Denki Kagaku Kogyo Kabushiki Kaisha

Starting Industrial Co., Ltd.

Takehiko Nishimura

Tetsuya Yamada

Hiroshi Okabe

Seiichi Nieda

Takashi Kadowaki

Taro Kihara

Shoji Kimura

Kanehisa Hanabusa

Ichiro Fukuoka

Chojiro Kitagawa

Kenta Shohuda

A process is disclosed for preparing a polycloroprene elastomer consisting of a blend of from 20 to 80 parts by weight of (a) a toluene-insoluble gel polymer and from 80 to 20 parts by weight of (b) a toluene-soluble sol polymer, the process comprising preparing the toluene-insoluble gel polymer by polymerizing chloroprene or a mixture of chloroprene with a small amount of at least one copolymerizable monomer in the presence of a suitable cross-linking agent, preparing the toluene-soluble sol polymer by polymerizing chloroprene or a mixture of chloroprene with a small amount of at least one copolymerizable monomer and blending the gel and sol polymers wherein an improved elastomer is obtained by polymerizing the toluene-insoluble gel polymer to a cross-linking density of at least 2.4 .times. 10.sup.-6 to a monomer conversation of at least 80%.

Polychloroprene elastomer

A toluene-insoluble gel polymer having a crosslinking density of at least 2.4 .times. 10.sup.-.sup.6 obtained by polymerizing chloroprene or a mixture of chloroprene with a small amount of at least one copolymerizable monomer to a monomer conversion of at least 80 percent in the presence of a crosslinking agent selected from the group consisting of a compound represented by the following formula: ##EQU1## wherein n is integer of from 1 to 8, ##EQU2## wherein n is integer of from 2 to 4, divinylbenzene and diallyl phthalate and a process for the preparation thereof.

Insoluble chloroprene polymer

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