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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 05, 2003
Filed:
Nov. 13, 2001
Xia Zhao, Coppell, TX (US);
Hoan Tran, Arlington, TX (US);
Charles G. Reid, Southlake, TX (US);
Ruidong Ding, Arlington, TX (US);
Solvay Engineered Polymers, Grand Prairie, TX (US);
Abstract
The melt strength is increased and the gloss level is reduced in olefinic TPE compositions through the addition of sufficient amounts of free radical generators (A) and co-curative agents (B). The free radical generators (A) include peroxides, organic peroxides, the persulfates, and the diazo compounds, and mixtures thereof. The co-curative agents (B) includes metal salts of alpha, beta-unsaturated carboxylic acids and alpha, beta-unsaturated carboxylic acids where the pending acid group has been neutralized, or mixtures thereof, and the metals for forming the metal salts of co-curative agent (B) include zinc, lithium, calcium, magnesium, sodium or aluminum, or mixtures thereof.