Vulcanizable liquid compositions
US5288937A · kind A · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | Dec 17, 1992 |
| Grant date | Feb 22, 1994 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Dec 17, 2012 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC C)Chemistry; Metallurgy
- CPC primaryC10M2217/06
- WIPO fieldBasic materials chemistry
- WIPO sectorChemistry
Abstract
Block and random straight chain and star-branched liquid copolymers of two different conjugated dienes, the residual ethylenic unsaturation of the polymerized units of one of which, e.g. isoprene, is less readily hydrogenated than that of the other diene, e.g., butadiene. In the case of block copolymers, the terminal blocks of a straight chain copolymer or the blocks of the free ends of the branches of a star-branched copolymer are composed of the less readily hydrogenated diene polymer while the more readily hydrogenated diene polymer is in the form of central blocks of a straight chain copolymer or interior blocks of the branches of a star-branched copolymer. These copolymers may be selectively hydrogenated so that substantially all of the residual ethylenic unsaturation of the more readily hydrogenated polymerized diene units are hydrogenated while enough residual ethylenic unsaturation of the less readily hydrogenated polymerized diene units remains unhydrogenated to provide sufficient sites for subsequent vulcanization or chemical modification. The combination of elastomeric properties and oxidative stability possessed by the polymers of this invention makes them suitable for …
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