A wax inhibitor composition, the composition having at least one alpha-olefin maleic anhydride copolymer of the formula: ##STR00001##
wherein R.sub.1 is selected from hydrocarbyl groups containing 10-30 carbon atoms, and R.sub.2 is selected from a hydrogen or hydrocarbyl groups containing 10-80 carbon atoms, and R.sub.2, if not hydrogen, is broadly dispersed, wherein R.sub.2 comprises a weight fraction of carbon numbers greater than 30, wherein R.sub.2 can be the same or different, and n is a number of repeating units ranging from 1 to 100.

The copolymer includes divalent units represented by formula —[CF.sub.2—CF.sub.2]—, divalent units represented by formula; and one or more divalent units independently represented by formula: The copolymer has an —SO.sub.2X equivalent weight in a range from 300 to 2000. A polymer electrolyte membrane that includes the copolymer and a membrane electrode assembly that includes such a polymer electrolyte membrane are also provided.

An object of the present invention is to provide a novel production method of ethylene-based ionomer having excellent mechanical properties and heat resistance which exhibits remarkably excellent breaking elongation, breaking stress, and strain hardening, and has a high melting point. The present invention relates to a production method of an ethylene-based ionomer including a heating conversion step of heating a specific ethylene/unsaturated carboxylic acid ester copolymer and converting the ester group in the copolymer into a metal-containing carboxylate containing a metal ion of Group 1, 2, or 12 of the periodic table.

A composite for sensing heat or infrared light includes a block copolymer including a first structural group represented by Chemical Formula 1, a second structural group represented by Chemical Formula 2, and a third structural group represented by Chemical Formula 3; and a polyvalent metal ion that is coordinated with a side chain group of the block copolymer.

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The present invention relates to functionalized copolymers of isoolefins and olefinic monomers, particularly to azidated copolymers. The present invention also relates to methods of preparing such azidated copolymers. The functionalized copolymers are used in various technology areas such as surface modification, adhesion, drug delivery, compatibilization of polymer blends or motor oil and fuel additives, and in providing clean cured products without contaminant leaching and/or side products.

[Objects] Provided is an ionomer resin composition that, when molded into a film shape, is small in both of orientational birefringence and photoelastic birefringence and excellent in transparency, heat resistance, flexibility, and size stability. Additionally, provided are an optical film including the ionomer resin composition, a polarizing plate including the optical film, and a liquid crystal display apparatus including the same. [Solution] An ionomer resin composition according to the present invention is an ionomer resin composition obtained by reacting an acrylic thermoplastic resin (X) including a chain alkyl (meth)acrylate unit (a), an N-substituted maleimide unit (b), and an unsaturated acid and/or unsaturated acid anhydride unit (c) with a metal compound (Y), in which the acrylic thermoplastic resin (X) includes the chain alkyl (meth)acrylate unit (a), the N-substituted maleimide unit (b), and the unsaturated acid and/or unsaturated acid anhydride unit (c) in a total amount of 80% by mass or more, and contents of the structural units (a), (b), and (c) with respect to 100 parts by mass in total of the acrylic thermoplastic resin (X) except for the unsaturated acid and/or unsaturated acid anhydride unit (c) are from 65 to 87 parts by mass, from 1 to 30 parts by mass, and from 0.1 to 5 parts by mass, respectively.

Disclosed in embodiments herein are ionomers and methods of making the same. The ionomers comprise a neutralized blend of olefin-carboxylic acid copolymers and Group II, Group IIIA, and transition metal salts. The method includes mixing an acid copolymer formed from an α-olefin monomer and an α,β-ethylenically unsaturated carboxylic acid having at least one carboxylic acid group with an amine-containing aqueous solution to form an aqueous dispersion containing an amine salt of the acid copolymer. The method further includes mixing a solution of a Group IIA , Group IIIA, or transition metal salt with the aqueous dispersion containing the amine salt of the acid copolymer to exchange at least a portion of the amine salt for the Group IIA , Group IIIA, or transition metal salt, thereby forming the ionic copolymer.

Provided is a novel oxygen-absorbing resin composition having excellent oxygen-absorbing performance and suppressing odor generation after absorption of oxygen even if a material responsive to a metal detector is not used. Further provided is an oxygen-absorbing resin composition having excellent oxygen-absorbing performance in a wide range of humidity conditions from low humidity to high humidity. Such an oxygen-absorbing resin composition contains a copolymerized polyolefin compound and a transition metal catalyst, in which the copolymerized polyolefin compound contains at least one constituent unit having a tetralin ring.

A mussel bionic gel composition includes: a mussel bionic copolymer and/or a mussel bionic compound, a cross-linking agent and water, wherein the mussel bionic copolymer includes a structural unit A from a vinyl monomer and a structural unit B from a vinyl-containing mussel bionic catechol group monomer; and the mussel bionic compound includes polyacrylamide and a mussel bionic catechol compound. The self-growth gel particle profile control and water plugging agent prepared from the composition is low in initial apparent viscosity, easy to inject and far in migration, has good shear repairing performance and is particularly applicable to a low-permeability fractured reservoir, thereby adjusting a micro-fracture network, improving a fracture channel and increasing waterflood efficiency and recovery efficiency.

This invention relates to a method of preparing a brominated elastomer having a stabilized Mooney viscosity. The method includes polymerizing isomonoolefins and at least one polymerizable unit to obtain an elastomer/polymer; brominating the elastomer/polymer to form a brominated elastomer effluent; neutralizing the brominated elastomer effluent to form a neutralized effluent; volatizing off the hydrocarbon solvent; and recovering a brominated elastomer. In at least one point of the process, preferably prior to any significant temperature change in the brominated polymer, a Mooney stabilizer is added into the system. Portions of the Mooney stabilizer may be added at multiple points into the process.