Patent ID: 6552108
Filing Date: 2003-04-22
Classification: C08F,C08K,C08L

Abstract:
A blend composition comprising:from about 5% to about 95% by weight of a rubber component; an amine compound represented by the formula (R1R2R3)N, wherein R1 is either hydrogen or a C4 to C30 hydrocarbyl group, R2 is either hydrogen or a C1 to C30 hydrocarbyl group; and R3 is either hydrogen or a C1 to C30 hydrocarbyl group, provided that at least one of R1, R2 and R3 is not hydrogen; and from about 95% to about 5% by weight of a component A, wherein said component A consists essentially of an isoolefin/para-alkylstyrene copolymer, said isoolefin having between 4 and 7 carbon atoms and said copolymer containing from about 0.5% to about 20% by weight para-alkylstyrene, and wherein from about 0.01 mole % to about 60 mole % of the alkyl groups present on the benzene ring of the para-alkylstyrene contain a halogen atom.