Patent ID: 8912266
Filing Date: 2014-12-16
Classification: B82Y,C08J,C08K,C08L

Abstract:
1. A thermoplastic elastomer compound comprising: (a) from about 70 to about 85 weight percent of styrene-isobutylene-styrene thermoplastic elastomer; and (b) from about 15 to about 30 weight percent of polyamide including organoclay dispersed in the polyamide; wherein the compound has flexibility and oxygen barrier properties such that: (A) when the compound comprises about 85 weight percent of styrene-isobutylene-styrene thermoplastic elastomer and about 15 weight percent of polyamide including organoclay dispersed in the polyamide, the compound has: (B) when the compound comprises about 70 weight percent of styrene-isobutylene-styrene thermoplastic elastomer and about 30 weight percent of polyamide including organoclay dispersed in the polyamide, the compound has: