Multiblock hydrogenated polymers for adhesives
AssigneeShell Oil Company
InventorGlenn R. Himes
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Abstract
The present invention encompasses nontapered block copolymers of the following structure and adhesives containing them D--A--(B--A).sub.n --D.sub.x or (D--A--B).sub.z --Y where A is a vinyl aromatic hydrocarbon polymer block, B and D are hydrogenated conjugated diene polymer blocks wherein if the diene is butadiene, it must have a vinyl content of at least 30 percent by weight, n is an integer from 1 to 5, x is 0 or 1, z is an integer from 2 to 30, and Y is a multifunctional coupling agent and the copolymer has a vinyl aromatic hydrocarbon content of from 9 to 35 percent by weight. The ratio of the molecular weight of D to that of B ranges in accordance with the normalized molecular weight factor which may range from greater than 0 up to 180.times.10.sup.-6.
Claims3
An adhesive composition comprising
- (I) a nontapered multiblock copolymer of the formula
- D--A--(B--A).sub.n --D
- (a) wherein A is a styrene polymer block having a peak molecular weight as determined by gel permeation chromatography of from 4000 to 35,000, (b) B is a hydrogenated isoprene polymer block having a peak molecular weight as determined by gel permeation chromatography of from 20,000 to 200,000, (c) D is a hydrogenated isoprene homopolymer block having a peak molecular weight as determined by gel permeation chromatography of from 5,000 to 50,000, (d) the ratio of the molecular weight of D to the molecular weight of B ranges such that the normalized peak molecular weight as determined by gel permeation chromatography factor ranges from greater than 0 to 180.times.10.sup.-6, (e) n is an integer from 1 to 5, and (f) the copolymer has a styrene content of from 9 to 35 percent by weight;
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- (II) a tackifying resin.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.