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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 12, 2021
Filed:
Mar. 28, 2018
Exxonmobil Chemical Patents Inc., Baytown, TX (US);
Leming Gu, Pearland, TX (US);
Thomas R. Barbee, Kingwood, TX (US);
Joel E. Schmieg, Sugar Land, TX (US);
ExxonMobil Chemical Patents Inc., Baytown, TX (US);
Abstract
Methods of improving Mooney stability of a brominated elastomer comprising: neutralizing a brominated elastomer effluent with a neutralizing agent and water to form a neutralized effluent comprising a hydrocarbon solvent; removing the solvent from the neutralized effluent to form a brominated elastomer slurry; and separating a brominated elastomer from the brominated elastomer slurry, wherein a Mooney stabilizer package comprising an amine-functional hindered amine stabilizer (HAS) and an acid scavenger can be added, together or separately, before the removing step are provided herein. The acid scavenger can comprise a protonatable atom with a pKa greater than the pKa of the HAS nitrogen atom. The separated brominated elastomer can have a delta Mooney of not more than about 10 Mooney units after ˜7 days at ˜80° C. Stabilized brominated elastomer compositions can be made using this method, and articles can be made from those compositions.