Exxon Research and Engineering Company

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Exxon Production Research Company

Henry S Makowski

Robert D Lundberg

Jan Bock

Robert R Klein

Charles P O'Farrell

Dennis E O'Brien

Robert R Phillips

Douglas Brenner

Pawan K Agarwal

Lowell Westerman

Thomas Zawadski

This invention relates to hot melt adhesive compositions which include an amine terminated polyalkylene oxide neutralized sulfonated thermoplastic polymer wherein the neutralized sulfonated thermoplastic polymer has about 5 to about 250 meq. of neutralized sulfonate groups per 100 grams of the neutralized sulfonated thermoplastic polymer, and about 25 to about 200 parts by weight of a hydrocarbon resin of a petroleum or coal tar distillate, having about 5 to 6 carbon atoms, the hydrocarbon resin being composed of aliphatic dienes and monoolefins per 100 parts by weight of the neutralized sulfonated thermoplastic resin.

Hot melt adhesive compositions

The present invention relates to an improved process for forming elastomeric fibers for elastic yarn from neutralized sulfonated elastomeric polymers, and novel elastomeric fiber compositions derived therefrom, wherein the neutralized sulfonated elastomeric polymer is dissolved in a mixed solvent consisting of a backbone solvent and a polar cosolvent and spun into fibers. The neutralized sulfonated elastomeric polymer has about 10 to about 50 meq. sulfonate groups per 100 grams of sulfonated elastomeric polymer, of which at least 95% are neutralized with a cation being selected from the group consisting of antimony, iron, lead, aluminum, and Groups I-A, II-A, IB and II-B of the Periodic Table of Elements and mixtures thereof. The solution of the neutralized sulfonated elastomeric polymer having a Brookfield viscosity at room temperature at about 6 rpm of about 1,000 to about 200,000 cps is fabricated into fibers by wet or dry spinning through a spinner having a plurality of orifices therein. The resultant elastomeric fibers exhibit improved dimensional stability, and resistance to solvents and superior holding power, when fabricated into an elastomeric yarn.

Fibers of ionic polymers

The present invention relates to a process for the forming of a powdered composition of a sulfonated EPDM terpolymer, having less than 1.25 wt. % ENB wherein the powder has a particle size distribution of from about 500 to about 3,000 microns, a water content of less than 2 wt. %, and a sulfonate content of less than 250 meq./100 g polymer.

Process for forming a powdered sulfonated EPDM terpolymer (C-951)

An improved process for the manufacture of extended gel free sulfonated elastomeric products includes the formation of a homogeneous mixture of fillers and oils with the acid form of the sulfonated polymer prior to the neutralization of the acid form of the sulfonated polymer with a basic material thereby resulting in a composition having improved physical properties.

Bulk neutralization

The present invention relates to a process for forming a polymeric solution or gel having a viscosity of at least about 50,000 cps which includes the steps of dissolving an unneutralized or neutralized sulfonated polymer in a solvent to form a solution, a concentration of the unneutralized or neutralized sulfonated polymer in the solution being about 0.1 to about 20 wt. %, a viscosity of the solution being less than about 20,000 cps; and adding about 5 to about 500 vol. % water to the solution having a viscosity less than about 20,000 cps, the water being immiscible with the solvent and the solution, the viscosity of said solution increasing rapidly upon the addition of said water from less than 20,000 cps to greater than 50,000 cps.

Process for gelation of polymeric solution (C-1042)

The present invention relates to a process for forming a polymeric solution or gel having a viscosity of at least about 50,000 cps which includes the steps of dissolving an amine terminated polyalkylene oxide neutralized sulfonated polymer in a solvent to form a polymeric solution, a concentration of the amine terminated polyalkylene oxide neutralized sulfonated polymer in the solution being about 0.1 to about 20 wt. %, a viscosity of the solution being less than about 20,000 cps; and adding about 1 to about 500 vol. % water to the polymeric solution having a viscosity less than about 20,000 cps, the water being immiscible with the solvent and the polymeric solution, the viscosity of said polymeric solution increasing rapidly upon the addition of said water from less than 20,000 cps to greater than 50,000 cps.

Process for controlled gelation of polymeric solution (C-974)

The present invention relates to a process for forming a polymeric solution or gel having a viscosity of at least about 50,000 cps which includes the steps forming a solvent system of an organic liquid and a polar cosolvent, the polar cosolvent being less than about 15 wt. % of the solvent system, a viscosity of the solvent system being less than about 1000 cps; dissolving a neutralized sulfonated polymer in the solvent system to form a solution, a concentration of the neutralized sulfonated polymer in the solution being about 0.1 to about 20 wt. %, a viscosity of the solution being less than about 20,000 cps; and adding about 5 to about 500 vol. % water to the solution having viscosity less than about 20,000 cps, the water being immiscible with the solution and the polar cosolvent transferring from the solution phase to the water phase thereby causing the viscosity of said solution to increase from less than 20,000 cps to greater than 50,000 cps.

Process for controlled gelation of polymeric solution (C-669)

This invention relates to a process for the manufacture of a blend composition of a neutralized sulfonated ethylene propylene terpolymer (EPDM) which includes the steps of sulfonating the EPDM dissolved in a solvent to form an unneutralized sulfonated elastomeric polymer. The solution of the unneutralized sulfonated EPDM is quenched with an aliphatic alcohol. The unneutralized sulfonated elastomeric polymer in solution is then neutralized with a neutralizing agent to form the neutralized sulfonated EPDM in solution. A critically selected non-polar backbone process oil is added under agitation to the solution thereby plasticizing the neutralized sulfonated EPDM with the process oil. The neutralized sulfonated EPDM plasticized with the process oil is then recovered from the solution.

Process for the formation of elastomeric blends of a sulfonated

The present invention relates to an improved process for forming fibers for fabrics from neutralized sulfonated thermoplastic polymers, and novel ionic polymer fiber compositions derived therefrom, wherein the neutralized sulfonated thermoplastic polymer is dissolved in a solvent, preferably a mixed solvent, consisting of a backbone solvent and a polar cosolvent and spun into fibers. The neutralized sulfonated thermoplastic polymer has about 10 to about 100 meq. SO.sub.3 H per 100 grams of sulfonated thermoplastic polymer, of which at least 95% is neutralized with a cation being selected from the group consisting essentially of antimony, iron, lead, aluminum, or Groups I-A, II-A, I-B or II-B of the Periodic Table of Elements and mixture thereof. The solution of the neutralized sulfonated thermoplastic polymer having a Brookfield viscosity at room temperature at about 6 rpm of about 1,000 to about 200,000 cps is fabricated into fibers by wet or dry spinning through a spinner having a plurality of orifices therein. The resultant fibers exhibit improved dimensional stability and resistance to solvents and temperature when fabricated into a fabric.

Process for spinning fibers of ionic thermoplastic polymers

Fibers of ionic thermoplastic polymers

This invention relates to a process for the formation of a neutralized sulfonated polymer having about 10 to about 60 meq. sulfonate groups, wherein the sulfonate groups are neutralized with a zinc counterion. A cement of a polymer having olefinic functional groups and a non-reactive solvent is contacted with a sulfonated agent such as an acyl sulfate. The sulfonated polymer is then neutralized with a solution of zinc acetate dissolved in a solvent system of methanol alone or methanol and water, wherein the volume percent of methanol based on non-reactive solvent is less than about 10. A carboxylic acid can be then added to the cement of the neutralized sulfonated polymer thereby forming a zinc salt of the carboxylic acid in situ, wherein the zinc salt of the carboxylic acid is a preferential plasticizer for the zinc sulfonate groups. The Brookfield viscosity at 0.6 rpm at room temperature of the cement of the zinc neutralized sulfonated polymer is less than about 50,000 cps.

Process for forming a Zn sulfonate containing elastomer

This invention relates to an improved process for the formation of an improved gel-free neutralized sulfonated elastomeric polymer having about 10 to about 50 meq. unneutralized sulfonate groups, wherein the unneutralized sulfonate groups are neutralized with a metal counterion being selected from the group including lithium, sodium, potassium, cesium, barium, calcium, magnesium, zinc, lead, iron (II), copper (II), mercury (II), and nickel. A cement of an elastomeric polymer having olefinic functional groups dissolved in a non-reactive solvent is contacted with a sulfonating agent such as an acyl sulfate thereby sulfonating the elastomeric polymer, and the sulfonation reaction is subsequently quenched by the addition of isopropanol at a concentration level of about 5 to about 30 volume percent based on a volume of the non-reactive solvent. The unneutralized sulfonated elastomeric polymer is then neutralized with a neutralizing agent dissolved in water, the water being at a concentration level of less than about 2.5 volume percent based on the volume of the non-reactive solvent thereby forming a gel-free cement of the neutralized sulfonated elastomeric polymer having a Brookfield viscosity at room temperature of less than about 20,000 cps.

Process for forming a metal sulfonate containing EPDM

This invention relates to improved polymeric compositions of metal, amine and ammonium neutralized sulfonated polymers which are preferentially plasticized with an N-substituted organic carbamate at a minimum critical concentration level of at least 1 part by weight based on 100 parts by weight of the neutralized polymer, wherein N-substituted organic carbamate has the general formula selected from the group of: ##STR1## wherein R.sub.1, and R.sub.2 are normal or branched chain alkyl, cycloalkyl, aryl, alkaryl, or arylalkyl groups such as ethyl, butyl, octadecyl, behenyl, phenyl, benzyl, and dodecylphenyl and R.sub.4 and R.sub.6 and either R.sub.1 or R.sub.2 must be a long chain, preferably linear, saturated group containing from about 10 to about 50 carbon atoms and R.sub.3 and R.sub.5 are di, tri, or tetrafunctional aliphatic, cycloaliphatic, aryl or alkaryl groups and m is 2, 3, or 4 and n is 2, 3 or 4.

Plasticization of neutralized sulfonated elastomeric polymer with

This invention relates to elastomeric blend compositions of a neutralized sulfonated elastomeric polymer. The compositions include a major portion of a sulfonated elastomeric polymer and a minor proportion of a non-polar wax, wherein the resultant composition has both improved physical and rheological properties.

Elastomeric blend compositions of a sulfonated elastomer polymer

A process is disclosed for fabricating a thermoplastic, which thermoplastic is either a thermoplastic ionomer or a multiphase graft or block copolymer of the ABA (AB).sub.n, or ##STR1## wherein n is greater than 1 and wherein the polymer blocks, A and B, are each thermoplastic resins having softening points substantially above room temperature with the B block being present in at least about 30 wt. % of the total polymer. The thermoplastic composition is first suspended in finely divided form in a liquid medium in a sufficient amount such that the solids content of the resulting suspension is in the range of from about 15 to about 75 wt. %. The liquid medium must be nonvolatile and must be capable of plasticizing the B block (or the backbone if the ionomer is employed) of the thermoplastic composition above the softening point of that block but must not be capable of plasticizing the A block to a substantial extent. The suspension is then applied as a coating to any desired surface, e.g., to wire, textiles, the interior of a mold, etc., and that surface is heated to a temperature at least 5.degree. above the softening point of either polymer block thereby solidifying the composition in the shape of said surface. The process is useful in wire coatings, coatings on textiles, preparation of leather-like upholstery, flexible sheets, toys, etc.

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