Compatibilized thermoplastic vulcanizate compositions
US11142605B2 · kind B2 · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | Mar 18, 2019 |
| Grant date | Oct 12, 2021 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Mar 18, 2039 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC C)Chemistry; Metallurgy
- CPC primaryC08L2312/02
- WIPO fieldMacromolecular chemistry, polymers
- WIPO sectorChemistry
Abstract
Disclosed is the preparation of compatibilized thermoplastic vulcanizates with reduced crosslinked rubber dispersion sizes and dispersity. A cross-linkable ethylene-propylene-diene terpolymer with majority propylene (PEDM) is used to compatibilize a plastic and rubber blend of a polypropylene (PP) and an ethylene-propylene-diene terpolymer rubber, where the propylene content is less than 50 wt % (EPDM), in dynamic vulcanization and preparation of PP/EPDM thermoplastic vulcanizates. The resulting PP/EPDM thermoplastic vulcanizates typically exhibit a weight average equivalent dispersion diameter of less than 3 microns and a particle size polydispersity index (PSDI), or weight average over number average dispersion diameter, of less than 5. This reduction in crosslinked rubber dispersion size in a PP/EPDM TPV by using PEDM compatibilizers enhances the toughness of the vulcanizate product by raising both elongation to break and break stress.
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