Fina Technology, Inc.

Olivier Defrain

Philippe Lodefier

Olivier Klein

Tomás̆ Trnka

Tomá Trnka

A curable liquid rubber composition including at least one liquid polyene component and at least one heat activated crosslinking agent. The liquid polyene component may be a single polyene or a blend of polyenes. In one embodiment, the liquid polyene component may contain on a molar basis, at least one monomer that results in at least 45 molar percent of C2-C13 pendant groups. In another embodiment, the liquid polyene component may contain on a molar basis at least one monomer that results in at least 20 molar percent of C2-C5 pendant groups, and at least one monomer that results in at least 7 molar percent of C6-C13 pendant groups. After curing, the liquid rubber composition may have a loss factor greater than 0.51, a maximum loss factor temperature greater than &#x2212;10&#xb0; C., and a swelling ratio in toluene from 40% to 170% by weight.

Polyenes for curable liquid rubber-based compositions

A curable low sulfur liquid rubber composition including at least one polymer which contains, in polymerized form, at least one monomer having a carbon chain of four and a peroxide system which includes at least one organic peroxide and at least one coagent. The polymer has a vinyl content of 1% to 90% and a number average molecular weight of 800 g/mol to 70,000 g/mol. The curable low sulfur liquid rubber composition has a sulfur content of 0 to 1%, by weight, and is curable at a temperature of 100&#xb0; C. to 190&#xb0; C.

Curable low sulfur liquid rubber compositions

A curable low sulfur liquid rubber composition including at least one polymer which contains, in polymerized form, at least one monomer having a carbon chain of four and a peroxide system comprising at least one organic peroxide having a 10-hour decomposition half-life temperature of from 60&#xb0; C. to 100&#xb0; C. The polymer has a vinyl content of 1% to 90% and a number average molecular weight of 800 g/mol to 15,000 g/mol. The curable low sulfur liquid rubber composition has a sulfur content of 0 to 1%, by weight, and is curable at a temperature of 100&#xb0; C. to 140&#xb0; C.

Curable low sulfur liquid rubber compositions and methods of manufacturing the same

A curable liquid rubber composition having improved viscosity stability is provided. The curable liquid rubber composition includes at least one functionalized crosslinkable polymer that is liquid at 25&#xb0; C., contains at least one diene monomer in polymerized form, and is functionalized with one or more anhydride functional groups, one or more hydroxyl functional groups or one or more (meth)acrylate functional groups; at least one non-functionalized crosslinkable polymer that is liquid at 25&#xb0; C., contains at least one diene monomer in polymerized form, and is not functionalized with anhydride, hydroxyl or (meth)acrylate functional groups; at least one metallic monomer coagent which is a metal carboxylate salt containing at least one (meth)acrylate functional group; and at least one inorganic filler. The curable liquid rubber composition has a total moisture content of not more than 1000 ppm, whereby controlling the amount of water reduces the tendency of the composition to exhibit an increase in viscosity over time.

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Olivier Defrain