Exxonmobil Chemical Patents Inc.

Celanese International Corporation

Wanli Wang

Antonios K Doufas

Xin Li

Yuan-Ju Chen

Krishnan Anantha Narayana Iyer

Yi Ping Ni

Andrew Takacs

Declan N Whelan

Peite Bao

Krassimir Iordanov Doynov

Michael W Bednarik

Deborah Jean Davis

Robert Leslie Chidlow

Ying Ying Sun

A conduit, particularly flexible conduit comprises an inner tubular housing, at least one reinforcing layer at least partially disposed around the inner housing, an outer protective sheath at least partially disposed around the at least one reinforcing layer, and optionally a thermally insulating layer disposed between the at least one reinforcing layer and the outer protective sheath. At least one of the outer protective sheath and the thermally insulating layer comprises a thermoplastic vulcanizate composition.

Thermoplastic vulcanizate conduits for transporting hydrocarbon fluids

A process of heat shrinking an article is provided. The process includes shaping a thermoplastic vulcanizate (TPV) into an article, the TPV having: a partially vulcanized rubber dispersed in a continuous thermoplastic phase, wherein more than 5 wt % of the rubber is extractable in boiling xylene, and wherein the thermoplastic phase comprises a thermoplastic resin having a Tm&#x3e;110&#xb0; C. and a propylene-based elastomer (PBE) having a Tm&#x3c;110&#xb0; C.; and heating the article to a temperature between about 100&#xb0; C. and 250&#xb0; C. to shrink the article.

Shrinkable thermoplastic vulcanizate and method and article

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