Japan Synthetic Rubber Co., Ltd.

Toyoda Gosei Co., Ltd.

Hiroji Enyo

Yasuhiko Takemura

Shin-ichiro Iwanaga

Toshio Miyabayashi

Hozumi Sato

Tatsuaki Matsunaga

Teizo Kotani

Nobuyuki Sakabe

Shinichiro Zen

Eitaro Okuya

Yoshiaki Zama

Yoshiaki Kawamura

Ituo Nishiwaki

Yoshiyuki Udagawa

Minoru Tanaka

Noboru Oshima

Masayoshi Ichikawa

Hiroharu Ikeda

Koei Komatsu

Masatoshi Sugimoto

Shuichi Matsumoto

Kiyomitsu Terashima

Toshio Ohhara

Masaaki Watanabe

Hiroshi Ise

Shinichiro Iwanaga

Shin-ichiro Iwanama

Yukihiro Sawada

A conjugated diene copolymer comprising (A) 10 to 60 mole % of a conjugated diene compound unit, (B) 5 to 50 mole % of an .alpha.,.beta.-ethylenically unsaturated carboxylic acid unit, (C) 0.1 to 20 mole % of a polyfunctional alkenyl compound unit, (D) 0 to 10 mole % of a diene compound unit having cyclic carbon-carbon double bonds and (E) 0 to 80 mole % of a monoolefinically unsaturated compound unit, the sum of the amounts of units (A), (B), (C), (D) and (E) being 100 mole %, said copolymer having an intrinsic viscosity [.eta.] of 0.01 to 3.0 dl/g as measured at 30.degree. C. in dimethylformamide. The copolymer is soluble in aqueous alkali solutions, excels in processability and photosetting property, and has excellent rubber elasticity and transparency even after photosetting. Accordingly, a photosensitive composition comprising the copolymer, a photopolymerizable unsaturated monomer and a photosensitizer can greatly improve the complicated process for the production of conventional rubber relief plates of flexographic printing, and shorten the production time.

Conjugated diene copolymer, a process for producing the copolymer, and a

A vulcanizable rubber composition comprising (1) 100 parts by weight of a polymer composition comprising

Novel vulcanizable rubber compositions and applications thereof

A conjugated diene copolymer comprising (A) 40 to 90 mole % of a conjugated diene component, (B) 0.5 to 10 mole % of an alpha,beta-ethylenically unsaturated carboxylic acid component, (C) 0.1 to 5 mole % of a polyfunctional alkenyl compound component and (D) 5 to 58 mole % of a monoolefinically unsaturated compound component wherein the intrinsic viscosity [.eta.] of the copolymer as measured at 30.degree. C. in dimethylformamide is 0.01 to 3.0 dl/g, the width (.DELTA.Tg) of the endothermic transition temperature section determined by a differential scanning calorimetry is 45.degree. to 120.degree. C., and the limit temperature (T.sub.1) on the lower temperature side of the endothermic transition temperature section is -40.degree. C. or less. This copolymer, when combined with a photopolymerizable unsaturated monomer and a photosensitizer, provides a photosensitive resin composition which is soluble in aqueous alkali solutions, has an excellent processability and a photocurability, has an excellent rubber elasticity and a transparency even after curing, and has excellent water resistance.

Conjugated diene copolymer, process for producing the same, and

A conjugated diene copolymer comprising (A) 40 to 90 mole % of a conjugated diene component, (B) 0.5 to 10 mole % of an alpha,beta-ethylenically unsaturated carboxylic acid component, (C) 0.1 to 5 mole % of a polyfunctional alkenyl compound component and (D) 5 to 58 mole % of a monoolefinically unsaturated compound component wherein the intrinsic viscosity [.eta.] of the copolymer as measured at 30.degree. C. in dimethylformamide is 0.01 to 3.0 dl/g, the width (.DELTA.Tg) of the endothermic transition temperature section determined by a differential scanning calorimetry is 45.degree. to 120.degree. C. and the limit temperature (T.sub.1) on the lower temperature side of the endothermic transition temperature section is -40.degree. C. or less. This copolymer, when combined with a photopolymerizable unsaturated monomer and a photosensitizer, provides a photosensitive resin composition which is soluble in aqueous alkali solutions, has an excellent processability and a photocurability, has an excellent rubber elasticity and a transparency even after curing, and has excellent water resistance.

An acrylic rubber obtainable by copolymerizing a monomer mixture of:

Acrylic rubber, acrylic rubber composition and cured rubber article

zs An amino group-containing copolymer which is composed of (A) butadiene, isoprene or both of them, (B) acrylonitrile and (C) a (meth)acrylate represented by the general formula (I): ##STR1## wherein R is H or CH.sub.3, R.sub.1 and R.sub.2 are independently alkyl groups having 2 to 8 carbon atoms, and X is an alkylene group having 2 to 4 carbon atoms, and has a polymer composition (weight %) of (A):(B):(C) of 30 to 89.9:10 to 50:0.1 to 20. Said multi-component copolymer is used as oil-resistant rubber, and is particularly excellent in resistance to growth of crack by solvent.

Amino group-containing diene copolymer

A multi-component copolymer rubber consisting essentially of (A) 20 to 69.5% by weight of a cyano-substituted alkyl (meth)acrylate, (B) 30 to 79.5% by weight of an alkyl acrylate, (C) 0.5 to 10% by weight of a crosslinkable monomer and (D) 0 to 10% by weight of other ethylenically unsaturated monomer copolymerizable with (A), (B) and (C), excels in heat resistance, ozone resistance, sour gasoline resistance and sour gasohol resistance. There properties of said multi-component copolymer rubber can further be improved by incorporating into the copolymer rubber a crosslinking agent, a metal salt, a vinylidene fluoride polymer, a vinyl chloride resin or other multi-component copolymer rubber.

Multi-component copolymer rubber, a process for producing the same and a

A resin composition comprising 100 parts by weight of a thermosetting resin and 1 to 100 parts by weight of a functional, rubbery copolymer containing among the monomer units which constitute the copolymer, at least one monomer containing a substituent selected from the group consisting of epoxy, hydroxyl, carboxyl and amino groups, said copolymer being prepared by one of three emulsion polymerization processes in which a nonionic surface active agent and/or ionic surface active agent is employed as the emulsifying agent.

Resin composition comprising a thermosetting resin component and a

A multi-component copolymer rubber consisting essentially of (A) 20 to 69.5% by weight of a cyano-substituted alkyl (meth)acrylate, (B) 30 to 79.5% by weight of an alkyl acrylate, (C) 0.5 to 10% by weight of a crosslinkable monomer and (D) 0 to 10% by weight of other ethylenically unsaturated monomer copolymerizable with (A), (B) and (C), excels in heat resistance, ozone resistance, sour gasoline resistance and sour gasohol resistance. These properties of said multi-component copolymer rubber can further be improved by incorporating into the copolymer rubber a crosslinking agent, a metal salt, a vinylidene fluoride polymer, a vinyl chloride resin or other multi-component copolymer rubber.

Multi-component copolymer rubber, a process for producing the same, and

A rubber laminate of a fluororubber layer and an NBR layer firmly bonded through vulcanization is provided. The fluororubber layer is made of a fluororubber compound containing a peroxide vulcanizing agent, polyol vulcanizing agent, or polyamine vulcanizing agent. In the case where the fluororubber compound contains a peroxide vulcanizing agent, it further contains a metal oxide. The NBR layer is made of a functional NBR having a specific functional group which is determined according to the vulcanizing agent contained in the fluororubber compound. In the case where the fluororubber compound contains a peroxide vulcanizing agent or polyol vulcanizing agent, the NBR compound further contains a metal oxide. The two layers are firmly bonded through vulcanization. This rubber laminate is used for automotive fuel hoses and fuel pump diaphragms.

Rubber laminate

A rubber composition consisting essentially of 5-99 parts by weight of a thermosetting resin and 94-1 parts by weight of one of the following functional rubber-like copolymers (I) to (III) having a Mooney viscosity ML.sub.1+4.sup.100 of 20-120:

Rubber composition comprising a thermosetting resin and a functional

A heat-aging-resistant rubbery polymer composition comprising a rubbery polymer, at least one compound selected from the group consisting of diphenylamine derivatives and phenol derivatives as an age resister for said rubbery polymer, and polyalkylene ether glycol having an average molecular weight of 100-5,000, and optionally a compound represented by the formula, ##STR1## in which R is alkyl having 10 to 20 carbon atoms. Preferably, said at least one compound selected from the group consisting of diphenylamine derivatives and phenol derivatives is chemically linked to said rubbery polymer as a part of the molecular chain. Said rubbery polymer composition is unexpectedly superior in heat-aging-resistance to a composition consisting only of said rubbery polymer and said age resister or a composition consisting only of said rubbery polymer and said polyalkylene ether glycol.

Heat-aging-resistant rubber composition

A rubbery polymer composition comprising (A) a copolymer consisting of 45 to 79% by weight of butadiene, 20 to 55% by weight of acrylonitrile and 0.1 to 10% by weight of at least one compound selected from the group consisting of amide compounds having the formula (I) shown below and imide compounds having the formula (II) shown below, and (B) a vinyl chloride polymer, the weight proportion of said (A) to said (B) being 95-40 to 5-60. Said composition is resistant to ozone and oil, and moreover, is excellent in heat aging resistance and sour gasoline resistance when used in an oil, in a solvent or in the atmosphere at a high temperature: ##STR1## wherein R.sub.1 and R.sub.2 individually represent hydrogen, chlorine, bromine, or alkyl having 1 to 12 carbon atoms; R.sub.3 represents hydrogen, or alkyl having 1 to 4 carbon atoms; and R.sub.4 represents hydrogen, alkyl having 1 to 4 carbon atoms, or aryl having 6 to 12 carbon atoms, ##STR2## wherein R.sub.1, R.sub.2 and R.sub.3 are as defined above, and two R's may be the same or different.

Rubbery polymer blends with anilino phenyl units

A novel copolymer is obtained by reacting [A] at least one norbornene derivative having at least one polar group or polar-group-containing substituent with [B] at least one unsaturated polymer having carbon-to-carbon double bonds in the presence of a metathesis catalyst. This copolymer is excellent in chemical and mechanical properties. Particularly, when 50% by weight or more of the component [A] is contained, the resin is distinguished for its high impact strength.

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