The invention relates to a method for the manufacture of a prophylactic article, especially of a glove, from a (carboxylated) diene rubber, according to which a layer of a (carboxylated) diene latex is applied on a former and the (carboxylated) diene latex is cross-linked with a cross-linking agent, which is immobilized on inorganic and/or organic particles with formation of modified particles, and the modified particles are added to the (carboxylated) diene latex.

A nanoparticle includes a copolymer comprising a vinyl-aromatic monomer and a heterocyclic monomer. The copolymer is crosslinked with a multifunctional crosslinking agent polymerizable through an addition reaction. A nanoparticle and elastomer composition is disclosed. Several methods of mixing heterocyclic and non-heterocyclic monomer nanoparticles into an elastomer are also disclosed. These methods include mixing in a multi-elements static mixer and an intermeshing mixer with venting, among others.

The disclosed latex system comprises a one-component, closed-cell, semi-foam, mastic sealant using gas-filled, flexible, organic microspheres to create a product that is elastic and compressible under pressure without protruding in an outward direction when compressed, thereby allowing the applied sealant to compress in an enclosed, maximum-filled channel unlike typical mastic sealants (while retaining the ability to rebound). This allows the sealant to function as a gasket, and, once fully cured, to have properties including vibration damping, insulating, and condensation resistance. The sealant can be formulated as an air barrier or a vapor barrier and at various degrees of moisture resistance. It may be applied by different packaging variations including aerosol can (bag in can or bag on valve), airless sprayer, cartridge tubes, foil tubes, squeeze tubes, and buckets to be applied using a brush, trowel, spatula, etc. The disclosed mastic sealant can also be formulated to be smoke-resistant and flame-resistant.

Provided is a dip-molded article, and more particularly, provided are a dip-molded article including: a layer derived from a latex composition for dip-molding; and a layer derived from a polymer including a repeating unit derived from a diacetylene-based compound, a latex composition for dip-molding, and a preparation method thereof.

A latex composition includes a latex of a conjugated diene polymer (A) having a glass transition temperature of 10° C. or less and a latex of a polymer (B) having a glass transition temperature of more than 10° C., wherein the value of (CS(B)−CS(A)) is more than 0% by weight, where a chemical stability of the latex of the conjugated diene polymer (A) to CaCl.sub.2, when the solids concentration of the latex is 20% by weight, is defined as CS(A) (% by weight), and a chemical stability of the latex of the polymer (B) to CaCl.sub.2, when the solids concentration of the latex is 20% by weight, is defined as CS(B) (% by weight).

A micro-encapsulated phase-change material (MEPCM), includes, by weight: 120-150 parts of a phase-change material; 25-30 parts of methyl methacrylate; 1-4 parts of methacrylic acid; 45-54 parts of butyl acrylate; 0.2-0.7 parts of an initiator; 10-12 parts of an emulsifier; and 600-700 parts of deionized water.

In certain embodiments, the disclosed sealant comprises a one-component, closed-cell, semi-foam, sealant using gas-filled, flexible, organic microspheres to create a product that is elastic and compressible under pressure without protruding in an outward direction when compressed, thereby allowing the applied sealant to compress in an enclosed, maximum-filled channel unlike typical mastic sealants (while retaining the ability to rebound). This allows the sealant to function as a gasket, and, once fully cured, to have properties including vibration damping, insulating, and condensation resistance. The sealant can be formulated as an air barrier or a vapor barrier and at various degrees of moisture resistance. It may be applied by different packaging variations including aerosol can (bag in can or bag on valve), airless sprayer, cartridge tubes, foil tubes, squeeze tubes, and buckets to be applied using a brush, trowel, spatula, etc. The disclosed sealant can also be formulated to be smoke-resistant and flame-resistant.

Provided is a dip molding emulsion including, at least: an elastomer that contains a (meth)acrylonitrile-derived structural unit, an unsaturated carboxylic acid-derived structural unit, and a butadiene-derived structural unit in a polymer main chain; an epoxy crosslinking agent; water; and a pH modifier, in which dip molding composition the elastomer contains the (meth)acrylonitrile-derived structural unit in an amount of 20% by weight to 40% by weight, the unsaturated carboxylic acid-derived structural unit in an amount of 1% by weight to 10% by weight, and the butadiene-derived structural unit in an amount of 50% by weight to 75% by weight, and the epoxy crosslinking agent includes an epoxy crosslinking agent containing an epoxy compound having three or more epoxy groups in one molecule and has a dissolution rate in water of 10% to 70% as determined by a specific measurement method.

An emulsifier-free process for the preparation of water expandable polymer beads, including: a) providing an emulsifier-free starting composition comprising styrene, b) prepolymerizing the starting composition to obtain a prepolymer composition, c) mixing an aqueous blowing agent with the prepolymer composition at an elevated temperature to obtain an inverse emulsion of water droplets in the prepolymer composition, wherein the aqueous blowing agent comprises water and a water soluble initiator dissolved in the water and the water droplets comprise spheres of a styrene polymer, wherein the water soluble initiator partly decomposes due to the elevated temperature leading to the formation of the inverse emulsion of water droplets in the prepolymer composition, d) suspending the inverse emulsion in an aqueous medium to yield an aqueous suspension of suspended droplets and e) polymerizing monomers in the droplets of the suspension obtained by step d) to obtain the water expandable polymer beads.

A dip-molded article includes an external molded layer and internal molded layer. The external molded layer includes a content of an ethylenically unsaturated nitrile-based monomer-derived repeating unit is 35 wt % to 60 wt %, and the internal molded layer in which a content of an ethylenically unsaturated nitrile-based monomer-derived repeating unit is 10 wt % to 28 wt %.