Abstract: A thermoplastic composition comprising in combination a polycarbonate, a polycarbonate-polysiloxane copolymer, an impact modifier composition comprising ABS or BABS, a second impact modifier different from BABS or ABS, an aromatic vinyl copolymer, and optionally a gel-type low gloss additive, wherein the 60° gloss of the thermoplastic composition is measured to be less than or equal to 14 GU on 3 millimeter chips having a textured surface when measured according to ASTM D2457, and wherein a molded sample of the thermoplastic composition has a low temperature notched Izod impact at ?40° C. of at least 65 KJ/m2 when measured according to ISO 180/1A is disclosed. The composition has low gloss, high low temperature impact, and a significantly improved balance of properties.

Abstract: The invention relates to the use of butyl ionomers or partially halogenated butyl ionomers in reducing a population of and/or preventing accumulation of organisms. The organisms may be bacteria, algae, fungi, mollusca or arthropoda. The invention also relates to coatings for shaped articles comprising the butyl ionomers.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a process for producing impact modifiers, impact modified thermoplastic molding compositions and in particular impact modified polycarbonate or polycarbonate/polyester blends having improved resistance to degradation. More particularly the present invention relates to a process for producing polymeric impact modifiers with a core-shell structure made by a multistage process comprising a control and adjustment if necessary of the pH value before and during the recovery step.

Abstract: A metal oxide particulate dispersion comprising, oil and metal oxide particles having an average particle size of 35 microns or less, wherein the dispersion includes less than 10% by weight water and water-miscible solvent, based on the total weight of the dispersion.

Abstract: The present invention disclosed a rubber-plastic alloy for a warm mix asphalt mixture and a method for manufacturing the same. The warm mix rubber-plastic alloy is consisted of 5%-30% plastic, 70%-95% crumb rubber, and cracked wax and rubber oil, the summed amount of which comprises 10%-50% of the summed amount of the plastic and the crumb rubber. The manufacturing method comprises extruding the plastic, the crumb rubber, the cracked wax, and the rubber oil at suitable ratio via a single screw extruder, and pelleting via a water-cooled die-face cutter. The use comprises mixing the rubber-plastic alloy with a hot mineral material in an asphalt mixture mixer, and then liquid asphalt matrix is pumped into the mixer via an asphalt pump to provide a warm mix rubber-plastic modified asphalt mixture having excellent performance.

Abstract: Multi-phase blended pressure sensitive adhesives are described. The adhesives include a first phase containing at least one non-halogenated polyisobutylene material and a second phase comprising a thermoplastic elastomer. Exemplary thermoplastic elastomers include polyolefins, styrenic block copolymers, acrylic polymers and silicone polymers. Crosslinked adhesives, including those crosslinked with actinic radiation are also described.

Abstract: The invention relates to stabilized thermoplastic polymers, in particular polyolefin films. The stabilizing composition contains a tertiary amine with a molecular weight greater than 400 g/mol, a UV-absorber and/or a sterically hindered amine light stabilizer (HALS). Further aspects of the invention are a process for stabilizing thermoplastic polymers and the use of the above composition for stabilizing thermoplastic polymers.

Abstract: Thermoplastic polyolefin compounds for the production of injection moulded, paintable and flame pre-treatable articles comprising A) 50 wt % to 90 wt % of a propylene homo- or copolymer matrix phase (M) and B) 10 wt % to 50 wt % of a first elastomer comprising an ethylene-C3-C6-alpha olefin copolymer rubber C) 0 wt % to 20 wt %, based on the total weight of A and B, of a second elastomer, component B) and C) forming a disperse phase (E) and D) >30 wt % up to 60 wt %, based on the total weight of components A, B and C, of an inorganic filler, if the intrinsic viscosity of the disperse phase (E) is <2.2 dl/g according to ISO 1628 (with decalin as solvent) or 0 wt % to <30 wt % based on the total weight of components A, B and C, of an inorganic filler, if the intrinsic viscosity of the disperse phase (E) is ?2.2 dl/g according to ISO 1628 (with decalin as solvent).

Abstract: A composition for use in grips is disclosed. The composition may be used, for example, in making a golf club grip. The disclosed grip provides for improved shock absorption and other beneficial properties. In one embodiment the comprises a cross-linked composition of from about 40% by weight to about 80% by weight of one or a combination of a first material selected from the group consisting of butyl rubber, nitrile rubber, ethylene propylene rubber and chloroprene rubber, and from about 10% by weight to about 50% by weight of one or a combination of a second material selected from the group consisting of ethylene-propylene-diene copolymer (EPDM), polyurethane, ethylene-vinyl acetate copolymer, polypropylene and cork.

Abstract: The present invention is a refrigerator interior liner made of a rubber modified monovinylaromatic polymer composition comprising: a) a monovinylaromatic polymer matrix having an average molecular weight in weight Mw above 150,000 g/mol, b) rubber particles dispersed therein, said particles having: a volume median particle size (RPS volume) of about 8.5 ?m, a monomodal distribution with essentially no shoulder, a low-to-moderate crosslinking of the rubber expressed as a swell index (SI) above 13.8, a rubber phase volume fraction (RPVF) of at least 39%, c) a moderate amount of low- Mw plasticizers, defined as the weight fraction of solubles in methanol, and such that the weight ratio c/(a+b+c) ranges from 0 to 5%.

Abstract: A composition of fluoropolymer and dispersed conductive particulate provides an electrically conductive polymeric material resistant to static charge buildup. Radiation curing, especially electron beam radiation curing, is favored for curing fluoroelastomer-based precursor articles into desired electrically conductive articles.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a crosslinkable rubber composition, the use thereof, the rubber grains formed therefrom, and a method for preparing and injection molding the rubber grains. The crosslinkable rubber composition includes at least a styrene butadiene copolymer, a softener for rubber, a flow modifier and a peroxide vulcanizing agent. The crosslinkable rubber composition is suitable for being made into rubber products. It can be made into rubber grains that will not crosslink below a temperature of 80° C. The rubber grains are formed through internal mixing, open mixing and pelleting extrusion. The rubber composition and the rubber grains of the present invention can be formed directly by injection molding and kept at room temperature over a long period of time.

Abstract: A method of modifying the rheology of a thermoplastic resin that includes the steps of providing a thermoplastic resin and blending interpolymer resin particles with the thermoplastic resin. The interpolymer resin contains a styrenic polymer intercalated within a polyolefin, such that the thermoplastic resin is present as a continuous phase and the interpolymer resin is present as a dispersed phase. The method provides a rheology modified thermoplastic resin with improved physical characteristics.

Abstract: A polymer composition that includes from 0.1 to 60 percent by weight of interpolymer resin particles containing a styrenic polymer intercalated within a polyolefin and from 40 to 99.9 percent by weight of at least one second polymer. The polyolefin is present at from 20% to 80% by weight based on the weight of the particles, has a VICAT softening temperature greater than 60° C. and a melt index of from 0.3 to 15 g/10 minutes (190° C./2.16 kg). The styrenic polymer is present at from 20% to 80% by weight based on the weight of the particles. The interpolymer resin particles have a gel content ranging from 0 to 5% by weight based on the weight of said interpolymer resin particles, a VICAT softening temperature ranging from 85° C. to 115° C., and a melt index value ranging from 0.1 to 6.0 (230° C./5.0 kg).

Abstract: The present invention provides a molded product exhibiting excellent various properties by improving compatibility of an ethylene/?-olefin/non-conjugated polyene copolymer with a polyolefin resin and a rubber composition for forming the molded product. The present invention further provides a molded product which comprises a rubber composition, is inhibited from fogging and tackiness and is excellent in mechanical strength and heat aging resistance. The rubber composition of the invention comprises an ethylene/?-olefin/non-conjugated polyene copolymer (A), and a polyolefin resin (B) having Mn of not less than 10,000 and/or an ethylene/?-olefin copolymer (C) having Mn of 2500 to 5000, and satisfies the following requirements: (1) a maximum value and a minimum value of an ethylene distribution parameter P of the component (A) have a relationship of Pmax/Pmin?1.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a process to prepare self-binding pigment particles comprising at least one step a) of grinding one or more binders and one or more mineral materials in an aqueous environment to obtain a suspension, characterised in that, prior to and/or during step a), a copolymer is added in the form of an aqueous solution, said copolymer resulting from the polymerisation of: 2.1) at least one anionic monomer that is an alkene; 2.2) at least one oxyalkylated monomer that is an alkene, wherein the oxyalkyl group has a terminal hydrophobic alkyl, aryl, alkyl aryl or aryl alkyl group having 10 to 32 carbon atoms; 2.3) optionally, at least one other monomer that is an acrylic ester, a preferred acrylic ester being ethyl acrylate, and/or an unsaturated amide, a preferred unsaturated amide being acrylamide, as well as to the products obtained by this process, and uses of these products.

Abstract: There are provided a polypropylene-based resin composition having excellent impact resistance, tensile elongation at break and rigidity, a molded article thereof, and an automobile interior or exterior material using the same. The polypropylene-based resin composition contains 50 to 90% by mass of a polypropylene-based polymer (A), 5 to 50% by mass of an ethylene-?-olefin copolymer rubber (B), and 0.1 to 5% by mass of a copolymer (C) primarily comprising a vinyl aromatic monomer unit and an alkylene monomer unit, wherein a content of an ?-olefin monomer unit in all alkylene monomers is 45 mol % or more.

Abstract: A tire inner liner having a rubber composition based on at least one butyl rubber, a reinforcing filler, graphite and a plasticizing system. The plasticizing system comprises a hydrocarbon plasticizing resin, the glass transition temperature Tg of which is above 20° C. and the softening point of which is below 170° C. A process for producing such a composition for a tire inner liner comprises incorporating into a diene elastomer, in a mixer: a reinforcing filler, graphite, and a plasticizing system, by thermomechanically mixing all the ingredients, one or more times, until a maximum temperature between 110° C. and 190° C. is reached; cooling the mixture down to a temperature below 100° C.; then incorporating a crosslinking system; and mixing everything until a maximum temperature below 110° C. is reached.

Abstract: A method for varying the transport properties of a film cast from a polymer having at least two polymer end blocks A and at least one polymer interior block B wherein each A block is a polymer block resistant to sulfonation and each B block is a polymer block susceptible to sulfonation, and wherein said A and B blocks do not contain any significant levels of olefinic unsaturation. The method includes casting the polymer using a solvent mixture having two or more solvents selected from the group consisting of polar solvents and non-polar solvents.

Abstract: The invention relates to processes for the production of microgel-containing rubber mixtures, to rubber mixtures obtainable by the processes, to processes for the production of vulcanizates, and also to vulcanizates after the vulcanization process, in particular in the form of tires, parts of tires, or industrial rubber items.

Abstract: The present invention relates to arborescent polymers and to a process for making same. In one embodiment, the present invention relates to arborescent polymers formed from at least one inimer and at least one isoolefin that have been end-functionalized with a polymer or copolymer having a low glass transition temperature (Tg), and to a process for making such arborescent polymers. In another embodiment, the present invention relates to arborescent polymers formed from at least one inimer and at least one isoolefin that have been end-functionalized with less than about 5 weight percent end blocks derived from a polymer or copolymer having a high glass transition temperature (Tg), and to a process for making such arborescent polymers.

Abstract: A rubber composition for a tire is blended with diene-based rubber containing 50 wt % or more of SBR, and 0.2 to 5 parts by weight of cyclic polysulfide represented by the below formula (I), 1 to 30 parts by weight of aromatic denatured terpene resin, 20 to 80 parts by weight of silica, and 40 to 100 parts by weight of carbon black relative to 100 parts by weight of the diene-based rubber. Further, a total blending amount of the silica and the carbon black is 70 to 130 parts by weight. In the formula, R represents a substituted or unsubstituted alkylene group having 2 to 18 carbon atoms, a substituted or unsubstituted oxyalkylene group having 2 to 18 carbon atoms, or an alkylene group including an aromatic ring, x represents an average number of 2 to 6, and n represents an integer of 1 to 15.

Abstract: The present invention aims to provide a multimodal polymer of propylene comprising a matrix of semicrystalline polymer and a rubber (D) dispersed in said matrix, the multimodal polymer comprising units derived from propylene of from 85 to 99% by weight and units derived from ethylene or C4 to C10 alpha-olefins of from 1 to 15% by weight. The multimodal polymer has a fraction soluble in xylene XS at a temperature of 25° C. of from 7 to 16% by weight, a melt flow rate MFR2 of from 0.05 to 5 g/10 min, a polydispersity index P1 of from 3.5 to 30, and a tensile modulus TM and XS meeting the relationship TM?2375?46.2 XS. Furthermore, the present invention aims to produce the above-mentioned multimodal polymer in a process comprising several reaction steps or zones. The compositions comprising the multimodal polymer of propylene have excellent stiffness combined with good impact strength at a low temperature.

Abstract: The present invention relates to functionalizing agents that are particularly useful for functionalizing living rubbery polymers to make the polymer more compatible with fillers, such as carbon black and silica. These functionalizing agents are comprised of a boron containing compound having a structural formula selected from the group consisting of: wherein R is selected from the group consisting of hydrogen atoms, alkyl groups and aryl groups, wherein R1, R2, and R3 can be the same or different and are selected from the group consisting of alkyl groups, and aryl groups, and wherein R4 represents an alkylene group or a bridging aromatic group.

Abstract: HVAC and building and construction components are molded from novel compositions that meet the flame spread and smoke index, as well as the molding, safety, strength, and aesthetic requirements for this use. In a further embodiment of the invention, these compounds also help to promote better indoor air quality in that they inhibit the growth of microbial contaminants within and even on the surface of products molded therefrom.

Abstract: Temperature switchable adhesives formed by combining a pressure sensitive adhesive, which does not exhibit temperature switchable properties, with a crystallizable oil are described. These temperature switchable adhesives exhibit a sharp reduction in peel strength when the temperature is raised above the switching temperature. The adhesive properties of these adhesives may be readily tuned by adjusting the ratio of the elastomer, tackifier, and the crystallizable oil, and by choosing different crystallizable oils. The temperature switchable adhesives have use in medical, consumer, and industrial applications.

Abstract: A method for varying the transport properties of a film cast from a polymer having at least two polymer end blocks A and at least one polymer interior block B wherein each A block is a polymer block resistant to sulfonation and each B block is a polymer block susceptible to sulfonation, and wherein said A and B blocks do not contain any significant levels of olefinic unsaturation. The method includes casting the polymer using a solvent mixture having two or more solvents selected from the group consisting of polar solvents and non-polar solvents.

Abstract: A packaged glass sealant product, is formed of a sealant composition having a processing temperature in the range of from greater than 70° C. up to 220° C. and a skin of thermoplastic polymeric material around said sealant composition. The skin constitutes no more than 10 wt % of the total weight of said product, and said polymeric material has a minimum film forming temperature of at least 50° C. and a softening point which is lower than the processing temperature for application of said sealant composition by a difference of more than 10° C. The product alleviates the necessity of disposing of non-recyclable, silicone coated packaging by environmentally unfriendly methods in particular land-fill.

Abstract: Disclosed are a synthetic resin composition for use as building materials such as window frames, as well as a product manufactured using the same. More particularly, the synthetic resin composition comprises a tetrapolymer of acrylic rubber-styrene monomer-butadiene rubber-vinyl cyanide monomer and a styrene-vinyl cyanide copolymer having a high molecular weight and a high degree of dispersion. Unlike products manufactured using prior polyvinyl chloride (PVC), building material such as window frames manufactured using the synthetic resin composition are recyclable, and thus can contribute to a reduction in the generation of hormone-disrupting chemical dioxin, which is released in the burning thereof. Also, the resin composition can be manufactured into products having excellent properties of weather resistance and colorability without using environmental pollutants such as cadmium stearate or lead stearate, which are used as thermal stabilizers.

Abstract: Functionalized multi-arm polymers which comprise the reaction product of a coupling agent and a polymer synthesized by anionic polymerization. Furthermore, the invention relates to their preparation method and their different uses, especially as hot-melt adhesives.

Abstract: A sealing composition containing a rubber component and polyolefin, wherein the rubber component contains butyl rubber and polyisobutylene having a viscosity average molecular weight in the range of 500,000 to 3,000,000, the mixing ratio of the rubber component to 100 parts by weight of the total amount of the rubber component and the polyolefin is in the range of 40 to 90 parts by weight, and the sealing composition contains 0 to 30 parts by weight of a hygroscopic compound with respect to 100 parts by weight of the total amount of the rubber component.

Abstract: The invention relates to coating slip including latex comprising styrene and with a particle size centered around 100 nm, the use of latex as an agent for reducing the low shear gradient viscosity and increasing the low shear gradient viscosity, and methods thereof.

Abstract: An essentially halogen-free, plasticizer-free thermoplastic elastomer compound is disclosed. The compound has from 10-80 weight percent of a hydrogenated styrene butadiene copolymer having a styrene content of less than 20 weight percent; from 20-90 weight percent of a polyolefin; and less than about 3 weight percent of antioxidant. The compound is capable of being solvent bonded or welded to another thermoplastic material using cyclohexanone alone or with methyl ethyl ketone. The compound is especially useful as medical tubing connected to other parts of medical equipment. The bond strength of the compound to the other thermoplastic material is properly determined only after multiple days of bonding.

Abstract: A flexible tubing material includes a radiation crosslinked blend of a first elastomeric polymer including a styrenic thermoplastic elastomer, an ethylene vinyl acetate elastomer, a polyolefin elastomer with a second elastomeric polymer including a polyolefin elastomer, a diene elastomer, or combination thereof, with the proviso that the first elastomeric polymer and the second elastomeric polymer are different. In an embodiment, a method of making a material includes providing the first elastomeric polymer, providing the second elastomeric polymer, blending the first elastomeric polymer and the second elastomeric polymer, extruding or injection molding the blend, and crosslinking the blend with radiation.

Abstract: The present invention relates to an improved method for making sulfonated block copolymers and to methods for making membranes from such block copolymers. In particular, the present invention relates to an improved method for making sulfonated block copolymers having at least two polymer end blocks that are resistant to sulfonation and at least one polymer interior block that is susceptible to sulfonation where the sulfonation agent is C2 to C8 acyl sulfate. In the improved process the residual carboxylic acid formed from the C2 to C8 acyl sulfate is converted to C1 to C4 alkyl esters by contacting the residual carboxylic acid with at least a 0.9:1 molar ratio of a C1 to C4 alcohol to residual carboxylic acid, resulting in an improved sulfonated block copolymer solution. The present invention further relates to the use of such sulfonated block copolymer solutions to prepare various membranes and other articles.

Abstract: Techniques for creating recycled plastic materials from waste plastic materials are described. A recycled plastic material contains at least a primary polymer, a secondary polymer, and residual additives. Predetermined properties of the recycled plastic material can be controlled by selecting the types of waste plastic materials used in the recycling feed, determining the types and amounts of recycled plastic material recovered from a separation process and blending the recycled plastic material with other materials.

Abstract: A rubber modified polystyrene composition that includes the reaction product formed by polymerizing a monomer mixture containing at least 75 weight percent of one or more monovinylaromatic monomers in the presence of rubber particles to form a dispersion of rubber particles in a vinyl aromatic polymer. The dispersed rubber particles have an average particle diameter of from about 6 to about 10 microns. The composition has a gel content of from about 28% to about 36% by weigh. The composition has a swell index of less than 13 and contains no more than 2 wt. % of plasticizers. The present composition can be used as a refrigerator liner material. The liner material can be down gauged while maintaining desirable performance characteristics.

Abstract: Elastomeric compositions comprising at least one C4 to C7 monoolefin elastomer, at least one polyalphaolefin, and optionally at least one hydrocarbon polymer additive are disclosed. The PAO comprises oligomers of one or more C2 to C20 alpha-olefins having a kinematic viscosity at 100° C. of 3 to 3000 cSt and a Mw/Mn of less than 4. In one aspect, the elastomeric composition may have improved flex fatigue properties and have a fatigue life of 450,000 Kc or more as measured by ASTM D 412 die C. In another aspect, an elastomeric composition may have improved impermeability and have a permeation coefficient at 40° C. of 160 cc*mm/(m2?day) or less.

Abstract: A polyolefin composition comprising an olefin-based thermoplastic elastomer which is superior to conventional olefin-based thermoplastic elastomers in scratch resistance and abrasion resistance and has excellent heat aging resistance is proposed. [Means for Solving the Problem] A polyolefin composition comprising a syndiotactic ?-olefin-based copolymer (A), a polyolefin resin (B) (other than polybutene (C)), polybutene (C), and if necessary, an ethylene-based copolymer rubber (D).

Abstract: This invention provides an automobile water-based paint capable of forming coating film of little metallic mottling and excellent flip-flop property and smoothness, which comprises hydroxyl-containing resin, viscosity-regulating agent and hydrophobic solvent, the viscosity-regulating agent being a copolymer obtained by copolymerizing a monomeric mixture containing a (meth)acrylic acid (salt), monomer represented by the following formula (1) [in which R1 stands for hydrogen or methyl, R2 and R3 stand for hydrogen, methyl or ethyl, R4 stands for C8-24 hydrocarbon group, and n is an integer of 3-60], alkyl (meth)acrylate of which alkyl moiety has 1-4 carbons and a monomer having at least two polymerizable unsaturated groups per molecule, at specific ratios.

Abstract: A thermoplastic composition that includes from about 1% by weight to 25% by weight block copolymer having the formula (A-B)x or A-B-A, where the A block includes polyvinylarene, the B block includes poly(monoalkenyl) and x is an integer of at least one, spherical superabsorbent particles comprising polyacrylate, and plasticizing oil, the composition exhibiting water gel time of no greater than 2 minutes, a viscosity of no greater than 100,000 centipoise and a wet tensile strength of at least 15 g/in2.

Abstract: An adhesive composition, a process of manufacture and a method of filling a surface having voids with a void filler are disclosed herein. Upon insertion between opposing surfaces or around an exposed surface, the void filler expands into and around the voids, filling surfaces having voids and covering irregularities of concrete structures.

Abstract: A binder composition for secondary batteries having excellent stability over time is produced. A method for producing a binder composition for secondary batteries containing at least a polymer and a dispersion medium, which comprises a metal particulate removal step wherein metal particulates contained in a polymer dispersion containing a polymer and a dispersion medium are removed. A binder composition for secondary batteries, which is obtained by the above-mentioned production method and has a metal particulate content of not more than 10 ppm, said metal particulate content is composed of particles formed from a transition metal component and having a particle diameter of not less than 20 ?m. A slurry for secondary battery electrodes, which contains the binder composition for secondary batteries and an electrode active material.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a graft copolymer for a transparent thermoplastic polyurethane resin prepared by graft copolymerization of (a) 50-85 weight % of rubber latex having a multi-layered structure composed of an inner layer and an outer layer comprising a conjugated diene monomer and an ethylenically unsaturated aromatic compound in which the refractive index of the inner layer is greater than that of the outer layer; and (b) 15-50 weight % of a C2-C20 vinyl monomer; a method for making same; and a thermoplastic polyurethane resin composition comprising same having excellent color properties, calendaring properties, low temperature impact strength and transparency.

Abstract: Polymer emulsion compositions for use in printing inks and printing inks made from the compositions are provided. The emulsion compositions include an aqueous continuous phase containing water and a dissolved carboxylic acid-functional support polymer. The dispersed phase of the emulsion composition contains crosslinked, dispersed polymer particles. The emulsion compositions also include at least one multivalent metal crosslinker and at least one stabilizing agent. The polymer emulsion compositions display superior printability properties in inks and other coatings formulated with them, yet are stable at elevated temperatures for long periods of time.

Abstract: The invention relates to thermoplastic molding compositions comprising A) from 55 to 98% by weight of at least one vinylaromatic copolymer impact-modified with a particulate graft rubber, B) from 1 to 44% by weight of a flame retardant comprising B1) an expandable graphite, B2) a phosphorus-comprising flame-retardant compound, and B3) a fluorine-comprising polymer, C) from 1 to 20% by weight of a non-particulate rubber comprising polar groups, and D) from 0 to 40% by weight of further additives, where the percentages by weight are in each case based on the total weight of components A) to D) and give a total of 100% by weight, and also to processes for the preparation of these molding compositions, to the use of these molding compositions for the production of moldings, of fibers, of foams, or of foils, and also to the resultant moldings, fibers, foams, and foils.

Abstract: Natural rubber blends, methods for making the same, and articles made therefrom are provided. The natural rubber blend includes at least one propylene copolymer containing ethylene derived units. The natural rubber blend can further include one or more reinforcing fillers, such as carbon black. The presence of the propylene copolymer significantly improves the ozone resistance and ageing properties of the natural rubber gum stock.

Abstract: [Problem] To provide a thermoplastic elastomer composition for foaming, which has sufficient foamability and provides a molded article having good appearance. [Solution to Problem] A thermoplastic elastomer composition for foaming, which comprises 10 to 40% by weight of a partially or completely crosslinked ethylene/?-olefin/non-conjugated polyene copolymer rubber (A) comprising ethylene, an ?-olefin of 3 to 20 carbon atoms and a non-conjugated polyene, 3 to 33% by weight of an ethylene/?-olefin copolymer (B) comprising ethylene and an ?-olefin of 3 to 20 carbon atoms, 10 to 40% by weight of polypropylene (C) having a melting point, as determined by differential scanning calorimetry (DSC), of 40 to 170° C.

Abstract: Disclosed is an adhesive composition. The adhesive composition comprises a polyolefin, a maleated polyolefin, a Bronsted acid, and an antioxidant. The adhesive composition has improved oxidative stability compared with those which do not contain Bronsted acids.

Abstract: A composition that includes functionalized polymers and one or more types of particulate filler exhibits both an increased gum Mooney viscosity and a decreased compound Mooney viscosity relative to a comparable composition that includes only one such functionalized polymer. The functionalized polymers include first and second types of functionalities which exhibit a non-covalent interaction that has a bond energy of from about 0.1 to about 20 kJ/mol.