Abstract: There is disclosed a novel class of vulcanization accelerators, specifically compounds such as 2-(isopropylsulfinyl)-benzothiazole.

Abstract: Scorch safety and shelf-life of a heat-curable composition including a chlorine- or bromine-containing halopolymer such as chlorinated polyethylene; a 1,3-diaminopropane or salt thereof; a sulfur source; and an acid acceptor are improved by adding N-(cyclohexylthio)phthalimide and N-nitrosodiphenylamine to the composition.

Abstract: A vulcanizable composition comprising a bromobutyl rubber and a specific amino acid.

Abstract: A curable composition consisting essentially of(1) 100 parts by weight of a halogen-containing polymer,(2) 0.1 to 10 parts by weight of a substituted mono- or di-thiobiurea as a crosslinking agent having the formula ##STR1## wherein R.sup.1, R.sup.2 and X are as defined in claim 1 and (3) 0.5 to 50 parts by weight of a compound of a metal of Group II or IVa of the periodic table as an acid acceptor.

Abstract: A halogenated polyethylene, or a mixture of it with a sulfur-curable rubber and/or a vinyl chloride resin can be cured with a combination of sulfur and/or a sulfur donor, and at least one amino acid selected from the group consisting of lysine, ornithine, arginine and proline.

Abstract: An acid of the formula A--COOH).sub.x, or an anhydride thereof, wherein x is an integer of 1 or 2, wherein the acid groups are vicinal if x is 2, and A is phenyl, C.sub.2 -C.sub.10 alkylene, C.sub.2 -C.sub.10 alkenylene, C.sub.6 -C.sub.10 bridged or nonbridged cycloalkylene or cylcoalkenylene, with the proviso that A is C.sub.1 -C.sub.6 alkyl if x is 1, renders ethylene-propylene-nonconjugated diene elastomers more adherent to fibers that have been treated with a resorcinol-formaldehyde-latex dip when said elastomers are cured directly onto said fibers.

Abstract: Bromobutyl rubber compounds of improved green strength are prepared by reacting bromobutyl rubber with selected amine compounds such that not less than about 1/100th and not more than 1/12th of the bromine in the bromobutyl is reacted with the amine compound.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a vulcanizable rubber composition improved in a sulfur blooming obtained by coagulatingly keeping a supersaturated sulfur within said rubber composition. For preventing said sulfur blooming, in the present invention, a surface active agent such as sodium or potassium ethylxanthate, sodium or potassium isopropylxanthate, dialkyldithiophosphoric acid, diphenylthiourea, mercaptobenzothiazole, diphenylthiocarbazone, sodium oleate, sodium stearate or octadecylamineacetate is added to a rubber composition obtained by compounding sulfur as a vulcanizing agent in the amount of 0.5 to 10 parts by weight in relation to 100 parts by weight of rubber which may be any of natural rubber, synthetic rubber and the mixtures thereof.

Abstract: In the aqueous suspension polymerization of p-methylstyrene, in which a difficultly soluble phosphate is used as a suspension stabilizer, the improvement which comprises adding to the aqueous suspension, as an extender, sulfonated poly(p-methylstyrene).

Abstract: Production of extruded products wherein a polyolefin composition, a volatile, flammable liquid organic peroxide cross-linking agent and an antioxidant are introduced into the inlet of an extruder, with the antioxidant being a thio-bisphenol soluble in the peroxide having a melting point of less than 125.degree. C. of the general formula(R' C.sub.6 H.sub.2 --R" OH).sub.2 S.sub.xwherein x is a whole number equal to 1, 2 or 3. The preferred antioxidant is 2,2'-thio-bis(6-t-butyl-p-cresol).

Abstract: This invention is directed to a method, a rubber skim stock and a product containing the skim stock having improved adhesion between a metal member and contiguous rubber skim stock. The invention lies in the discovery that improved rubber-to-metal adhesion can be obtained by adding to an otherwise conventional rubber skim stock composition appropriate amounts of a transition salt of p-aminobenzoic acid.The method of this invention comprises the steps of mixing the transition salt of p-aminobenzoic acid into a rubber composition, bringing this composition into contiguous relationship with a metal member in an unvulcanized product and vulcanizing the product to yield the end product.

Abstract: A vulcanizable composition comprising a bromobutyl rubber and a specific amino acid.

Abstract: Disclosed is a sulfur-cured rubber article that has high resistance to reversion and low compression set which is post-modified to improve its fatigue life. The method involves introducing additional elemental sulfur in solution into the low sulfur-cured rubber article subsequent to curing.

Abstract: The defects (i.e., the slow vulcanization speeds and the mold corroding tendency) of a known curable composition comprising (1) a polychloroprene rubber and (2) a di- or tri-mercapto-s-triazine compound can be remedied by a novel composition comprising the known composition and (3) a specified polyalkylene polyamine. The novel composition comprises 100 parts by weight of (1), 0.1 to 3 parts by weight of (2) and 0.1 to 2 parts by weight of (3).

Abstract: A cured or uncured chlorinated polyethylene composition free from hexamethylphosphoric triamide complex comprising (A) chlorinated polyethylene, (B) a mercaptotriazine as cross-linking agent, (C) a cross-linking accelerator selected from the group consisting of specified dithiocarbamic compounds, secondary and tertiary amines, and the carboxylates, mercaptothiazole salts, dithiocarbamates and dithiophosphates of said secondary and tertiary amines and the benzothiazylsulfenamides of said secondary amines, and (D) an acid acceptor of metal compounds; as well as a process for curing uncured chlorinated polyethylene which comprises heating same in the absence of hexamethylphosphoric triamide complex in the presence of (B), (C) and (D) at a temperature of about 120.degree. to about 200.degree. C.

Abstract: An adhesive composition which shows improved stickiness and adhesive property at room temperature and exhibits an excellent adhering ability in a short time is prepared by compounding(a) an acrylonitrile-containing copolymer having carbon-to-carbon double bond(b) a phenol-polysulfide resin(c) a metal oxide, and(d) a polyfunctional electrophilic reactive compound containing at least two electrophilic reactive groups.