The present invention provides the rubber composition for a golf ball comprising (a) a base rubber, (b) a co-crosslinking agent which is an α,β-unsaturated carboxylic acid or a metal salt thereof or both, (c) a crosslinking initiator, and (d) an alcohol, wherein the amount of component (d) is from 0.1 to 10 parts by weight per 100 parts by weight of the base rubber (a) and the compounding ratio between component (b) and component (c) is set to at least 60 of E value that is represented by “E=the molar amount of component (b)/the molar amount of the active oxygen of component (c), and a golf ball using the rubber composition, in order to achieve the object that good durability of the golf ball to impact is maintained.

The present invention provides the rubber composition for a golf ball comprising (a) a base rubber, (b) a co-crosslinking agent which is an α,β-unsaturated carboxylic acid or a metal salt thereof or both, (c) a crosslinking initiator, and (d) an alcohol, wherein the amount of component (d) is from 0.1 to 10 parts by weight per 100 parts by weight of the base rubber (a) and the compounding ratio between component (b) and component (c) is set to at least 60 of E value that is represented by “E=the molar amount of component (b)/the molar amount of the active oxygen of component (c), and a golf ball using the rubber composition, in order to achieve the object that good durability of the golf ball to impact is maintained.

Liquid polybutadiene, and a preparation method therefor and an application thereof are provided. The liquid polybutadiene has a number-average molecular weight of 2,500-5,500 and a molecular weight distribution index of 1-1.2. Based on the total amount of the liquid polybutadiene, the content of a 1,2-structural unit in the liquid polybutadiene is 85-95 wt %, the content of a 1,4-structural unit in the liquid polybutadiene is 5-15 wt %, and the molar ratio of a cis-1,4-structural unit to a trans-1,4-structural unit in the liquid polybutadiene is 1-2:1; and the dynamic viscosity of the liquid polybutadiene at 45° C. is 100-500 P. The liquid polybutadiene has good flowability, good film formability, and good coating performance, and a formed coating has an improved adhesion force to a substrate.

Liquid polybutadiene, and a preparation method therefor and an application thereof are provided. The liquid polybutadiene has a number-average molecular weight of 2,500-5,500 and a molecular weight distribution index of 1-1.2. Based on the total amount of the liquid polybutadiene, the content of a 1,2-structural unit in the liquid polybutadiene is 85-95 wt %, the content of a 1,4-structural unit in the liquid polybutadiene is 5-15 wt %, and the molar ratio of a cis-1,4-structural unit to a trans-1,4-structural unit in the liquid polybutadiene is 1-2:1; and the dynamic viscosity of the liquid polybutadiene at 45° C. is 100-500 P. The liquid polybutadiene has good flowability, good film formability, and good coating performance, and a formed coating has an improved adhesion force to a substrate.

The present invention is a method for producing a conjugated diene polymer comprising polymerizing at least a conjugated diene monomer using a living radical polymerization method to produce a conjugated diene polymer that comprises a halogen atom at a terminal of a polymer chain, a living radical polymerization reaction being initiated using a copper salt, a multidentate ligand that comprises a nitrogen atom having an sp.sup.2 hybridized orbital as a coordinating atom, and an organic halide, to produce the conjugated diene polymer having a number average molecular weight (Mn) of 1,000 to 1,000,000 and a molecular weight distribution (Mw/Mn) of less than 2.0. The present invention provides a method for efficiently and inexpensively producing a conjugated diene polymer that includes a halogen atom at the terminal of the polymer chain, and has the desired molecular weight and a narrow molecular weight distribution.

A catalyst composition for the polymerization of propylene is provided. The catalyst composition includes one or more Ziegler-Natta procatalyst compositions having one or more transition metal compounds and an internal electron donor, one or more aluminum containing cocatalysts, and a selectivity control agent (SCA). The SCA is a mixture of an activity limiting agent (ALA) and selectivity determining agent (SDA) such as a non-silane composition. The present catalyst composition is silane-free, has high catalyst activity and high stereoselectivity, and is self-extinguishing.

The cis-1,4 mer content of conjugated diene mer in polymers can be increased by adding any of a class of morpholine compounds to a catalyst composition that includes a lanthanide metal atom.

The cis-1,4 mer content of conjugated diene mer in polymers can be increased by adding any of a class of morpholine compounds to a catalyst composition that includes a lanthanide metal atom.

A process for controlling the placement of alpha olefins within an ethylene copolymer. The process involves polymerizing ethylene and an alpha olefin in the gas phase while changing the breadth of control over the molar ratio of ethylene to comonomer and/or hydrogen which is being fed to a polymerization reactor. At tighter control breadths, the alpha olefin may be incorporated mainly in the higher molecular weight portions of the ethylene copolymer. At looser control breadths, the alpha olefin may be incorporated more evenly throughout the ethylene copolymer or mainly in the lower molecular weight portions of the ethylene copolymer.

The present invention provides a modifier, a modified and conjugated diene-based polymer which is modified using the same, and a rubber composition including the modified and conjugated diene-based polymer, and more particularly, a modifier which includes a compound represented by Formula 1 and is capable of improving the mixing properties between a conjugated diene-based polymer and a filler, a modified and conjugated diene-based polymer which is modified using the same, and a rubber composition including the modified and conjugated diene-based polymer.