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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 03, 2015
Filed:
Nov. 05, 2009
Maria D. Ellul, Silver Lake Village, OH (US);
Periagaram S. Ravishankar, Kingwood, TX (US);
Maria D. Ellul, Silver Lake Village, OH (US);
Periagaram S. Ravishankar, Kingwood, TX (US);
ExxonMobil Chemical Patent Inc., Houston, TX (US);
Abstract
Thermoplastic elastomer compositions and methods for making same. The elastomer composition can include at least one partially cured rubber component that is an ethylene-alpha-olefin-vinyl norbornene elastomeric polymer, and at least one thermoplastic component. The rubber component is at least partially cured using a peroxide curative in an amount effective to yield a cure level of the rubber component of at least 85%. The rubber component has a molecular weight distribution (MWD) less than 6, and a branching index greater than 0.60.