Arco Polymers, Inc.

Atlantic Richfield Company

Cpc International, Inc.

Ralph Milkovich

Le-Khac Bi

Kenneth W Doak

David R Warfel

Mutong T Chiang

Alvin R Ingram

Morris J Danzig

Elizabeth A Blommers

David Welsh

Star-block copolymers having functional groups associated with the nucleus of the copolymers have been prepared. The copolymers of from 10-90% by weight of a monovinyl aromatic compound and 10-90% by weight of a conjugated diene have at least 3 arms connected to a polyvinyl aromatic nucleus and up to the same number of polar functional groups attached to said nucleus as there are arms attached thereto.

Derivatization of star-block copolymers

Footwear compounds containing star-block copolymers having functional groups associated with the nucleus of the copolymers have been prepared. The copolymers of from 10-55% by weight of a monovinyl aromatic compound and 45-90% by weight of a conjugated diene have at least 3 arms connected to a polyvinyl aromatic nucleus and up to the same number of polar functional groups attached to said nucleus as there are arms attached thereto.

Footwear-compounds from derivatized star-block copolymers

Footwear compounds having greater hardness of compound and more resistance to motor oils have been prepared starting with star-block elastomers of monovinyl aromatic compounds and conjugated dienes. The star-block elastomers have 7 to 12 arms.

Star elastomers in footwear compounds

The preparation of a branched, radial block copolymer having improved falling weight impact properties, and having monomodal distribution of molecular structure in the arms of the block copolymer is described.

Clear impact resistant thermoplastic star-block copolymers

Polymeric beads for use in forming soft molded articles of low density are produced by formation of a plasticized elastomer-styrene polymeric coating about initial styrene beads, by forming an aqueous suspension of the initial beads, adding thereto an aqueous emulsion of a coating composition consisting of styrenic monomer, a conjugated diene elastomer, and a plasticizer, containing a catalyst and a nonionic surfactant comprising an ethylene oxide condensate of an alkylphenol, the surfactant containing at least thirty moles of ethylene oxide per mole of alkylphenol, and polymerizing the coating composition about the initial beads.

Process for producing plasticized elastomer-styrene coated beads

The preparation of a branched, radial block copolymer having improved falling weight impact properties, and having trimodal distribution of molecular structure in the arms of the block copolymer is described.

The preparation of a branched, radial block copolymer having improved falling weight impact properties, especially at temperatures from room temperature to -40.degree. C. is described.

The preparation of a branched, radial block copolymer having improved falling weight impact properties, especially at temperatures from room temperature to -40.degree. C., and having bimodal distribution of molecular structure in the arms of the block copolymer is described.

An elastomeric blend having excellent resistance to oil is made from a block copolymer rubber and a graft copolymer made by copolymerizing a macromolecular monomer with one or more alkyl acrylates. The blends are especially useful in shoe sole compositions to impart oil resistance thereto.

Thermoplastic elastomer blends having improved resistance to oil

The present invention relates to a novel composition of matter comprising: polymerizable 'tapered' (or 'graded') block macromolecular monomers, each of said polymerizable monomers comprising at least one polymeric segment having at least about 20 uninterrutped recurring monomeric units of at least one anionically polymerized mono-alkenyl-substituted aromatic hydrocarbon and a copolymerized segment of a mono-alkenyl-substituted aromatic hydrocarbon and a conjugated diene; each of said polymerizable monomers terminating with no more than one polymerizable end group containing a moiety selected from the group consisting of vinyl, vinylene, glycol, epoxy, or thioepoxy groups per mole of said polymerizable monomers, said polymerizable monomers denoted as preferably having a substantially uniform molecular weight distribution such that their ratio of Mw/Mn is less than about 1.1, where Mw is the weight average molecular weight of the polymerizable monomers and Mn is the number average molecular weight of the polymerizable monomers, said polymerizable monomers being further characterized as capable of copolymerizing with a second polymerizable compound having a relatively low molecular weight to yield a chemically joined, phase separated thermoplastic graft copolymer, said copolymerization occurring through said polymerizable end group, said polymerizable end group thereby occurring as an integral part of the backbone of said chemically joined, phase separated thermoplastic graft copolymer. Also disclosed are chemically joined, phase separated thermoplastic graft copolymers prepared from the polymerizable monomers.

Synthesis and copolymerization of tapered block macromer monomers

Disclosed are chemically joined, phase separated self-cured hydrophilic thermoplastic graft copolymers which are copolymers of at least one hydrophilic (water-soluble) ethylenically unsaturated monomer or mixtures thereof (or compounds rendered hydrophilic) and at least one copolymerizable hydrophobic macromolecular monomer having a copolymerizable end group which is copolymerizable with said hydrophilic monomer based on the relative reactivity ratios of the respective copolymerizable moieties, said copolymerizable hydrophobic macromolecular monomer being characterized as having a substantially uniform molecular weight distribution such that its ratio of Mw/Mn is not substantially above about 1.1, and being further characterized as having a molecular weight of at least about 2,000. The copolymers are water-dispersible and water-swellable and are useful in diverse applications such as suspension stabilizers, flocculants, hydrogels (i.e., biomedical hydrogels as contact lenses, artificial organs, etc.), industrial thickeners, ion exchange resins, drilling mud, and they can impart moisture absorption and water permeability (useful in dialysis tubing) as well as anti-static properties to products.

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