Abstract: The subject invention provides a cured non-foamed composition consisting of (i) polychloroprene and (ii) 2-25% by weight of the polymer composition of a copolymer of ethylene and at least one alpha-beta unsaturated carboxylic acid (or ionomer) or ester thereof and a process for making the same.

Abstract: A heat resistant sulfur-modified polychloroprene copolymer of 2-chloro-1,3-butadiene and 2,3-dichloro-1,3-butadiene characterized in that said polychloroprene has a Mooney viscosity ML 1+4' (100.degree. C.) of from about 25-75, contains from about 3-25% by weight of units derived from 2,3-dichloro-1,3-butadiene, and of the units derived from 2-chloro-1,3-butadiene, 92-96% by weight of said units have a 1,4-trans configuration, said polychloroprene copolymer being curable with 4 parts MgO and 5 parts ZnO per 100 parts of copolymer at about 160.degree. C. for 30 minutes to yield a vulcanizate having a tensile strength of at least 10 MPa.

Abstract: The viscosity of chloroprene polymers is stabilized by addition to the polymer of 0.1-5 weight % of an ester, amide, or amic acid derived from maleic acid or fumaric acid or a diacylethylene compound or from their halogenated derivatives. Stabilization of chloroprene polymers made in the absence of elemental sulfur allows them to be mixed under high temperature/high shear conditions, without undergoing substantial crosslinking for practical periods. Sulfur-modified chloroprene polymers are stabilized against viscosity increases during ambient temperature aging. Blends of either type of chloroprene polymers with hydrocarbon diene elastomers can be similarly stabilized.

Abstract: Liquid alkylene/acrylic telomers predominantly terminated with functional groups are prepared from acrylic and lower alkylene units by carrying out the polymerization in the presence of a Lewis acid halide and an organic halide.