Dow Global Technolgoies LLC

The Dow Chemical Company

Styron Europe Gmbh

Guenter A Jueptner

Francis J Timmers

Timothy Todd Wenzel

Daniel J Arriola

David H Bank

Paul C Vosejpka

Brian A Jazdzewski

Nicole L Wagner

Brian G Landes

Juergen Eiffler

Susanne M Karrasch

Brian A Jazdazewski

Meta-block copolymers and a process for preparing a product mixture comprising meta-block copolymers by contacting a metathesis catalyst under metathesis conditions with a composition comprising two or more ethylenically unsaturated polymers, said unsaturation defining one or more polymer segments in each ethylenically unsaturated polymer, at least one polymer segment in at least one ethylenically unsaturated polymer being chemically distinguishable from at least one polymer segment in at least one other ethylenically unsaturated polymer, characterized in that each meta-block copolymer in the product mixture comprises a random distribution of said chemically distinguishable polymer blocks.

Production of meta-block copolymers by polymer segment interchange

Two or more chemically distinguishable ethylenically unsaturated polymers, at least one having from 0.001 to 50 mole percent unsaturation and at least one other having an expected Tg or measured Tm value greater than 100&#xb0; C. are cross-metathesized to form thermoplastic elastomers having improved performance properties.

Production of metathesis products by high melting polymer segment interchange

The present invention relates to an improved process for recycling a coupling catalyst, preferably an amine catalyst in an interfacial polycarbonate manufacturing process. Specifically, the amine catalyst is recycled in an acidic wash water solution.

Method for recycling amine catalyst in interfacial polycarbonate manufacturing process

A cross-metathesized product mixture is prepared by contacting a metathesis catalyst under metathesis conditions with a composition comprising two or more chemically distinguishable ethylenically unsaturated polymers, at least one of said ethylenically unsaturated polymers (first polymer) having from 0.001 to 50 mole percent unsaturation and at least one other of said ethylenically unsaturated polymers (second polymer) being an amorphous polymer having a Tg less than 0&#xb0; C. and having from 0.001 to 5 mole percent unsaturation.

Production of metathesis products by amorphous polymer segment interchange

Disclosed is a polycarbonate composition and process from making same, wherein introduction of a chain terminator and an acyl halide other than phosgene is after at least 25 percent of the hydroxyl groups in the dihydric phenol have been converted to chloroformate groups.

Polycarbonate preparation process

Mono- or copolymers of water-soluble monomers of formula I are produced by preparing a two-phase system containing droplets of an aqueous solution of the monomers in a water-immiscible inert organic liquid. The monomers are polymerized in the presence of a combination of a suspending agent and an emulsifier.

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