Metal salts of acrylic or methacrylic acid as curatives for compositions

Abstract

The invention provides for curable compositions containing a halogenated copolymer of a C.sub.4 to C.sub.7 isomonoolefin, e.g., isobutylene and a para-alkylstyrene, e.g., para-methylstyrene, and further containing an effective amount of a metal salt, e.g. zinc, of an unsaturated carboxylic acid, e.g. methacrylic acid, as a curing agent. The composition also contains an organic peroxide as a co-curative and one or a mixture of saturated polymer blend components which are co-curable with the halogenated copolymer. The curable composition may further comprise EPDM.