Patent ID: 6515057
Filing Date: 2003-02-04
Classification: C08F,C08K,C08L

Abstract:
A composite useful for supplying a liquid or low melting point active ingredient to a vulcanizable end formulation, said composite maintaining said liquid or low melting point ingredient in solid, non-powder form for facilitating handling, measuring and storing of said ingredient, said composite further having an elevated content of said active ingredient while at the same time being compatible with a variety of different commercial end formulations produced on an industrial scale, said composite comprising(a) at least thirty weight percent, based on the total weight of the composite, of at least one active ingredient comprising an organic peroxide, a co-agent or a mixture thereof, wherein the co-agent is a cyanurate, a polyfunctional methacrylate or mixtures thereof, and (b) a binder comprising a wax and oxidized polyethylene, said composite being produced by combining components (a) and (b) above together while both are in the liquid phase to provide a homogenous mixture thereof, and thereafter causing said homogenous liquid mixture to solidify in the form of individual, discrete composites.