rubber; (B): a polyolefin resin; (C): a halogenated alkylphenolic resin-based crosslinking agent; (D): zinc oxide; and (E): a halogen capturing agent.

Abstract: A polymer composition for powder molding, containing (A) to (E) described below:

Abstract: A polymer composition for powder foam molding which comprises (A) a polymer having an epoxy group, (B) a peroxide having a temperature for obtaining a half-life of 10 hours of 100° C. or higher, (C) at least one of quaternary ammonium salts and quaternary phosphonium salts, and (D) a thermally decomposable foaming agent. According to the present invention, the polymer composition for powder foam molding, excellent in storage stability, capable of crosslinking and foaming in a short time, capable of giving a foam having a small compression set, excellent surface texture and little skin lack of hiding, powder of the composition, a foam obtained from the composition, a method for producing the foam, and a molded article comprising the foam.

Abstract: A polymer composition for powder molding, containing (A) to (E) described below: (A) a peroxide-crosslinkable olefin-based copolymer having a melt flow rate measured under the conditions of a load of 2.16 kgf and a temperature of 190° C. according to JIS K7210 of 1 g/10 min. or more; (B) 0.1 to 10 parts by weight of a peroxide having a temperature for obtaining a half life of 10 hours of 100° C. or more, per 100 parts by weight of (A); (C) 0.1 to 7 parts by weight of a crosslinking aid per 100 parts by weight of (A); (D) 0.1 to 20 parts by weight of a thermal decomposition type foaming agent per 100 parts by weight of (A); and (E) 0.

Abstract: A sponge is disclosed, comprising a copolymer of ethylene, an .alpha.-olefin, and a diolefin, said copolymer (a) containing the ethylene units and the .alpha.-olefin units at a weight ratio of from 73:27 to 40:60, (b) having a Mooney viscosity (ML.sub.1+4 121.degree. C.) of from 135 to 200, and (c) containing the diolefin units giving an iodine value of from 10 to 36.A sponge composition is also disclosed, comprising 100 parts by weight of the aforesaid copolymer and from 30 to 130 parts by weight of a plasticizer.

Abstract: The present invention provides a rubber composition which comprises 100 parts by weight of ethylene.multidot..alpha.-olefin.multidot.non-conjugated diene copolymer rubber, 5-40 parts by weight of solid diene rubber and 4-15 parts by weight of sulfur, the butadiene content of said solid diene rubber being 50% by weight or more, the butadiene portions of said solid diene rubber having 40% or more of 1,2 bonds based on all the bonds of said portion, and the ratio of weight-average molecular weight to number-average molecular weight being 2 or less. The rubber composition is a vulcanized rubber excellent in properties such as hardness and strength.

Abstract: A rubber composition excellent in processabilities such as rolling processability and extrusion processability before vulcanization and excellent in weather resistance and heat resistance and high in hardness after vulcanization is disclosed. This rubber composition comprises 100 parts by weight of an ethylene..alpha.-olefin copolymer rubber and/or an isobutylene-isoprene rubbers, 3 to 60 parts by weight of a polybutadiene rubber which is liquid at room temperature and/or a polyisoprene rubber which is liquid at room temperature and 3 to 35 parts by weight of sulfur.