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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 19, 2022
Filed:
Nov. 20, 2019
Exxonmobil Chemical Patents Inc., Baytown, TX (US);
Narayanaswami Dharmarajan, Houston, TX (US);
Zhifeng Bai, Houston, TX (US);
Andy H. Tsou, Houston, TX (US);
Rhutesh K. Shah, Katy, TX (US);
John R. Hagadorn, Houston, TX (US);
ExxonMobil Chemical Patents Inc., Baytown, TX (US);
Abstract
A compound suitable for use in producing articles including foamed articles can include 100 parts per hundred rubber (phr) of a branched ethylene propylene diene monomer (EPDM) elastomer comprising 35 wt % to 70 wt % ethylene derived units, 20 wt % to 64 wt % propylene derived units, and 1 wt % to 10 wt % diene derived units, wherein the EPDM elastomer has a Mooney viscosity (ML) (1+4) at 125° C. of 30 MU to 120 MU, a corrected Mooney relaxation area (cMLRA) at 80 ML of 300 MU·sec to 1000 MU·sec, and long chain branching (LCB) g' (vis) of 0.80 to 1.0; 75 phr to 200 phr of a filler; 25 phr to 125 phr of a processing oil; 5 phr to 50 phr of a curative, and optionally 0.1 phr to 25 phr of a foaming agent.