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: The present invention relates to a crosslinked elastomer with thermoplastic conversion and to a process for its manufacture. The elastomer with thermoplastic conversion is characterized in that it includes at least one polyoctene and a grafted polyolefin. The invention has numerous industrial applications, especially in the manufacture of insulating and/or leakproofing gaskets and packings as employed for thermal and sound insulation and/or leakproofing against water and moisture, as well as of conduits, tubes, pipes, tubings, couplings and the like for the transfer of fluids.

Abstract: The disclosed invention provides novel golf ball compositions which contain olefinic based ionomers and non-ionic olefinic copolymers produced by use of metallocene catalysts. These compositions exhibit improved mechanical properties such as tensile and flexural properties, and can be foamed or unfoamed. Golf balls that employ at least one layer of these blends in any of the golf ball cover, core, or a mantle situated between the cover and the core provide ball properties and performance similar to and in some cases better than the state of the art ionomer based golf balls.

Abstract: The instant invention teaches a method for enabling the formation of a high damping, soft polymer gel. The method includes: reacting a poly(maleimide-co-alkenyl benzene) polymer with a nylon and an alkyl diamine under substantially dry conditions sufficient to form a nylon grafted poly(maleimide-co-alkenyl benzene) polymer product; and, dispersing the nylon grafted poly(maleimide-co-alkenyl benzene) polymer product with an extender oil sufficient to form the gel. The instant invention also contemplates a polymer gel composition, a polymer composition and an article manufactured from the polymer gel composition.

Abstract: This invention concerns a composition comprising a blend of polyolefin with the reaction of a functionalized polyolefin and polyetheramine in which the polyetheramine is grafted into the functionalized polyolefin in a customary mixing apparatus. A process for producing the reaction product of functionalized polypropylene and polyetheramine 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. This invention further includes dyeable polyolefin compositions containing the reaction product of functionalized polyolefin and polyetheramine. Dyeable polyolefin fibers, including polypropylene fibers, are disclosed, which may be made by melt spinning, and which may be employed to make woven and non-woven fabric.

Abstract: A novel class of interpenetrating polymer networks which are dispersible in conventional coating solvents is disclosed. Such dispersions are useful in preparing protective and/or decorative film coatings and are particularly useful in photosensitive or imaging formulations such as photoresists, solder masks and the like. These polymer networks are comprised of at least two interpenetrating crosslinked polymers. At least one of the polymer networks is formed by polymerization in a solvent. In one embodiment of this invention, at least one polymer network is prepared from macromers to produce a polymer system having functionalized branch or graft linear segments. The solvent dispersible interpenetrating networks of this invention are particularly useful as binders in addition polymerizable photosensitive compositions containing crosslinking monomers such as solder masks. Upon exposure to actinic radiation and suitable thermal curing, solder mask coatings of such photosensitive compositions form multiple, e.g.

Abstract: The disclosed invention provides novel golf ball compositions which contain non-ionic olefinic copolymers produced by use of metallocene catalysts, wherein the metallocene catalyzed polymers have been functionalized with a post-polymerization reaction. The grafted metallocene catalyzed polymers may be blended with ionomers, non-grafted metallocene catalyzed polymers, or other non-ionomeric polymers. These compositions exhibit improved mechanical properties such as tensile and flexural properties, and can be foamed or unfoamed. Golf balls that employ at least one layer of these compositions in any of the golf ball cover, core, or a mantle situated between the cover and the core provide ball properties and performance similar to and in some cases better than the state of the art ionomer based golf balls.

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 electrical conductivity modified thermoplastic olefin (TPO) polymer blend with improved electrostatic painting efficiency, the blend comprising a substantially uniform mixture of: I. polymeric material being the reaction product of: (a) polypropylene, (b) maleated polypropylene, (c) elastomer, and (d) amine-terminated polyether being a linear or branched polymer of oxypropyleneamine or oxyethyleneamine repeating units having 40-100 such units, and II. alkali metal salt, the alkali metal salt being included in the thermoplastic polymer blend in an amount which provides the blend with a conductivity of at least 10.sup.-12 S/cm at 25.degree. C.

Abstract: Directly paintable polymer compositions contain (1) a thermoplastic olefin, (2) a maleic anhydride-grafted propylene homopolymer or random copolymer, (3) a maleic anhydride-grafted olefin polymer material, (4) a functionalized polymer that reacts with the maleic anhydride groups of the grafted polymers, and, optionally, (5) a maleic anhydride-grafted ethylene polymer. The amount of (2)+(3) or (2)+(3)+(5) is at least 16 parts but less than 27 parts per hundred parts of the thermoplastic olefin.

Abstract: A compound comprising a blend of polypropylene with the reaction of a functionalized polypropylene and polyether amine in which the polyether amine 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. A polyether monoamine that contains from about 36 to about 44 ethylene units and from about 1 to about 6 propylene units, and processes and blends using same.

Abstract: Disclosed is a propylene polymer composition comprising (a) a propylene polymer, (b) an olefin type elastomer and (c) a polar group-containing olefin polymer composition obtained by heating (c-1) an olefin polymer containing a carboxyl group or an acid anhydrous group in its molecule and (c-2) an amino compound, each in a specific amount. Also disclosed is a propylene polymer composition comprising (a) a propylene polymer, (b) an olefin type elastomer, (c-1) an olefin polymer containing a carboxyl group or an acid anhydrous group in its molecule and (c-2) an amino compound, each in a specific amount. The propylene polymer compositions of the present invention are excellent in properties of being coated with various coatings.

Abstract: A thread wound golf ball having good shot feel and controllability as well as excellent flight performance which comprises a center composed of a vulcanized molded article of a rubber composition, a thread rubber layer formed on the center and a cover covering the thread rubber layer, wherein the center has a diameter of from 30 to 38 mm and a deformation amount, formed by applying an initial load of 10 kg to a final load of 30 kg to the center, of from 1 to 2.5 mm and the cover is formed from a heated mixture of an ionomer resin, an maleic anhydride-modified thermoplastic resin and an epoxidated thermoplastic resin having a JIS-A hardness of 30 to 90.

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: A polymeric composition in pellet form comprising a tacky hot melt composition, comprising a) from about 5% by weight to about 90% by weight of a thermoplastic polymer, b) from about 0% by weight to about 65% by weight of a tackifying resin, c) from about 0% to about 50% by weight of a plasticizer, d) up to about 2% by weight of an antioxidant, and a pelletizing aid, wherein the tacky hot melt composition has some minimum amount of tackifier or plasticizer and is a pressure sensitive adhesive having a storage modulus, G', at about 25.degree. C., of less than about 5.times.10.sup.6 dynes/cm.sup.2, and each pellet has a substantially tack-free surface.This invention further discloses a polymeric composition in pellet form suitable for molding articles. The composition comprises a tacky hot melt composition comprising at least one high molecular weight triblock copolymer of the general configuration A-B-A and a plasticizer and a pelletizing aid.

Abstract: There is provided a rubber-modified styrenic resin composition comprising a rubber-modified styrenic resin containing soft component particles of a salami structure and a polymer having a predetermined solubility parameter, which is much more improved in both of plane impact resistance and Izod impact resistance, while retaining a high level of other properties such as rigidity, gloss and moldability.

Abstract: A golf ball and a method of making a golf ball, having a cover and a core, wherein the golf ball has at least one layer formed of a compatibilized blend of about 4 percent to 95 percent of at least one ionomer resin; about 95 percent to 4 percent of at least one non-ionic polymer; and about 1 to 15 phr, based on 100 parts ionomer resin and non-ionic polymer, of at least one compatibilizer of a functionalized block and graft polymers and oligomers, wherein the compatibilizer is free of any monomers containing an .alpha.,.beta.-ethylenically unsaturated carboxylic acid, and wherein at least one portion of the non-carboxylic acid compatibilizer is miscible with the at least one ionomer and at least one portion of the non-carboxylic acid compatibilizer is miscible with the at least one non-ionic polymer.

Abstract: A tough, strong, stiff glass-filled polyolefin composition comprisesa propylene polymer having an nmr tacticity index of at least 94 and a molecular weight distribution of about 7 to 15;a stiffness-enhancing amount of glass fiber;an impact-modifying amount of a plastomer copolymer of ethylene with a C.sub.4 -C.sub.6 alpha-olefin having a density of about 0.865 to about 0.910 g/cc; anda functionalized olefin polymer in a sufficient amount to act as a compatibility agent between polymeric materials and the glass fiber.

Abstract: A thermoplastic molding composition containing a blend of polycarbonate, vinyl copolymer, such as SAN, and a graft polymer, such as ABS is disclosed. The invention resides in the finding that the incorporation of a compatibilizing agent which comprises a polymeric resin having a number average molecular weight of at least about 21,000 and which is miscible with the grafted phase of the graft polymer and which contains secondary amine reactive groups in its structure yields stable compositions having improved mechanical properties especially at low temperatures.

Abstract: Graft copolymers are obtainable by reactingA) polyarylene ethers,B) polyamides andC) copolymers which contain cyclic, .alpha.,.beta.-unsaturated dicarboxylic anhydridesand are used for the preparation of thermoplastic molding materials or as compatibilizers for polymer blends based on polyarylene ethers and polyamides.

Abstract: The present invention teaches a method for enabling the formation of a high damping, soft polymer gel. The method includes: reacting a poly(.alpha.-olefin-co-maleimide) polymer with a maleated polyalkylene and an alkyl diamine under substantially dry conditions sufficient to form a polyalkylene grafted poly(.alpha.-olefin-co-maleimide) polymer product; and, dispersing the polyalkylene grafted poly(.alpha.-olefin-co-maleimide) polymer product with an extender oil sufficient to form the gel. The present invention also contemplates a polymer gel composition, a polymer composition and an article manufactured from the polymer gel composition.

Abstract: There is provided a thermoplastic resin composition which has damping property, mechanical strength, impact resistance and heat stability resistance in well-balance proportion and has excellent workability, and the composition comprising the following components (A) to (E), in which the ratio by weight of (A)/(B) is from 1/99 to 80/20, the content of the component (C) is from 1 to 50 parts by weight based on 100 parts by weight of the total amount of the components (A) and (B), the content of the component (D) is sufficient amount to compatibilize the components (A) and (B), and the content of the component (E) is from 1 to 120 parts by weight based on 100 parts by weight of the total amount of the components (A) and (B):(A): polyphenylene ether,(B): polyamide,(C): conjugated diene-alkenyl aromatic compound copolymer in which not less than 50% of the conjugated diene compound is polymerized by 1,2-bond or 3,4-bond and the tan .delta. peak temperature thereof is not less than -20.degree. C.

Abstract: An antifouling paint composition comprising a binder resin composition containing a biodegradable resin being obtained by polymerizing a cyclic lactone compound with at least two active hydrogen groups of a compound containing at least two active hydrogen groups in one molecule, and an antifouling additive being mixed with the binder resin composition in a weight ratio of the binder resin composition to the antifouling additive from 1:2 to 7:1, the binder resin composition having a gel fraction of not more than 5% by weight.

Abstract: Paintable thermoplastic polyolefin compositions are disclosed which comprise (i) about 20 to about 70 wt % of at least one graft-modified polypropylene, (ii) about 10 to about 40 wt % of at least one nongrafted or graft-modified homogeneously branched linear ethylene polymer, ethylene-propylene monomer rubber, ethylene-propylene-diene monomer rubber, heterogeneously branched linear ethylene polymer, styrene block copolymer, or a combination thereof and (iii) about 5 to about 50 wt % of an interpolymer of ethylene and an .alpha.,.beta.-unsaturated carbonyl copolymer, e.g. a copolymer of ethylene and acrylic acid. The polypropylene and, optionally the homogeneously branched linear ethylene polymer, ethylene-propylene monomer rubber, ethylene-propylene-diene monomer rubber, heterogeneously branched linear ethylene polymer, and styrene block copolymer are grafted with an unsaturated organic compound containing at least one site of ethylenic unsaturation and at least one carbonyl group, e.g. maleic anhydride.

Abstract: Thermoplastic molding materials compriseA) from 30 to 98% by weight of a graft polymer ofa.sub.K) from 30 to 90% by weight of an elastomeric graft core, obtainable by copolymerization ofa.sub.K /1) from 80 to 99.99% by weight of a C.sub.1 -C.sub.10 -alkyl ester of acrylic acid,a.sub.K /2) from 0.01 to 20% by weight of a crosslinking monomer anda.sub.K /3) from 0 to 40% by weight of one or more further monomers, anda.sub.S) from 10 to 70% by weight of a graft shell ofa.sub.S /1) from 50 to 100% by weight of a styrene compound of the general formula ##STR1## where R.sup.1 and R.sup.2 are each hydrogen or C.sub.1 -C.sub.8 -alkyl, and/or of a C.sub.1 -C.sub.8 -alkyl ester of acrylic acid or methacrylic acid, anda.sub.S /2) from 0 to 50% by weight of one or more further monomers,B) from 1 to 50% by weight of a thermoplastic polymer ofb.sub.1) from 50 to 100% by weight of styrene and/or .alpha.-methylstyrene,b.sub.2) from 0 to 50% by weight of acrylonitrile andb.sub.

Abstract: A polymeric composition in pellet form comprising a tacky hot melt composition, comprising a) from about 5% by weight to about 90% by weight of a thermoplastic polymer, b) from about 0% by weight to about 65% by weight of a tackifying resin, c) from about 0% to about 50% by weight of a plasticizer, d) up to about 2% by weight of an antioxidant, and a pelletizing aid, wherein the tacky hot melt composition has some minimum amount of tackifier or plasticizer and is a pressure sensitive adhesive having a storage modulus, G', at about 25.degree. C., of less than about 5.times.10.sup.6 dynes/cm.sup.2, and each pellet has a substantially tack-free surface.This invention further discloses a polymeric composition in pellet form suitable for molding articles. The composition comprises a tacky hot melt composition comprising at least one high molecular weight triblock copolymer of the general configuration A-B-A and a plasticizer and a pelletizing aid.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a multilayer film having at least one layer substantially formed from thermoplastic polyurethanes, and at least one further layer, formed from an olefin-based polymer coupling agent, which contains maleic anhydride as a formulation component and the Vicat softening temperature of which, measured to ASTM D 1525, is less than 60.degree. C.

Abstract: A long fiber-reinforced polymer alloy resin composition (C) is provided which is obtained by blending a master batch (A) containing a long fiber reinforcement (a2) having a length of 3 to 30 mm in a resin matrix of a polyamide resin (a1), with a substantially polymer-alloyed resin diluent (B) obtained by melt kneading 45 to 20% by weight of a crystalline polyolefin resin (b1) and 55 to 80% by weight of a polyamide resin (b2), the crystalline polyolefin resin (b1) containing a modified olefin crystalline polymer (b11) having been substantially modified with unsaturated carboxylic acids. In this resin composition (C), the amount of the long fiber reinforcement (a2) is in the range of 10 to 60% by weight, and the amount of the crystalline polyolefin resin (b1) in resin components ((a1)+(b1)+(2)) other than the long finer reinforcement (a2) is in the range of 20 to 45% by weight. This resin composition (C) is excellent in tensile strength and particularly excellent in repeated impact resistance properties.

Abstract: A process for efficiently manufacturing polyarylene sulfide copolymer in which polymers are well dispersed and which copolymer exhibiting superior mechanical properties. The process comprises reacting a polyarylene sulfide resin (A) and an amination agent (B) in a non-protonic organic solvent (C), and copolymerizing the resulting amino polyarylene sulfide resin (A') and a reactive elastomer (D) in a non-protonic organic solvent (C'), thereby obtaining a polyarylene sulfide resin (A") with the elastomer dispersed in the resin matrix.

Abstract: A blend and a process for producing that blend in which a high ethylene content ethylene-propylene polymer and a lower ethylene content ethylene-propylene polymer are subjected to simultaneous blending and shearing to reduce their molecular weights and molecular weight distribution. The sheared blend of polymers can function as a shear stable dispersant viscosity index improver with improved lower temperature properties or the hydrocarbon base for multifunctional for viscosity index improvers, motor fuel additives or polymeric dispersants.

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 styrenic thermoplastic resin composition comprising a mixture of: (A) 50-90 wt % of a styrenic polymer; (B) 5-35 wt % of a chlorinated polyethylene; (C) 5-35 wt % of a modified ethylene-propylenic rubber; and (D) 0-10 wt % of vinyl graft copolymer has superior weather resistance and mechanical properties such as impact strength and tensile properties. The resin composition also provides improved layer peeling tendency which is one of the most troublesome problems in conventional resins such as acrylonitrile-chlorinated polyethylene-styrene resins.

Abstract: This invention relates to impact-resistant thermoplastic moulding compositions based on a graft rubber, a thermoplastic resin and a small quantity of a free acid-functional nitrile rubber.

Abstract: Disclosed is a golf ball having good shot feel and controllability as well as satisfactory flight performance and cut resistance. The golf ball has a core and a cover for covering the core, wherein said cover has a stiffness modulus of 100 to 250 MPa and comprises a heated mixture of an ionomer resin and a glycidyl group-modified styrene-based block copolymer having a JIS-A hardness of 30 to 90 as base resin, and optionally a maleic anhydride-modified olefin copolymer.

Abstract: A coating resin composition, comprising a graft copolymerized resin prepared by graft polymerizing a monomer containing ethylenic unsaturated bond and a monomer containing an ethylenic unsaturated bond and a hydroxyl group, wherein the hydroxyl group content of the monomer is such that the hydroxyl group content of the graft copolymerized resin is 0.1 to 5 wt. %, onto a mixed resin of (i) a carboxyl group containing chlorinated polyolefin resin containing from 1 to 10 wt. % of .alpha.,.beta.-unsaturated carboxylic acid (anhydride) and having a chlorine content of 5 to 50 wt. %, the resin (i) being prepared by a graft polymerizing .alpha.,.beta.-unsaturated carboxylic acid (anhydride) onto a polyolefin followed by chlorination, and (ii) an oxidized chlorinated polyolefin resin containing from 5 to 50 wt.

Abstract: An acid-modified polyolefin is dispersed in water by adding a hydroxy-functional ester made from a polymeric acid and a monoepoxide having from 14 to 46 carbon atoms to the water. Said dispersion is substantially zero-VOC. When a composition of this invention is applied to the surface and cured by baking the article at an elevated temperature, a coating is obtained which improves the adherence of subsequent coatings to a polyolefinic article. A polyolefinic article is one having a surface comprising polypropylene or a polypropylene modified with rubber called a thermoplastic polyolefin (TPO).

Abstract: Thermoplastic polyolefin compositions of a substantially crystalline polyolefin that is a homopolymer of ethylene, propylene or butylene or a copolymer of propylene and a C.sub.3 -C.sub.10 alpha-olefin; about 10% to 50% by weight of a first substantially amorphous polyolefin of a terpolymer of ethylene with a C.sub.3 -C.sub.10 alpha-olefin and a diene monomer and having a Mooney Viscosity (ML.sub.1+4, 100.degree. C.) of between about 10 and about 120; optionally, a copolymer of ethylene and a C.sub.3 -C.sub.10 alpha-olefin may be present; and about 1 to 20% by weight of a second substantially amorphous polyolefin having a number average molecular weight of between about 1,000 and 15,000 and including (a) a copolymer of ethylene with a C.sub.3 -C.sub.10 alpha-olefin; (b) a terpolymer of ethylene with a C.sub.3 -C.sub.10 alpha-olefin and a diene monomer; (c) a block copolymer that includes blocks of a C.sub.3 -C.sub.

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: Particulate graft copolymers A) are composed ofa.sub.1) from 5 to 70% by weight, based on A), of a grafting base having a glass transition temperature of less than 10.degree. C. and based ona.sub.11) from 50 to 99.94% by weight, based on a.sub.1), of at least one alkyl acrylate where the alkyl radical is of 1 to 30 carbon atoms,a.sub.12) from 0 to 49.9% by weight, based on a.sub.1), of a further monounsaturated monomer copolymerizable with b.sub.11) anda.sub.13) from 0.01 to 5% by weight, based on a.sub.1), of polyfunctional crosslinking monomers,a.sub.2) from 20 to 85% by weight, based on A), of a stage polymerized in the presence of component a.sub.1) and comprisinga.sub.21) from 95 to 100% by weight, based on a.sub.2), of at least one monomer having a refractive index n.sub.D.sup.20 of more than 1.51 anda.sub.22) from 0 to 5% by weight, based on a.sub.2), of a polyfunctional, crosslinking monomer anda.sub.

Abstract: There are provided a prepreg for a printed circuit board which comprises a glass cloth impregnated with a flame retardative resin composition comprising a (A) resin composed of a (a) styrenic polymer having syndiotactic configuration, a (b) polymer having compatibility with or affinity for the component (a) and further containing polar group, and a (c) thermoplastic resin other than the components (a) and (b) and/or a rubbery elastomer; a (B) halogenated polystyrene in which the amount of halogen atoms contained in halogen compounds generated under specific conditions is at most 1000 ppm by weight; a (C) flame retardant aid; an (D) organic filler or inorganic filler; and the above glass cloth, and also a substrate for printed circuit which comprises the prepreg or a laminate comprising a plurality of the prepregs laminated on each other, at least one side of the prepreg or laminate being laminated with a metallic layer.

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: Thermoplastic polymer alloy compositions are provided comprising a blend of polypropylene, ethylene copolymer ionomer resin, ethylene/glycidyl acrylate or methacrylate copolymer, uncrosslinked ethylene propylene rubber, acid or anhydride grafted polypropylene, an agent for crosslinking the rubber and/or catalyzing an epoxide/acid reaction, and optionally a poly-.alpha.-olefin. The compositions are particularly useful for thermoforming of articles having high deep-draw ratios. The presence of the poly-.alpha.-olefin assists to improve embossing and grain retention of embossed sheets, particularly at high deep-draw ratios.

Abstract: An extrudable adhesive composition is provided which is useful for bonding a layer of a polystyrene resin to a layer of a second resin. The extrudable adhesive composition comprisesA) an ethylene polymer fraction at between about 35 and about 65 wt percent relative to the total of A) plus B), the ethylene polymer fraction comprising an ethylene polymer, copolymer or mixture of ethylene polymers and copolymers, each ethylene polymer or copolymer being formed from at least about 60 weight percent ethylene monomers, balance other copolymerizable monomers, and the ethylene polymer fraction A) being formed, in total, of at least about 65 weight percent ethylene monomers, balance, other copolymerizable monomers, andB) between about 35 and about 65 wt %, relative to total of A) plus B), of a styrene/aliphatic/styrene triblock elastomer, between about 20 and about 60 wt % of said triblock elastomer comprising styrene monomers.The MI.sub.2(SB).sup.2 /MI.sub.2(PE) is about 1.0 or above.

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.

Abstract: Substantially linear ethylene polymers, e.g., polyethylenes prepared by constrained geometry catalysis (substantially linear ethylene), which are grafted with one or more unsaturated organic compounds containing both ethylenic unsaturation and a carbonyl group, e.g., maleic anhydride, exhibit desirable adhesive properties. These graft-modified substantially linear ethylene polymers also impart desirable compatibility and impact properties to various thermoplastic polymer blends.

Abstract: A compatibilized polymer blend composition is provided which comprises a mixture of an elastomeric polymer and an acid-grafted polymer of an isomonoolefin and an alkylstyrene such as a blend of EPDM and a maleic anhydride-grafted copolymer of isobutylene and para-methylstyrene.

Abstract: Disclosed are (1) an adhesive polypropylene resin composition comprising (a) 50 to 90 parts by weight of a modified polypropylene or a composition containing said modified polypropylene, said modified polypropylene being graft-modified with at least one monomer selected from the group consisting of an unsaturated carboxylic acid from the group consisting of an unsaturated carboxylic acid and a derivative thereof and (b) 10 to 50 parts by weight of a modified polyolefin other than the modified polypropylene or the composition (a), said modified polyolefin being grafted with at least one monomer selected from the group consisting of an unsaturated carboxylic acid and a derivative thereof, and (2) a multi layer laminate body comprising (i) a layer of a polyolefin (ii) a layer of the above-said adhesive polypropylene resin composition and (iii) a layer of a polyamide resin and/or an ethylene/vinyl alcohol copolymer, said layers being laminated in the order of (i), (ii) and (iii).

Abstract: A method of making articles of manufacture, such as automobile bumpers and other components, formed from thermoplastic olefin compositions, having improved resistance to gasoline and other fluids when painted with flexible coatings such as two component polyurethane paints, and the like, are disclosed. The compositions used to form these articles include a thermoplastic olefin such as crystalline polypropylene, crystalline polyethylene or mixtures thereof with a first rubber component of an ethylene propylene diene rubber having a high molecular weight and a second rubber component of an ethylene propylene diene rubber having a low molecular weight, wherein the first rubber component has a molecular weight of 4 to 200 times that of the second rubber component.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a process for preparing aqueous binders for aqueous coating compositions by reacting a mixture ofA) 9.9 to 85 wt. % of a hydroxy- and acid-functional poly(meth)acrylate andB) 14.9 to 90 wt. % of a hydroxy-functional, fatty acid-modified polyester withC) 0.1 to 20 wt. % of a diisocyanate having a molecular weight of 140 to 318,to form urethane groups and then dissolving or dispersing the reaction product in water with prior or simultaneous neutralization of at least a portion of the carboxyl groups present, wherein the sum of the percentages of A) to C) add up to 100.

Abstract: Thermoplastic olefin compositions having improved fluid resistance when painted with flexible coatings such as polyurethanes paints and the like are disclosed. These compositions include a thermoplastic olefin such as crystalline polypropylene, crystalline polyethylene, or mixtures thereof with a first rubber component of an ethylene-propylene or ethylene-propylene-diene rubber having a Mooney Viscosity of 10-120 and a second rubber component of an ethylene-propylene or ethylene-propylene-diene rubber having a number average molecular weight of between about 1,000 and 10,000.