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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 23, 2016
Filed:
Sep. 22, 2014
Applicant:
Exxonmobil Chemical Patents Inc., Baytown, TX (US);
Inventors:
Stephen F. Roche, Torfaen, GB;
Randal H. Kerstetter, III, Wadsworth, OH (US);
Assignee:
ExxonMobil Chemical Patents Inc., Baytown, TX (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
C08J 3/00 (2006.01); C08J 3/24 (2006.01); C08J 3/22 (2006.01); C08L 23/16 (2006.01); C08K 3/16 (2006.01); C08L 23/10 (2006.01); C08L 23/12 (2006.01); C08L 61/04 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
C08J 3/246 (2013.01); C08J 3/22 (2013.01); C08J 3/226 (2013.01); C08J 3/24 (2013.01); C08L 23/16 (2013.01); C08J 2323/12 (2013.01); C08J 2323/16 (2013.01); C08K 3/16 (2013.01); C08L 23/10 (2013.01); C08L 23/12 (2013.01); C08L 61/04 (2013.01);
Abstract
Provided are methods for producing a thermoplastic vulcanizate. One method includes charging vulcanizable rubber to a reactor; charging a masterbatch of thermoplastic resin and a catalyst for a phenolic resin curative to the reactor; charging a phenolic resin curative to the reactor; and dynamically vulcanizing the rubber with the phenolic resin curative in the presence of the catalyst. Also provided are thermoplastic vulcanizates made by the methods of the invention.