Abstract: A thermoplastic vulcanizate prepared by dynamically vulcanizing a rubber within a blend that comprises the rubber, a fluorine containing thermoplastic, and a vulcanizing agent; wherein the rubber is selected from nitrile rubber, hydrogenated nitrile rubber, amino-functionalized nitrile rubber, acrylonitrile-isoprene rubber, and mixtures thereof.

Abstract: The invention provides for curable compositions containing a halogenated copolymer of a C.sub.4 to C.sub.7 isomonoolefin, e.g., isobutylene and a para-alkylstyrene, e.g., para-methylstyrene, and further containing an effective amount of a metal salt, e.g. zinc, of an unsaturated carboxylic acid, e.g. methacrylic acid, as a curing agent. The composition also contains an organic peroxide as a co-curative and one or a mixture of saturated polymer blend components which are co-curable with the halogenated copolymer. The curable composition may further comprise EPDM.

Abstract: The invention provides a process for the preparation of a thermoplastic elastomeric resin composition comprising (a) 100 parts by weight of a block copolymer consisting of at least two polymeric blocks (A) composed of a vinyl aromatic compound and at least one polymeric block (B) composed of a conjugated diene compound, or a hydrogenated block copolymer, (b) 20 to 300 parts by weight of a non-aromatic softening agent for rubber, (c) 1 to 100 parts by weight of a peroxide-crosslinking type olefinic resin or a copolymeric rubber containing said resin, and (d) 10 to 150 parts by weight of a peroxide-decomposition type olefinic resin or a copolymer containing said resin, characterized in that the process comprises a step of heat-processing component (a), component (b), at least a part of component (c) and a part of component (d) in the presence of an organic peroxide to cause crosslinking, and a subsequent step of blending these with the remaining part of component (d) and, if any, the remaining part of component

Abstract: A compound comprising a blend of polypropylene with the reaction of a functionalized polypropylene and polyether amine in which the polyetheramine is grafted into the functionalized polypropylene in a customary mixing apparatus is disclosed. The blend may include an elastomer such as EP rubber and/or a filler such as glass. A process for producing the reaction product of the functionalized polypropylene and the polyether amine by melting with polypropylene in a customary mixing apparatus is also disclosed. Blends of the present invention are advantageously useful to prepare paintable automotive body parts.

Abstract: A carboxylic composition comprising a mixture of hydrocarbon substituted carboxylic acylating agents, said mixture comprising (A) a polyolefin substituted carboxylic acylating agent prepared by reacting a polyolefin with an .alpha.,.beta.-unsaturated carboxylic reactant; and (B) a terpolymer substituted carboxylic acylating agent prepared by reacting a terpolymer with at least one carboxylic reactant selected from the group consisting of compounds of the formula R.sup.3 C(O)(R.sup.4).sub.n C(O)OR.sup.5 (IV) wherein each of R.sup.3 and R.sup.5 is independently H or a hydrocarbyl group, R.sup.

Abstract: The present invention provides a rubber composition in which the coexistence of low heat build-up, heat resistance and high hardness can be achieved without damaging failure characteristics. According to the present invention, a rubber composition comprising a 100 parts by weight of matrix rubber and a 2-75 parts by weight of a polyethylene composition which contains 0-80% by weight of polyethylene and 20% by weight or more of a composite comprising a polyethylene component and a rubber component previously bonded via a coupling agent to the polyethylene component, said rubber component is crosslinked with the matrix rubber. At least at one of the kneading stages before the final stage, the compound is kneaded so that the maximum temperature of the compound of the kneading of that stage is higher than the melting point of the polyethylene component mixed, preferably, by 10.degree. C. or more.

Abstract: An emulsion polymer comprising as one of its components a graft copolymer of a residual aromatic monomer-free support resin polymer and a vinyl chloride (co)polymer is disclosed. The emulsion polymer is prepared using a two-stage process. In the first stage, a chasing monomer is reacted in the presence of a support resin polymer having at least one aromatic monomer to form an polymer which is free of residual monomer and has monomeric units derived from the aromatic monomer(s). In a second stage, the vinyl chloride emulsion (co)polymer is made in situ in a reaction mixture comprising the polymer which is free of residual monomer. An extensive grafting at the second stage yields a novel water dispersible graft copolymer containing both styrene and vinyl chloride.

Abstract: The invention provides golf balls formed from plastomers which have a molecular weight distribution of 4 or less. Plastomers can be included in the cores of multi-piece balls and in the mantle of multi-layer golf balls in crosslinked or uncrosslinked form, and can be used to form golf ball covers and one-piece golf balls when the outer surface of the ball is crosslinked. Golf balls which employ these compositions as covers have high durability as well as good cut resistance.

Abstract: Disclosed is a method of preparing a thermoplastic resin composition that includes combining a ground crosslinked rubber with a thermoplastic resin and a compatibilizer based on a paraffinic oil to form a blend thermoplastic composition. The ground crosslinked rubber has an average particle size of about 80 mesh or smaller. The thermoplastic resin includes at least one polyolefinic resin. The ground crosslinked rubber is included in amounts of up to about 70% by weight, based on the weight of the blend thermoplastic composition.

Abstract: One-component hot-curing structural adhesives based on liquid rubbers, which may optionally contain functional groups, solid rubbers, thermoplastic polymer powders and sulfur and also vulcanization accelerators are suitable for bonding metal parts. Tensile shear strengths of more than 15 MPa and high breaking elongations of more than 15% can be obtained. These adhesives are substantially free from low molecular weight epoxy resins and are particularly suitable for use in white-shell assembly in the car industry.

Abstract: The invention provides novel compositions and golf balls formed from those compositions. The compositions generally include a cured blend of an elastomer, a peroxide polymerization agent, a co-agent, and an unsaturated polycarboxylic acid. More particularly, the cured composition includes a cured blend of cis 1,4 polybutadiene, dicumyl peroxide, zinc diacrylate, and fumaric acid. One piece golf balls formed of these compositions have improved durability.

Abstract: Partially crosslinked plastic compositions with a melt flow index at 230.degree. C. and under a load of 2.16 kg, of from 0.1 to 100 g/10 min, and a gel content of less than 12% by weight, is prepared froma) a polymer comprisinga.sub.1) from 60 to 92% by weight of a propylene homopolymer anda.sub.2) from 8 to 40% by weight of a propylene copolymer having C.sub.2 -C.sub.10 -alk-1-enes incorporated into its polymer chain and with a comonomer content, based on a.sub.2) of from 15 to 70% by weight, andb) a compound of the formula (I) ##STR1## where R.sup.1 is hydrogen or C.sub.1 -C.sub.4 -alkyl,X is substituted or unsubstituted C.sub.1 -C.sub.30 -alkyl or substituted or unsubstituted C.sub.7 -C.sub.30 -arylalkyl, where each of the alkyl groups may be interrupted byone or more oxygen atoms in ether moieties (--O--) or oxycarbonyl moieties (--O--CO--) and/or bynitrogen groups of the formula NR.sup.2, where R.sup.2 is hydrogen, C.sub. -C.sub.6 -alkyl or C.sub.1 -C.sub.

Abstract: A medical article is molded from a silane-grafted polyolefin copolymer and crosslinked to have improved compression set and sealability so that the crosslinked article can be sterilized with substantially no changes in size or shape.

Abstract: Method of grafting a water-soluble organic oligomer(s) to an organic polymer(s) in aqueous latex form, which method comprises forming a water-based mixture of a water-soluble oligomer(s), an aqueous latex of a polymer(s), and at least one free radical polymerisable monomer, both of said oligomer(s) and polymer(s) being preformed, and carrying out free radical polymerisation of said at least one monomer to effect grafting between said oligomer(s) and said polymer(s).

Abstract: A thermoplastic elastomer composition containing 100 wt. parts, in total, of an ethylene-.alpha.-olefin copolymer rubber and a polyolefin resin, and 0.1 to 150 wt. parts of at least one hydrogenated diene polymer having a hydrogenation degree of at least 70% selected from the group consisting of hydrogenated conjugated diene polymers and hydrogenated products of random copolymers comprising conjugated dienes and aromatic vinyl compounds in which the content of the aromatic vinyl compound units is 25 wt. % or less, in which the composition has a complex dynamic viscosity .eta.*(1) of 1.5.times.10.sup.5 poise or less, and a Newtonian viscosity index n of 0.67 or less. This composition provides molded articles which are not whitened on bending, and has good flexibility.

Abstract: The subject invention provides a thermoset elastomer comprising a crosslinked pseudorandom or substantially random interpolymer of: (a) from 15 to 70 weight percent of at least one .alpha.-olefin, (b) from 30 to 70 weight percent of at least one vinylidene aromatic compound, and (c) from 0 to 15 weight percent of at least one diene. The subject invention further provides a thermoplastic vulcanizate comprising the thermoset elastomers of the invention as provided in a thermoplastic polyolefin matrix. The subject invention further provides processes for preparing the inventive thermoset elastomers and thermoplastic vulcanizates, as well as parts fabricated therefrom. The inventive materials have a superior balance of properties, as compared to EPM and EPDM based materials. The subject invention also pertains to foams and methods for their preparation.

Abstract: This invention relates to graft polymers of the ABS type which are produced in emulsion, and to thermoplastic molding compositions which are based thereon and which exhibit a very considerably increased notched bar impact strength compared with known ABS molding compositions and which at the same time exhibit high hardness values or high modulus values and good thermoplastic processability.

Abstract: Directly paintable polymer compositions contain (1) a thermoplastic olefin, (2) a propylene homopolymer or propylene copolymer with ethylene or a 4-8 C alpha-olefin, grafted with an anhydride of an aliphatic .alpha., .beta.-unsaturated dicarboxylic acid, (3) an oxidized polyethylene wax having a melting point of less than 116.degree. C. and an acid number of less than 40, (4) a functionalized polymer that reacts with the anhydride groups of the grafted polymers, and, optionally, (5) a polyolefin rubber grafted with an anhydride of an aliphatic .alpha., .beta.-unsaturated dicarboxylic acid, and (6) an ethylene polymer grafted with an anhydride of an aliphatic .alpha., .beta.-unsaturated dicarboxylic acid. The compositions are particularly useful for making injection molded parts such as automobile bumpers, and exhibit excellent paint adhesion and durability.

Abstract: An elastomer has a modulus intermediate between that of a conventional rubber and a gel. The elastomer includes (a) between 20 and 45 parts by weight of a semicrystalline elastomer having between 1 and 15% crystallinity and (b) between 80 and 55 parts by weight of a compatible liquid elastomer having a number-average molecular weight of between 1,500 and 8,500. The elastomer's modulus is sufficiently high to enable it to be fabricated into handleable articles, but is sufficiently low so that it provides effective sealing of substrates it covers without the need for introducing a separate sealing material such as a mastic or adhesive.

Abstract: In order to provide a crosslinking formed body having a low hardness and superior tensile characteristics and rubber properties, an ethylene-.alpha. olefin copolymer, polypropylene, and an organosilane compound are graft polymerized in the presence of a free radical generating agent to form a reaction product, the reaction product is formed into a desired shape formed body, and the formed body is crosslinked by being exposed to moisture in the presence of a silanol catalyst.

Abstract: A case for memory disks having excellent antistatic properties, which comprises a thermoplastic resin composition comprising 100 parts by weight of the following component (A), 3 to 30 parts by weight of the following component (B) and 5 to 40 parts by weight of the following component (C):component (A): a crystalline propylene resin having a melt flow rate (MFR) of 1 to 80 g/10 min;component (B): a thermoplastic elastomer selected from (b.sup.1) olefin copolymer elastomers having a Mooney viscosity (ML.sub.1+4 (100.degree. C.)) of 10 to 85, and (b.sup.2) hydrogenated products of a block copolymer of styrene or a derivative thereof and a conjugated diene, containing 15 to 50% by weight of styrene or a derivative thereof, having a weight-average molecular weight of 50,000 to 220,000; andcomponent (C): an acrylamide copolymer.

Abstract: A compound comprising a blend of polypropylene with the reaction product of a functionalized polypropylene and polyether amine in which the polyether amine is grafted onto the functionalized polypropylene in a customary mixing apparatus is disclosed. A process for producing the reaction product of the functionalized polypropylene and the polyether amine by melting with polypropylene in a customary mixing apparatus is also disclosed.

Abstract: The invention provides a process for the preparation of a thermoplastic elastomeric resin composition comprising (a) 100 parts by weight of a block copolymer consisting of at least two polymeric blocks (A) composed of a vinyl aromatic compound and at least one polymeric block (B) composed of a conjugated diene compound, or a hydrogenated block copolymer, (b) 20 to 300 parts by weight of a non-aromatic softening agent for rubber, (c) 1 to 100 parts by weight of a peroxide-crosslinking type olefinic resin or a copolymeric rubber containing said resin, and (d) 10 to 150 parts by weight of a peroxide-decomposition type olefinic resin or a copolymer containing said resin, characterized in that the process comprises a step of heat-processing component (a), component (b), at least a part of component (c) and a part of component (d) in the presence of an organic peroxide to cause crosslinking, and a subsequent step of blending these with the remaining part of component (d) and, if any, the remaining part of component

Abstract: This invention provides curable fluoroelastomer compositions comprising: (a) a fluorine-containing polymer or blend of fluorine-containing polymers each comprising interpolymerized units derived from one or more fluorine-containing ethylenically unsaturated monomers; (b) at least one organo-onium compound such as those selected from the group consisting of ammonium, arsonium, phosphonium, stibonium, amino-phosphonium, phosphorane (e.g. triarylphosphorane), iminium, and sulfonium compounds; and (c) one or more aryl, allyl or alkyl carbonate-blocked compounds as crosslinking agents. Methods of curing fluoroelastomer compositions, and articles made therefrom are also described.

Abstract: There are disclosed a gel or polymer composition which comprises 100 parts by weight of: a graft copolymer composition formed from the graft reaction of a maleate functionalized ethylene-alpha-olefin copolymer and a maleate functionalized polypropylene with an organic diamine grafting agent, and at least 30 parts by weight of an extender oil or a low molecular weight organic component. These gel compositions have super soft properties, heat resistance, and/or damping properties.

Abstract: The present invention provides a dye-fixing agent, obtainable by reacting in a first reaction step, either a homopolymer of diallylamine or N-methyl-diallylamine or a copolymer of diallylamine and N-methyl-diallylamine, with an epihalohydrin, the reaction optionally taking place in the presence of an aliphatic amine or polyamine, or reacting the homopolymer or copolymer with a product obtainable by a reaction of epihalohydrin with an aliphatic amine or polyamine, optionally followed by partial quaternization of the reaction product of the first reaction step, characterized in that the end product possesses at least 10 mol % of tertiary amino groups of the following formula (I), based on the total number of amino groups ##STR1## wherein X=halogen, with the provisos that when the homopolymer is an N-methyl-diallylamine, the presence of an aliphatic amine or a polyamine is obligatory in the reaction with the epihalohydrin and when the homopolymer is a homopolymer of diallylamine, partial quaternisation of the re

Abstract: There is disclosed a multi-layer laminate molding having a layer structure that a main material layer made mainly of a polyethylenic resin at the outer side and an ethylene-vinyl acetate copolymer saponified product layer or polyamide resin layer at the inner side are laminated through at least an adhesive material layer, the adhesive material layer comprising a resin composition containing (A) 60 to 95% by weight of at least one resin selected from the-group consisting of (1) a high density polyethylenic resin having specified physical properties, (2) a linear low density polyethylenic resin having specified physical properties, (3) a modified high density polyethylenic resin obtained by grafting unsaturated carboxylic acid and the like onto the above (1), and (4) a modified linear low density polyethylenic resin obtained by grafting unsaturated carboxylic acid and the-like onto the above (2), and containing at least 0.

Abstract: The present invention is directed to improved polybutadiene compositions suitable for use in molded golf ball core construction. The improved polybutadiene compositions are composed of polypropylene powder resins which have the effect of increasing the hardness of the resulting molded cores without increasing the weight upon curing, thereby allowing for a reduction in the amount of crosslinking agents utilized and increasing the amount of fillers incorporated therein. The addition of the polypropylene powder resins to the core compositions lowers the cost of the molded core, while maintaining the proper weight and compression. The present invention is also directed to golf balls produced utilizing the improved core compositions.Furthermore, the invention is directed to a method for reducing the amount of crosslinking agents utilized to formulate a core composition through the incorporation of polypropylene powder resins.

Abstract: The present invention provides a method for preparing a rubber composition for golf balls having excellent workability. The present invention related to a method for preparing a rubber composition for golf balls comprising at least a base rubber, a metal salt of .alpha.,.beta.-unsaturated carboxylic acid, a filler and an organic peroxide, comprising the steps of,(a) mixing the base rubber and the metal salt of .alpha.,.beta.-unsaturated carboxylic acid to obtain a pre-mixture,(b) adding the filler and the peroxide to the pre-mixture, and mixing in a mixing machine at the number of revolutions of 10 to 50 rpm for 2 to 6 minutes, and(c) discharging the mixed rubber composition with controlling the temperature of the rubber composition to 100.degree. to 120.degree. C.

Abstract: Disclosed is a process which comprises the steps of (a) providing a polymer containing at least some monomer repeat units with halomethyl group substituents which enable crosslinking or chain extension of the polymer upon exposure to a radiation source which is electron beam radiation, x-ray radiation, or deep ultraviolet radiation, said polymer being of the formula ##STR1## wherein x is an integer of 0 or 1, A is one of several groups as specified in the claims, B is one of several groups as specified in the claims, and n is an integer representing the number of repeating monomer units, and (b) causing the polymer to become crosslinked or chain extended through the photosensitivity-imparting groups. Also disclosed is a process for preparing a thermal ink jet printhead by the aforementioned curing process.

Abstract: A fluororesin composition is disclosed which includes vinylidene fluoride, tetrafluoroethylene and hexafluoropropylene copolymerized in a specific proportional ratio and a multifunctional monomer as an auxiliary cross-linking agent. The composition may optionally include an organic phosphite or a light stabilizer in a predetermined proportion. A heat-shrinkable tubing made from the fluororesin composition and an insulated wire incorporating an insulation layer or an insulating coating comprised of the fluororesin composition are further disclosed.

Abstract: A free radical curable composition that includes a free radical curable and a vinyl aromatic compound that is chemically different than the free radical curable component, wherein the vinyl aromatic compound is present in an amount sufficient to decelerate the cure rate of the free radical composition without adversely effecting completion of cure and the properties of the curable composition after it has cured. The composition is particularly useful as a two part adhesive that includes a free radical catalyst system and a diene elastomer.

Abstract: Crosslinkable polyolefin compositions, articles prepared from such compositions, and processes for making such compositions are described that possess both good processability and fast cure rates. The crosslinkable polyolefin compositions are bidisperse blends of ethylene polymers of the same polymer family having differing number average molecular weights as obtained by deconvolution in which M.sub.n1 /M.sub.n2 >7, M.sub.n2 >3000 and 0.7.gtoreq.(A.sub.1 /(A.sub.1 +A.sub.2)).gtoreq.0.15 wherein M.sub.n1 represents the number average molecular weight of the first deconvoluted component, M.sub.n2 represents the number average molecular weight of the second deconvoluted component, and A.sub.1 and A.sub.2 are the relative proportions of the first and second components.

Abstract: The present invention provides a thread wound golf ball having improved flight performances, which comprises a solid center, a thread layer and an outer cover. The solid center is formed from a rubber component with crosslinked structure which contains an oily substance. Impact resilience of the solid center is 90 cm or more.

Abstract: A process for the preparation of a plastics blend which contains a polyolefin-condensation polymer blend, in the first step of which process a crystalline polyolefin component and a low-crystallinity polyolefin component are functionalized in one process step by grafting thereto a functional monomer and by pre-dispersing the polyolefins with each other, and in the second step the functionalized polyolefin component is mixed with a condensation polymer and, when so desired, with a non-functionalized olefin polymer, and with other components of the plastics blend.

Abstract: Polyalkenylaromatic-polyethylene copolymers are prepared using protected functional organolithium initiators. Polymerization of an alkenylsubstituted aromatic monomer followed by ethylene, results in a protected functional block polystyrene-co-polyethylenyllithium. Termination with a functionalizing agent followed by deprotection produces polymeric products with high functionalization at the initiating chain-end and at least partial functionalization at the terminal chain-end.

Abstract: An ethylene/.alpha.-olefin copolymer composition including (I) a graft-modified ethylene/.alpha.-olefin copolymer composition and (II) a polyolefin. The graft-modified composition is prepared by graft copolymerizing an ethylene/.alpha.-olefin copolymer with a polar monomer. The ethylene/.alpha.-olefin copolymer composition includes first and second ethylene/.alpha.-olefin copolymers. The copolymers are each prepared in the presence of a polymerization catalyst containing (a) an organoaluminum oxy compound and (b) for the first ethylene/.alpha.-olefin copolymer at least two kinds, and for the second ethylene/.alpha.-olefin copolymer one kind, of compounds of Group IV transition metals of the periodic table containing a ligand having a cyclopentadienyl skeleton. The graft-modified ethylene/.alpha.-olefin copolymer composition is blended with a polyolefin, such as by mechanical or solution blending, at a weight ratio (I) to (II) of 1:99 to 99:1.

Abstract: A compound comprising a blend of polypropylene with the reaction of a functionalized polypropylene and polyether amine in which the polyetheramine is grafted into the functionalized polypropylene in a customary mixing apparatus is disclosed. The blend may include an elastomer such as EP rubber and/or a filler such as glass. A process for producing the reaction product of the functionalized polypropylene and the polyether amine by melting with polypropylene in a customary mixing apparatus is also disclosed. Blends of the present invention are advantageously useful to prepare paintable automotive body parts.

Abstract: A process for producing a silane-crosslinked polyolefin which is characterized by melt-blending (i) a polyolefinic base polymer, (ii) a carrier polymer A containing an organic unsaturated silane and a free radical generating agent and containing substantially no water and (iii) a carrier polymer B containing a silanol condensation catalyst and an antioxidant, at a temperature higher than the crystal melting point of the base polymer to effect reaction, and then contacting the resulting reaction product with water to effect crosslinking. The process can provide a silane-crosslinked polyolefin excellent in extrusion processability as well as in crosslinking property, mechanical property and heat resistance.

Abstract: An object of the present invention is to provide a process for producing rubber-modified styrene resins in which a distribution of the diameters of the rubber particles is narrow and the impact resistance is well balanced with the elastic modulus. The constitution thereof is characterized in that an aromatic monovinyl series monomer, a rubbery polymer and a styrene polymer are mixed and dissolved, and the mixed solution is adjusted so that the relation of the content R (wt. %) of the rubbery polymer contained in said mixed solution with the content Ps (wt. %) of the styrene polymer satisfies 0.2<Ps/R<3; the solution is further subjected to pre-heating treatment to maintain the conditions before rubber phase inversion, and then rubber phase inversion is carried out in a plug flow type reactor followed by polymerizing to enhance the polymerization conversion rate in the following plug flow type reactor.

Abstract: Molded articles of silane-crosslinked blends comprising a polyolefin elastomer and a crystalline polyolefin polymer exhibit desirable tensile strength and/or compression set properties, and are prepared by (i) blending a low density polyolefin elastomer with a crystalline polyolefin polymer, (ii) grafting the blend with a silane crosslinker, (iii) shaping the silane-grafted blend into the molded article, and (iv) curing the shaped, silane-grafted blend with water, preferably in the presence of a cure catalyst.

Abstract: The present invention relates to latex compositions having desirable wet adhesion and other rheological properties. The processes of the invention allow for preparation of a first polymer which, upon addition of a base or neutralizing agent, substantially dissolves the first polymer, thereby providing a medium for polymerization of a second polymer, stabilizing the second polymer and acting as a dispersant for other coating composition components such as pigments, coalescents, fillers and the like.

Abstract: This invention relates to the discovery that the addition of a free triacrylate, tetraacrylate and/or pentaacrylate compound(s) to an uncrosslinked rubber which is then sulfur-vulcanized results in desirable reversion resistant rubber compound properties.

Abstract: The present invention provides a golf ball which exhibits a soft hit feeling and a high impact resilience. The golf ball comprises a core made of an elastomer and a cover covering said core wherein said cover is made of a thermoplastic material comprising a rubber powder and a thermoplastic elastomer, said rubber powder being present in an amount of 5 to 40 parts by weight based on 100 parts by weight of said thermoplastic elastomer.

Abstract: A two-component, heat reactive patch particularly useful for sealing gage and drain holes in automobile bodies which comprises an ionomer component and an olefinic/elastomeric component. The ionomer component contains an ionomeric copolymer of ethylene and an .alpha.,.beta.-ethylenically-unsaturated C.sub.3 -C.sub.8 carboxylic acid, a metallic coagent and a filler and, optionally, a non-ionomeric copolymer of ethylene. The olefinic/elastomeric component contains an uncrosslinked elastomer, a multifunctional acrylic monomer, and a free-radical curing agent.

Abstract: The invention provides golf balls formed from the reaction product of compositions comprising an ester grafted hydrogenated nitrile butadiene rubber such as zinc dimethacrylate grafted hydrogenated nitrile butadiene rubber elastomer. The compositions may further include polybutadiene rubber. Balls made of these compositions are especially suited for use in restricted land spaces such as driving ranges.

Abstract: This invention provides curable fluoroelastomer compositions comprising: (a) a fluorine-containing polymer or blend of fluorine-containing polymers each comprising interpolymerized units derived from one or more fluorine-containing ethylenically unsaturated monomers; (b) at least one organo-onium compound such as those selected from the group consisting of ammonium, arsonium, phosphonium, stibonium, amino-phosphonium, phosphorane (e.g. triarylphosphorane), iminium, and sulfonium compounds; and (c) one or more aryl, allyl or alkyl carbonate-blocked compound as a crosslinking agents. Methods of curing fluoroelastomer compositions, and articles made therefrom are also described.

Abstract: A thermoplastic elastomeric composition, which comprises liquid 1,2-polybutadiene, EPDM rubber, a polyolefin resin, a curative system consisting of phenolic resin and peroxide, and a co-curing agent, the 1,2-polybutadiene and EPDM rubber being at least partially cured, shows well-balanced various properties including physical properties, elasticity and thermal resistance in addition to being superior in oil resistance at high temperatures and processability.

Abstract: An aqueous polymer dispersion containing polymer particles formed of at least two polymers, the polymer particles of the dispersion having a minimum film-forming temperature below 60.degree. C. and being formed of two different polymers namely polymer A having a glass transition temperature (T.sub.gA) of not more than 10.degree. C., and forming from 5 to 65% by weight of the total polymer; and polymer B having a glass transition temperature (T.sub.gB) of more than 25.degree. C., and forming from 5 to 65% by weight of the total polymer; together with a multifunctional material (C) present in an amount of from 5 to 70% by weight of the total polymer system.

Abstract: A graft-modified ethylene/.alpha.-olefin copolymer composition is prepared by graft copolymerizing an ethylene/.alpha.-olefin copolymer. The ethylene/.alpha.-olefin copolymer composition includes first and second ethylene/.alpha.-olefin copolymers. The copolymers are each prepared in the presence of a polymerization catalyst containing (a) an organoaluminum oxy compound and (b) for the first ethylene/.alpha.-olefin copolymer at least two kinds, and for the second ethylene/.alpha.-olefin copolymer one kind, of compounds of Group IV transition metals of the periodic table containing a ligand having a cyclopentadienyl skeleton. The ethylene/.alpha.-olefin copolymer composition may be blended with a polyolefin by mechanical or solution blending. The copolymer compositions have excellent moldability and heat stability properties and forms films having high transparency and mechanical strength.