Sumitomo Chemical Company, Limited

Toyoda Goesi Co., Ltd.

Masahiro Fukuyama

Keisaku Yamamoto

Nobuyuki Yoshida

Kiyoshi Ikeda

Hiroyoshi Takao

Hideaki Yamada

Hiroyuki Harada

Hisao Tanaka

Yoshio Tanimoto

Kiyoyuki Sugimori

Junichi Koshiba

Kiyosi Ikeda

Masanori Aritake

Tadashi Hikasa

Tatsuo Hamanaka

Takeshi Naito

Tadaaki Nishiyama

Koichiro Ibuki

Noriyasu Yasuda

Masahiro Ichinose

Sigelu Yagisita

Takashi Nakagawa

A composition is disclosed which contains about 80.0 to about 99.9% by weight of a (meth)acrylate monomer having a structure represented by a formula (I) or a mixture of the (meth)acrylate monomer and alkyl acrylate having an alkyl ester comprising alcohol of 1 to 8 carbon atoms, and about 20.0 to about 0.1% by weight of a crosslinking monomer copolymerizable with the (meth)acrylate monomer. The composition can be used in formulating elastomeric compositions having a favorable balance of properties.

(Meth)acrylate copolymer and its elastomer compositions

An automotive weather strip comprising a base material, a urethane layer and an adhesive composition formed between the base material and the urethane layer, wherein said base material comprises an ethylene/propylene rubber and said adhesive composition comprises components (A) to (E), the weight ratio of component (A) to component (B) being 60:40 to 40:60,

Automotive weather strip

A rubber composition is provided which comprises 100 parts by weight of ethylene-(meth)-acrylate copolymer rubbers and/or ethylene-(meth)-acrylate-unsaturated glycidyl ester copolymers, 5 to 300 parts by weight of a hydroxide of a typical metallic element belonging to Group II or III of the Mendeleev's periodic table and 0.1 to 50 parts by weight of a metallic acrylate compound. This composition keeps properties required for rubbers such as tensile strength, elasticity, scorch resistance and processability at high levels and is excellent in wear resistance and flame retardance.

Rubber composition

A rubber composition for sponge rubber which contains following components (A).about.(E) and satisfies the following requirements that the ratio by weight of (A)/(B) is 30/70.about.99/1 and the amount of component (C) is 50.about.400 parts by weight per 100 parts by weight of the total amount of components (A) and (B):

Rubber compositions for sponge rubber

A rubber composition is provided which comprises 100 parts by weight of ethylene-(meth)acrylate copolymer rubbers and/or ethylene-(meth)acrylate-unsaturated glycidyl ester copolymers, 5 to 300 parts by weight of a hydroxide of a typical metallic element belonging to Group II or III of the Mendeleev's periodic table and 0.1 to 50 parts by weight of a metallic acrylate compound. This composition keeps properties required for rubbers such as tensile strength, elasticity, scorch resistance and processability at high levels and is excellent in wear resistance and flame retardance.

A rubber composition which is vulcanizable with organic peroxides and provides vulcanized rubber excellent in oil resistance, heat resistance, low-temperature resistance and compression set. The composition comprises 30 to 95 parts by weight of the following component (A) and 70 to 5 parts by weight of the following component (B) (wherein component (A)+component (B)=100 parts by weight) as well as 1 to 10 parts by weight of the following component (C) per 100 parts by weight of the total amount of the components (A) and (B):

Rubber compositions and vulcanized rubber compositions

A vulcanizable epoxy group-containing elastomer composition is disclosed, comprising (A) an epoxy group-containing elastomer, (B) an organic compound containing at least two ##STR1## bonds, wherein X and Y, which may be the same or different, each represents an oxygen atom or a sulfur atom, per molecule or an organic compound containing at least two carboxyl groups per molecule, and (C) a phosphine compound represented by formula: ##STR2## wherein R.sub.1 and R.sub.2, which may be the same or different, each represents an alkyl group having from 1 to 4 carbon atoms; and R represents a hydrogen atom or an alkoxy group having from 1 to 4 carbon atoms. The composition has excellent compression set, particularly in a high temperature atmosphere, as well as excellent mechanical characteristics.

Vulcanizable epoxy group-containing elastomer composition

Herein is disclosed a vulcanizable rubber composition comprising a copolymer rubber constituted of ethylene, propylene and nonconjugated polyene, wherein ethylene/propylene molar ratio is 78/22 to 97/3 and the total content of propylene and nonconjugated polyene is 6 to 30% by mole in said copolymer rubber. By the use of the rubber composition of the present invention, a vulcanized product excellent in tensile strength, heat resistance, oil resistance, compression set resistance and flex behavior can be obtained. The vulcanized product can be used as automobile parts and other innumerable articles such as socket cover, heat resistant hose, electric wire, condenser cap, heat resistant belt, vibration-proof rubber, hoses, weather strip, seal sponge, black side wall of tire, etc.

Herein is disclosed a vulcanizable rubber composition comprising a copolymer rubber constituted of ethylene, propylene and nonconjugated polyene, wherein ethylene/propylene molar ratio is 78/22 to 97/3 and the total content of propylene and nonconjugated polyene is 6 to 30% by mole in said copolymer rubber. By the use of the rubber composition of the present invention, a vulcanized product excellent in tensile strength, heat resistance, oil resistance, compression set resistance and flex behavior can be obtained. The vulcanized product can be used as automobile parts and other innumerable articles such as socket cover, heat resistant hose, electric wire, condenser cap, heat resistant belt, vibration-proof rubber, hoses weather strip, seal sponge, black side wall of tire, etc.

A vulcanizable elastomer composition is prepared by blending 100 parts by weight of a copolymer containing

Elastomer composition

A vulcanizable epoxy group-containing elastomer composition is disclosed, which comprises:

The present invention provides an ethylene-acrylic acid ester copolymer giving low deformation during vulcanization and having a high dimensional accuracy and excellent properties, as well as a process for producing said copolymer.

Ethylene-acrylic acid ester copolymer and process for producing the same

A vulcanizable elastomer composition is prepared by blending

The present invention provides a thermoplastic elastomer composition excellent in oil resistance. This composition comprises a partially crosslinked mixture of (A) an ethylene copolymer rubber comprising ethylene and an acrylate ester or a methacrylate ester and (B) an olefin polymer and, if necessary, (C) an olefin copolymer rubber.

Thermoplastic elastomer composition

The present invention provides a rubber composition having a good balance among low temperature resistance, oil resistance, heat aging resistance, and mechanical strength characteristics. This rubber composition comprises a rubber component composed of an ethylenic copolymer rubber and an acrylic rubber, wherein the ethylenic copolymer rubber is a copolymer comprising (a) 50 to 85% by mole of ethylene, (b) 50 to 15% by mole of an acrylate and/or a methacrylate, and (c) 0.05 to 8% by mole, based on the total of said components (a) and (b), of a cross-linked point forming monomer; and the acrylic rubber contains at least 60% by mole of at least one monomer selected from among at least an alkyl acrylate, an alkyl methacrylate and an alkoxyalkyl acrylate.

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Chiba, Japan

Masahiro Fukuyama