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Process for cross-linking or degrading polymers and shaped articles obtained by this process
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Inventors: Beijleveld, Wilhelmus M.; Verlaan, Johannes P. J.;
Assignee: Akzo N.V. (Arnhem, NL)
Primary Examiner: Schofer; Joseph L.
Assistant Examiner: Lipman; Bernard
Attorney, Agent or Firm: Parkhurst, Oliff & Berridge
This disclosure relates to a process for cross-linking polymers, e.g. polyethylene, or degrading polymers, e.g. polypropylene, using peroxides having at least one carbon-carbon double bond in the molecule, e.g. 1-(t-butyl peroxy isopropyl)-3-isopropenylbenzene. Incorporation of the peroxides into the polymer may be carried out at relatively high temperatures without the risk of premature decomposition of the peroxide, thus allowing easy processability of the polymer mass prior to cross-linking or degradation. The polymeric end products obtained are odorless and do not display blooming. |
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DETAILED DESCRIPTION What is claimed is: 1.
A process for cross-linking (co)polymers of ethylene and elastomers, comprising adding an effective amount of an organic peroxide to said (co)polymers of ethylene and elastomers, said organic peroxide comprising at least one carbon-carbon double bond and corresponding to the formula: ##STR3## where m=0, 1 or 2; n=1, 2 or 3; m+n.
ltoreq.
3; R.
sub.
1 is selected from the group consisting of a hydrogen atom and an alkyl group containing 1-3 carbon atoms; R.
sub.
2 is an alkyl group containing 1-4 carbon atoms; R.
sub.
3 -R.
sub.
6 are alkyl groups containing 1-10 carbon atoms; R.
sub.
7 is selected from the group consisting of an alkyl group containing 1-10 carbon atoms substituted with a C.
sub.
1-10 alkoxy group, a C.
sub.
1-10 acetoxy group or a hydroxyl group, an alkyl group containing 1-10 carbon atoms and a group A of the formula ##STR4## wherein p=1 or 2 and R.
sub.
8 and R.
sub.
9 are equivalent to R.
sub.
2 and R.
sub.
1, respectively; and wherein in a case of disubstitution, aromatic ring substituents are not ortho to each other; in a case of trisubstitution, said substituents are not in three adjacent positions, and when m=0, R.
sub.
7 represents the group A.
2.
A process according to claim 1, wherein m=1 and when R.
sub.
7 is the group A, p=1.
3.
A process according to claim 2, wherein R.
sub.
1 =H, R.
sub.
2 =R.
sub.
3 =R.
sub.
4 =R.
sub.
5 =R.
sub.
6 =a methyl group and when R.
sub.
7 is the group A, R.
sub.
8 =a methyl group and R.
sub.
9 =H.
4.
A process according to claim 1, wherein said (co)polymers of ethylene are cross-linked.
5.
Shaped articles comprising cross-linked (co)polymers of ethylene or elastomers obtained from the process according to claim 1.
6.
A process according to claim 1, wherein said elastomers are cross-linked.
Description:
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION A.
Field of the Invention The invention relates to a process for cross-linking or degrading polymers, use being made of an organic peroxide which has at least one carbon-carbon double bond in the molecule
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