Solid elastomeric block copolymers

Details Solid elastomeric block copolymers Solid elastomeric block copolymers

1995-05-18

1996-10-29

Warzel, Mark L.

Synthetic resins or natural rubbers -- part of the class 520 ser

Synthetic resins

Mixing of two or more solid polymers; mixing of solid...

525271, 525250, C08F29704

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055697186

ABSTRACT:
There are disclosed novel, solid, elastomeric block copolymers with improved resistance to cold flow wherein either 1) the terminal blocks are each a polymer (I polymer) of at least one conjugated diene I, e.g., isoprene, which contains at least five carbon atoms with at least one of each pair of double-bonded carbon atoms in the polymerized diene I units being additionally single-bonded to two carbon atoms; at least one middle or interior block is a hydrogenated polybutadiene (B polymer); and at least one middle or interior block is an essentially straight chain polyethylene (E polymer) resulting from the hydrogenation of a polybutadiene composed of at least 80% of 1,4-units; or 2) the terminal blocks are random IB copolymers of at least one diene I as previously defined and hydrogenated butadiene, and at least one middle or interior block is a straight chain polyethylene (E polymer) as previously defined. The hydrogenated butadiene units in the B polymer or random IB polymer blocks are composed of no more than about 65% of 1,4-units and at least about 35% of 1,2-units.
The foregoing block copolymers may be prepared by selectively hydrogenating substantially all the butadiene units of a precursor block copolymer wherein the precursor blocks of the straight chain polyethylene blocks units are polybutadiene blocks in which at least about 80% of the butadiene units are 1,4-units. A sufficient number of I units in the I polymer blocks or random IB copolymer blocks retain their unsaturation on selective hydrogenation to enable the vulcanization of the block copolymer.

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