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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 20, 2002
Filed:
May. 24, 2000
Applicant:
Inventors:
Aubert Coran, Akron, OH (US);
Sabet Abdou-Sabet, Akron, OH (US);
Assignee:
Advanced Elastomer Systems, L.P., Akron, OH (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
C08J 3/24 ; C08K 1/302 ; C08L 2/100 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
C08J 3/24 ; C08K 1/302 ; C08L 2/100 ;
Abstract
A process for forming a thermoplastic vulcanizate compromising the steps of dynamically vulcanizing a rubber within a blend that comprises the rubber and a thermoplastic polymer, where said step of vulcanizing is carried out by using a phenolic resin in the presence of a catalyst system formed by combining a metal halide and a metal carboxylate. Also, a thermoplastic vulcanizate having low moisture pick-up with a technologically useful cure.