Elastomeric compound
View Patent ↗An elastomeric compound comprises 20-80 parts per hundred cross-linkable materials of liquid elastomer. The liquid elastomer has a complex dynamic viscosity less than 5 McP (5,000 N*s/m 2 ) at a temperature between 20° C. and the maximum flow temperature T F , and the elastomeric compound the elastomeric material has a complex dynamic viscosity of less than 5 McP (5,000 N*s/m 2 ) for at least 2 minutes at a maximum flow temperature T F .
1. A cured elastomeric compound, the cured elastomeric compound comprising, prior to cure, 20-80 parts per hundred of cross-linkable material (phcm) of a liquid elastomer and a cross-linkable functionalized polyethylene, wherein the elastomeric material has a complex dynamic viscosity of less than 5 McP (5,000 N*s/m 2 ) for at least 2 minutes at a maximum flow temperature T F prior to cure.
2. The compound of claim 1 wherein the liquid elastomer has a complex dynamic viscosity of less than 5 McP (5,000 N*s/m 2 ) at a temperature between 20° C. and the maximum flow temperatures T F .
3. The compound of claim 1 wherein the compound comprises 25-60 phcm of liquid elastomer.
4. The compound of claim 1 wherein the compound comprises 30-55 phcm of liquid elastomer.
5. The compound of claim 1 wherein the liquid elastomer is selected from the group consisting of butadiene rubber, NBR, HNBR, SBR rubber, neoprene rubber, butyl rubber, polyisoprene rubber, propylene rubber, XNBR, CR, or EP(D)M rubber.
6. The compound of claim 1 , wherein the compound has an ethylene content of greater than 65%.
7. The compound of claim 1 wherein the functionalized cross-linkable polyethylene is a cross-linkable oxidized polyethylene.
8. The compound of claim 7 wherein the liquid elastomer is selected from an ethylene-alpha-olefin elastomer.
9. A cured elastomeric compound comprising, prior to cure, 20-80 parts per hundred of cross-linkable material (phcm) of a liquid elastomer and a cross-linkable functionalized polyethylene, wherein the liquid polymer is selected from the group consisting of polybutadiene rubber, nitrile rubber, hydrogenated nitrile rubber, styrene-butadiene rubber, neoprene rubber, butyl rubber, polyisoprene rubber, and carboxylated nitrile rubber, and wherein the elastomeric material has a complex dynamic viscosity of less than 5 McP (5,000 N*s/m 2 )for at least 2 minutes at a maximum flow temperature T F prior to cure.
10. The compound of claim 9 wherein the functionalized cross-linkable polyethylene is a cross-linkable oxidized polyethylene.
11. The compound of claim 9 wherein the liquid polymer is polybutadiene rubber.
12. The compound of claim 9 wherein the liquid polymer is styrene-butadiene rubber.
13. The compound of claim 9 wherein the liquid polymer is polyisoprene rubber.
14. The compound of claim 9 wherein the liquid polymer is styrene-butadiene rubber.
15. A cured elastomeric compound consisting of, prior to cure, 20-80 parts per hundred of cross-linkable material (phcm) of a liquid elastomer and a cross-linkable functionalized polyetheylene, wherein the liquid polymer is selected from the group consisting of polybutadiene rubber, nitrile rubber, hydrogenated nitrile rubber, styrene-butadiene rubber, neoprene rubber, butyl rubber, polyisoprene rubber, and carboxylated nitrile rubber, and wherein the elastomeric material has a complex dynamic viscosity of less than 5 McP (5,000 N*s/m 2 ) for at least 2 minutes at a maximum flow temperature T F prior to cure.
16. The compound of claim 15 wherein the functionalized cross-linkable polyethylene is a cross-linkable oxidized polyethylene.
17. The compound of claim 15 wherein the liquid polymer is polybutadiene rubber.
18. The compound of claim 15 wherein the liquid polymer is styrene-butadiene rubber.
19. The compound of claim 15 wherein the liquid polymer is polyisoprene rubber.
20. The compound of claim 15 wherein the liquid polymer is styrene-butadiene rubber.