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Sulfur-curable acrylic rubber composition

Assignee: Zeon Corp
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Filing: 1979-03-27
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Granted: 1981-02-03
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Expires: 1999-03-27
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Abstract

Abstract A sulfur-curable acrylic rubber composition is provided which comprises [I] 100 parts of an acrylic rubber resulting from the copolymerization in the presence of a radical initiator of (1) 30 to 89.5% by weight of at least one alkyl acrylate with the alkyl group containing 1 to 8 carbon atoms, (2) 0.5 to 10% by weight of at least one monomer of the general formula <IMAGE> wherein R1 represents a hydrogen atom or a methyl group, and R2 and R3, independently from each other, represent an alkyl group containing 1 to 3 carbon atoms, (3) 10 to 60% by weight of at least one alkoxyalkyl acrylate with the alkoxy group containing 1 to 4 carbon atoms and the alkylene group containing 1 to 4 carbon atoms, and 0 to 30% by weight of at least one of monovinyl and monovinylidene unsaturated compounds other than the said compounds; and [II] 1 to 5 parts by weight of a metal compound, and [III] 0.2 to 5 parts by weight, as sulfur, of at least one of sulfur and sulfur-containing organic compounds.

Inventors

  • 👤 Tetsu Ohishi
  • 👤 Kohichi Handa
  • 👤 Haruo Ueno

Bibliographic Details

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Jurisdiction US
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Last Synchronized 2026-11-04 17:07
CPC Classifications
C; C08; C08F; C08F220/00; C08F220/02; C08F220/10; C08F220/12; C08K; C08K5/00; C08K5/16

Claims Analysis

Total Claims: 11
Claim 1
Independent Claim 241 words
A sulfur-curable acrylic rubber composition comprising (I) 100 parts by weight of an acrylic rubber resulting from the copolymerization in the presence of a radical initiator of (1) 30 to 89.5% by weight of at least one alkyl acrylate with the alkyl group containing 1 to 8 carbon atoms, (2) 0.5 to 10% by weight of at least one monomer of the general formula ##STR3## wherein R 1 represents a hydrogen atom or a methyl group, and R 2 and R 3 , independently from each other, represent an alkyl group containing 1 to 3 carbon atoms, (3) 10 to 60% by weight of at least one alkoxyalkyl acrylate with the alkoxy group containing 1 to 4 carbon atoms and the alkylene group containing 1 to 4 carbon atoms, and (4) 0 to 30% by weight of at least one of monovinyl and monovinylidene unsaturated compounds other than the said compounds; (II) 1 to 5 parts by weight of a metal compound usable as a vulcanization activator for rubber and selected from the group consisting of metal oxides, metal hydroxides, metal carbonates and organic carboxylic acid salts of metals; and (III) 0.2 to 5 parts by weight, as sulfur, of at least one of sulfur and sulfur-containing organic compounds usable as vulcanizers and vulcanization accelerators and is a member selected from the group consisting of thiazole compounds, sulfenamide compounds, thiourea compounds, thiuram compounds, dithiocarbamate compounds, triazine compounds, morpholine disulfide and 4,4'-dithiomorpholine.
Claim 2
Dependent Claim 241 words
A sulfur-curable acrylic rubber composition comprising (I) 100 parts by weight of an acrylic rubber resulting from the copolymerization in the presence of a radical initiator of (1) 30 to 89.5% by weight of at least one alkyl acrylate with the alkyl group containing 1 to 8 carbon atoms, (2) 0.5 to 10% by weight of at least one monomer of the general formula ##STR3## wherein R 1 represents a hydrogen atom or a methyl group, and R 2 and R 3 , independently from each other, represent an alkyl group containing 1 to 3 carbon atoms, (3) 10 to 60% by weight of at least one alkoxyalkyl acrylate with the alkoxy group containing 1 to 4 carbon atoms and the alkylene group containing 1 to 4 carbon atoms, and (4) 0 to 30% by weight of at least one of monovinyl and monovinylidene unsaturated compounds other than the said compounds; (II) 1 to 5 parts by weight of a metal compound usable as a vulcanization activator for rubber and selected from the group consisting of metal oxides, metal hydroxides, metal carbonates and organic carboxylic acid salts of metals; and (III) 0.2 to 5 parts by weight, as sulfur, of at least one of sulfur and sulfur-containing organic compounds usable as vulcanizers and vulcanization accelerators and is a member selected from the group consisting of thiazole compounds, sulfenamide compounds, thiourea compounds, thiuram compounds, dithiocarbamate compounds, triazine compounds, morpholine disulfide and 4,4'-dithiomorpholine.
Claim 3
Dependent Claim 17 words
The composition of claim 1 wherein the monomer (2) represented by the general formula is 3-methyl-2-butenyl acrylate.
Claim 4
Dependent Claim 17 words
The composition of claim 1 wherein the monomer (2) represented by the general formula is 3-methyl-2-butenyl methacrylate.
Claim 5
Dependent Claim 22 words
The composition of claim 1, wherein the alkyl group of the alkyl acrylate monomer (1) has from 2 to 4 carbon atoms.
Claim 6
Dependent Claim 22 words
The composition of claim 1, wherein the alkyl acrylate monomer (1) is an approximately equal mixture of ethyl acrylate and butyl acrylate.
Claim 7
Dependent Claim 14 words
The composition of claim 1, wherein the alkoxyalkyl acrylate monomer (3) is methoxyethyl acrylate.
Claim 8
Dependent Claim 23 words
The composition of claim 1, wherein component III is present in the amount of from about 0.5 to about 3 parts by weight.
Claim 9
Dependent Claim 37 words
The composition of claim 1 wherein the metal compound vulcanization activator (II) is a member selected from the group consisting of zinc oxide, lead monoxide, red lead, lead carbonate, basic lead carbonate, zinc stearate, and copper oleate.
Claim 10
Dependent Claim 10 words
The composition of claim 1 wherein component (III) is sulfur.
Claim 11
Dependent Claim 62 words
The composition of claim 1 wherein component (III) is a sulfur-containing compound selected from the group consisting of 2-mercaptobenzothiazole, 2-mercaptobenzothiazole zinc salt, dibenzothiazyl disulfide, 2-(4'-morpholinodithio)benzothiazole, N-cyclohexyl-2-benzothiazylsulfenamide, N,N-dicyclohexyl-2-benzothiazyl sulfenamide, N-oxyethylene-2-benzothiazyl sulfenamide, thiocarbanilide, diorthotolylurea, 2-mercaptoimidazoline, dibutylthiourea, dimethylethylthiourea, tetramethylthiuram monosulfide, tetramethylthiuram disulfide, tetraethylthiuram disulfide, depentamethylenethiuram tetrasulfide, dipentamethylenethiuram hexasulfide, zinc diethyldithiocarbamate, zinc dimethyldithiocarbamate, copper dimethyldithiocarbamate, lead ethylphenyldithiocarbamate, 2-dimethylamino-4,6-dimercapto-S-triazine, 2-diethylamino-4,6-dimercapto-S-triazine, 2-butylamino-4,6-dimercapto-S-triazine, 2-benzylamino-4,6-dimercapto-S-triazine, 2,4,6-trimercapto-S-triazine, morpholine disulfide and 4,4'-dithiomorpholine.

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