The Goodyear & Tire Rubber Company

Joel Muse

Howard Allen Colvin

Donald E Smith

Dane Kenton Parker

William S Hollingshead

Ronald David Fiedler

Robert F Roberts

Kirkwood S Cottman

James J Tazuma

Joseph A Kuczkowski

Budd H Sturm

Donald C Grimm

Edward Norbert Nowak

Jerry J Dillon

Ronald Q Bennett

Calvin A Bennett

Gasketing paper is commonly made by the beater addition process. In the beater addition process a furnish composition is prepared by mixing latex into a fiber slurry which also typically contains one or more fillers. The beater addition process is currently being scrutinized because of environmental concerns. More specifically, conventional lattices used in the beater addition process contain curatives, such as amines, sulfur, and zinc compounds, which are discharged into the environment via the affluent from the process. By practicing the process of this invention gasketing paper can be manufactured by an environmentally sound technique. In one embodiment of this invention gasketing paper is made by beater addition with the latex utilized in the process being comprised of (a) at least one rubber having both pendant blocked isocyanate groups and groups containing at least one active Zerewitinoff hydrogen, (b) at least one emulsifier, and (c) water.

Furnish composition

Gasketing paper is commonly made by the beater addition process. In the beater addition process a furnish composition is prepared by mixing latex into a fiber slurry which also typically contains one or more fillers. The beater addition process is currently being scrutinized because of environmental concerns. More specifically, conventional latices used in the beater addition process contain curatives, such as amines, sulfur, and zinc compounds, which are discharged into the environment via the affluent from the process. By practicing the process of this invention gasketing paper can be manufactured by an environmentally sound technique. In one embodiment of this invention gasketing paper is made by beater addition with the latex utilized in the process being comprised of (a) at least one rubber having both pendant blocked isocyanate groups and groups containing at least one active Zerewitinoff hydrogen, (b) at least one emulsifier, and (c) water.

The present invention reveals a polymer alloy which is comprised of (a) at least one highly unsaturated rubbery polymer which is covulcanized with at least one N-chlorothio-sulfonamide modified EPDM rubber and (b) at least one thermoplastic resin. A blend of polypropylene with nitrile rubber which has been cocured with an N-chlorothio-sulfonamide modified EPDM rubber is a representative example of such a polymer alloy.

Polymer alloy

This invention is concerned with the prevention of gel formation in polymers. More specifically, this invention is directed to a unique combination of materials that greatly lessens the formation of gel in elastomers during processing and storage. The combination comprises a hindered phenolic antioxidant and an alkylated phenol/primary mercaptan/formaldehyde reaction product.

Gel prevention in polymers

Diisopropenylbenzene is a monomer that can be used in the preparation of many useful polymers and is also a chemical intermediate that can be employed in a number of chemical processes. Diisopropenylbenzene is normally synthesized by the dehydrogenation of diisopropylbenzene. Unfortunately in this dehydrogenation process a number of olefinic impurities are produced as by-products. This invention discloses a process for the separation of diisopropenylbenzene from these impurities and for recycling some of the impurities. In one embodiment of this invention this process comprises: (1) hydrogenating diisopropylbenzene to form a dehydrogenation mixture containing diisopropenylbenzene and organic impurities, (2) continuously distilling said dehydrogenation mixture to separate said diisopropenylbenzene from said organic impurities, (3) fully hydrogenating said organic impurities to form a mixture of regenerated diisopropylbenzene and saturated organic impurities, and (4) fractionally distilling said mixture of regenerated diisopropylbenzene and saturated organic impurities under conditions sufficient to operate said regenerated diisopropylbenzene from said saturated organic impurities. The regenerated diisopropylbenzene can then be recycled for dehydrogenation with fresh diisopropylbenzene in the first step of the above described process.

Process for the synthesis and purification of diisopropenylbenzene

This invention is concerned with compounds of the structural formula: ##STR1## wherein R.sup.1 and R.sup.2 may be the same or different radical selected from the group consisting of hydrogen and methyl radicals; when R.sup.1 is a hydrogen radical, R is an alkyl radical of 5 to 11 carbon atoms; when R.sup.1 is a methyl radical, R is a radical of 4 to 10 carbon atoms; when R.sup.2 is a hydrogen radical, R.sup.3 is an alkyl radical of 5 to 11 carbon atoms; when R.sup.2 is a methyl radical, R.sup.3 is an alkyl radical of 4 to 10 carbon atoms. These compounds have utility as synergists for phenolic type and amine type antioxidants in the stabilization of natural and synthetic rubbers.

Methylene bis(alkylsulfides) as antioxidant synergists in rubber

An improved process for the manufacture of a dihydric phenol such as hydroquinone wherein a dialkylbenzene is oxidized to a dihydroperoxide, the dihydroperoxide being extracted from the oxidate by a caustic solution, leaving an organic phase for recycle to the oxidizer, the improvement comprising decreasing the caustic concentration in the recycle organic phase and increasing the dihydroperoxide concentration of the recycle phase by washing the organic phase from the caustic extract with an aqueous phase removed from the oxidizer, separating the organic phase from the aqueous phase and subsequently introducing the organic phase to the oxidizer.

Dihydric phenol recovery process

There is disclosed a process for the production of alkylated hydroxyanisoles which consists of dehydrogenating para-isopropylphenol to para-isopropenylphenol which is then reacted with a methylating agent to yield para-isopropenylanisole which is then treated with acidic hydrogen peroxide to yield para-hydroxyanisole which is then treated with an alkylating agent to yield the alkylated hydroxyanisole. The process of this invention is especially useful for the synthesis of the food preservative butylated hydroxyanisole (BHA).

Process for the production of hydroxyanisole and alkylated

Diisopropenylbenzene is a monomer that can be used in the preparation of many useful polymers and is also a chemical intermediate that can be employed in a number of chemical processes. Diisopropenylbenzene is normally synthesized by the dehydrogenation of diisopropylbenzene. Unfortunately in this dehydrogenation process a number of olefinic impurities are produced as by-products. This invention discloses a process for the separation of diisopropenylbenzene from these impurities and for recycling some of the impurities. In one embodiment of this invention this process comprises: (1) dehydrogenating diisopropylbenzene to form a dehydrogenation mixture containing diisopropenylbenzene and organic impurities, (2) continuously distilling said dehydrogenation mixture to separate said diisopropenylbenzene from said organic impurities, (3) fully hydrogenating said organic impurities to form a mixture of regenerated diisopropylbenzene and saturated organic impurities, and (4) fractionally distilling said mixture of regenerated diisopropylbenzene and saturated organic impurities under conditions sufficient to separate said regenerated diisopropylbenzene from said saturated organic impurities. The regenerated diisopropylbenzene can then be recycled for dehydrogenation with fresh diisopropylbenzene in the first step of the above described process.

An improved method for the acid-catalyzed rearrangement of a dialkylbenzene dihydroperoxide to a dihydric phenol which eliminates the formation of an emulsion during the subsequent separation and recovery of the dihydric phenol in a process which utilizes water, the method comprising the addition of the acid as a solution in a water soluble organic solvent, preferably a ketone, which is non-reactive with the acid.

Method for the rearrangement of dialkylbenzene dihydroperoxides to

This invention discloses a process for the separation of diisopropenylbenzene from organic impurities in a dehydrogenation mixture comprising: (1) hydrogenating said dehydrogenation mixture to a maximum isopropenylstyrene concentration of no more than about 5% by weight in the presence of a rhodium catalyst and hydrogen to form a hydrogenated dehydrogenation mixture, followed by, (2) fractionally distilling said hydrogenated dehydrogenation mixture under conditions sufficient to separate said diisopropenylbenzene from said organic impurities in said hydrogenated dehydrogenation mixture.

Process for the purification of diisopropenylbenzene

Synthetic resin composition and mixtures thereof in rubber-based compositions and paint-type resin compositions. Said synthetic resin composition is prepared by polymerizing monomer mixture of (A) selected methyl branched .alpha.-olefin having its tertiary carbon atom removed from the carbon-to-carbon double bond and (B) at least one aromatic monomer selected from styrene and .alpha.-methyl styrene.

Resins and polymer mixtures thereof

A resinous composition derived by reacting (A) an amine selected from primary amines and primary diamines with (B) a maleic anhydride-modified piperylene/methyl branched monoolefin backboned resin. Such compositions can be modified by co-reacting with an amino acid or lactam thereof. Said composition can be useful as a tackifier for rubber and thermoplastic products.

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Joel Muse