The Dow Chemical Company

Dupont Dow Elastomers Inc.

Stephen Henry Cree

John Penfold

Morgan Mark Hughes

Jeffery E Brann

Craig A Wilson

Sjoerd A De Vries

Timothy E Clayfield

Jeffery Edward Brann

Line F Fanichet

Slush moldable polyolefin powders are prepared by blending a crosslinkable silane-grafted, olefinic interpolymer, optionally containing a crystalline polypropylene homopolymer or interpolymer; and a crosslinked silane-grafted, olefinic interpolymer containing a cure catalyst, the blend optionally containing a crystalline polyolefin powder. The resulting compositions can be slush molded to make a variety of articles of manufacture, especially automotive interior components, having good hot tear properties, low hardness and no glossing after heat aging.

Polyolefin powder, processes for making and using slush molded articles made from the same

A thermoplastic polyurethane/olefin-graft polymer blend with an optional compatibilizing polymer that demonstrates improved tensile strength, compression set and abrasion resistance properties relative to a blend prepared from the same thermoplastic polyurethane and an ungrafted version of the olefin-graft polymer.

Compatible thermoplastic polyurethane-polyolefin blend compositions

Curable, silane-grafted substantially linear ethylene polymers are described which are useful as wire and cable coatings, weatherstripping, fibers and the like. These silane-grafted polymers can be either filled or unfilled and cure quickly relative to many commercial coatings.

Silane-crosslinkable, substantially linear ethylene polymers and their

Crosslinkable polyolefin compositions, articles prepared from such compositions, and processes for making such compositions are described that possess both good processability and fast cure rates. The crosslinkable polyolefin compositions are bidisperse blends of ethylene polymers of the same polymer family having differing number average molecular weights as obtained by deconvolution in which M.sub.n1 /M.sub.n2 &gt;7, M.sub.n2 &gt;3000 and 0.7.gtoreq.(A.sub.1 /(A.sub.1 +A.sub.2)).gtoreq.0.15 wherein M.sub.n1 represents the number average molecular weight of the first deconvoluted component, M.sub.n2 represents the number average molecular weight of the second deconvoluted component, and A.sub.1 and A.sub.2 are the relative proportions of the first and second components. These crosslinkable polyolefin compositions are useful for the manufacture of various articles, such as wire and cable coatings, weather-stripping and seals, gaskets, articles made from foamed and/or sponge-like crosslinked polyolefin or either closed or open cell structure and/or combinations thereof, hollow containers, hollow tanks, medical appliances, drapes and coverings, items of health and personal care, fibers, tapes, tubes, pipes and hoses, bellows, boots, gaiters, footwear, etc.

Crosslinkable bimodal polyolefin compositions

Molded articles of silane-crosslinked blends comprising a polyolefin elastomer and a crystalline polyolefin polymer exhibit desirable tensile strength and/or compression set properties, and are prepared by (i) blending a low density polyolefin elastomer with a crystalline polyolefin polymer, (ii) grafting the blend with a silane crosslinker, (iii) shaping the silane-grafted blend into the molded article, and (iv) curing the shaped, silane-grafted blend with water, preferably in the presence of a cure catalyst.

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Stephen Henry Cree