The present invention is directed to an elastomer composition comprising a hydrogenated block copolymer, a propylene polymer, a maleic anhydride grafted polymer, a mineral oil, a filler, and optionally a siloxane polymer and/or a nucleating agent. The inventive compositions are particularly suitable for fabricating injection molded non-carpet vehicle flooring.

A multicomponent copolymer according to the present invention contains a non-conjugated polyene unit, a non-conjugated olefin unit and an aromatic vinyl unit, wherein the content of the aromatic vinyl unit is 5% by mass or more and less than 30% by mass. A crosslinked rubber composition having a high strength, as compared with the case where EPDM is used, while having high weather resistance, a multicomponent copolymer useful for producing a rubber product, and a method for producing the multicomponent copolymer are provided.

The object of the present invention is to provide a tire which is excellent in steering stabilities at low temperature and at high temperature after aging without deterioration of the initial steering stabilities at low temperature and at high temperature. The present invention relates to a tire having a tread composed of a rubber composition comprising a softener comprising 5 to 50 parts by mass of an adhesive resin and 5 to 50 parts by mass of a xylene-based low-temperature plasticizer based on 100 parts by mass of a rubber component.

The present invention provides a polymer composition for manufacturing a foam, the polymer composition comprising a vinyl aromatic based copolymer and a processing aid, wherein the amount of the processing aid in the total weight of the polymer composition is equal to or more than 5 wt % and equal to or less than 75 wt %; and the polymer composition does not comprise ethylene-vinyl acetate copolymer, ethylene-butyl acrylate copolymer, ethylene--olefin copolymer, homopolymer and copolymer of polyethylene, homopolymer and copolymer of polypropylene, homopolymer and copolymer of polybutene and olefin-based ionic polymer. The present invention also provides the foam and the method for forming the same.

The present invention is directed to a functionalized elastomer comprising the reaction product of a living anionic elastomeric polymer and a polymerization terminator of formula I

##STR00001##

where X is Cl, Br, or I;
m is an integer from 0 to 2, n is an integer from 1 to 3, with the proviso that n+m=3;
R.sup.1, R.sup.2 are independently C1 to C18 alkyl, aryl, or a combination thereof, or R.sup.1, R.sup.2 are independently SiR.sub.3 where R is independently alkyl, aryl, alkoxy, or disubstituted amino, or R.sup.1 and R.sup.2 taken together with their common nitrogen atom and optionally a sulfur or oxygen heteroatom to form a five to eight membered ring;
R.sup.3 is hydrogen, or C1 to C18 alkyl, aryl, or a combination thereof, or R.sup.3 is SiR.sub.3 where R is independently alkyl, aryl, alkoxy, or disubstituted amino, or R.sup.3 is R.sup.6R.sup.7, where R.sup.6 is C1 to C3 alkanediyl and R.sup.7 is selected from the following structures
SZ, N(R.sup.8)(R.sup.9), O(Y), or Si(OR.sup.10).sub.3, where R.sup.8 and R.sup.9 are independently C1 to C18 alkyl, aryl, or a combination thereof,
Y and Z are independently selected from the group consisting of methoxymethyl, tetrahydropyranyl, tetrahydrothiopyranyl, tetrahydrofuranyl, tert-butyl, allyl, 1-ethoxyethyl, benzyl, triphenylmethyl, triethylsilyl, triisopropylsilyl, trimethylsilyl, tert-butyl dimethyl silyl, tert-butyl diphenyl silyl, and isopropyldimethylsilyl, and
R.sup.10 are independently C1 to C4 alkyl;
or when m=1, the polymerization terminator may have the formula II

##STR00002##

where R.sup.4, R.sup.5 are independently C1 to C18 alkyl, aryl, or a combination thereof, or R.sup.4, R.sup.5 are independently SiR.sub.3 where R is independently alkyl, aryl, alkoxy, or disubstituted amino, X and R.sup.3 are as defined previously, and k is an integer from 0 to 10.

Provided is a vinyl chloride resin composition with which color tone variation caused by molding temperature difference is inhibited. The vinyl chloride resin composition contains a vinyl chloride resin, a plasticizer, a uracil compound, and either or both of acetylacetone and a metal salt of acetylacetone. The vinyl chloride resin composition is preferably used in powder molding.

A gel composition is a gel composition containing a base oil (a) and a hydrogenated block copolymer (b), wherein the hydrogenated block copolymer (b) is a hydrogenated product of a diblock copolymer composed of a polymer block (A) consisting mainly of a structural unit derived from an aromatic vinyl compound and a polymer block (B) consisting mainly of a structural unit derived from a conjugated diene compound, the content of the polymer block (A) in the hydrogenated block copolymer (b) being 38.0 to 45.0% by mass; and the content of the hydrogenated block copolymer (b) in the gel composition is 1 to 20 parts by mass based on 100 parts by mass of the total amount of the base oil (a) and the hydrogenated block copolymer (b)

The invention relates to footwear with a rubber sole where such sole is comprised of a rubber composition which contains corn cob granules.

This invention relates to eco-friendly dip formable solutions and dispersions for making dip formed articles. Some embodiments of the invention include coatable, dip formable, or emulsifiable solution composition comprising one or more styrenic block copolymers in cyclic natural terpenes, such as citrus peel extract which can be used to form an article. In some embodiments dip formable solutions and dispersions comprise of styrenated block copolymers and polyolefins. In some embodiments the styrenated block copolymers are saturated, unsaturated, or a blend. In some embodiments, the styrenated block copolymers comprises an oil or a plasticizer. In some embodiments the articles are made from an emulsion. In some embodiments the articles are made from a plastisol.

Polymer compositions comprising styrene butadiene block-copolymers (SBC) can be used for shrink-wrap films, a stiff star-shaped SBC block copolymer A having two short branches of a single copolymer block (B/S).sub.Ai and two long branches of the structure S.sub.t-[(B/S).sub.A].sub.n-(B/S).sub.Ai or [(B/S).sub.A].sub.n-(B/S).sub.Ai are used in said polymer composition, and the production of shrink-wrap films and of multilayer films is described.