Tear resistant elastic crystal gels gel composites and their uses
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1. An improved gelatinous composition comprising:
- a crystal gel formed from (i) 100 parts by weight of one or more linear triblock copolymers, multi-arm block copolymers, branched block copolymers, radial block copolymers, multiblock copolymers, poly(ethylene-styrene) random copolymers produced by metallocene catalysts, using single site, constrained geometry addition polymerization catalysts resulting in poly(ethylene-styrene) substantially random copolymers, or thermoplastic crystalline polyurethane copolymers with hydrocarbon midblocks or a mixture of two or more said copolymers having one or more crystalline poly(ethylene) components (ii) from about 250 to about 1,600 parts of a plasticizer sufficient to achieve a gel rigidity of from less than about 2 gram Bloom to about 1,800 gram Bloom;
wherein said crystalline poly(ethylene) components of said (i) copolymer having a selected amount of crystallinity sufficient to achieve improvements in one or more crystal gel properties including improved tear resistance and improved resistance to fatigue;
wherein said improvements in properties of said crystal gel being greater than an amorphous gel made from poly(styrene-ethylene-butylene-styrene) or poly(styrene-ethylene-propylene-styrene) having substantially non-crystalline components at corresponding said gel rigidity;
in combination with or without a selected amount of (iii) one or more of a selected polymer copolymer.
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Novel crystal gels and articles are formed from one or more copolymers having at least one crystalline poly(ethylene) components and high levels of a plasticizer, said midblock segment having an amount of crystallinity sufficient to achieve improvements in one or more physical properties including improved crack propagation resistance, improved tear resistance, improved resistance to fatigue and resistance to catastrophic failure not obtainable in amorphous gels.
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1. An improved gelatinous composition comprising:
- a crystal gel formed from (i) 100 parts by weight of one or more linear triblock copolymers, multi-arm block copolymers, branched block copolymers, radial block copolymers, multiblock copolymers, poly(ethylene-styrene) random copolymers produced by metallocene catalysts, using single site, constrained geometry addition polymerization catalysts resulting in poly(ethylene-styrene) substantially random copolymers, or thermoplastic crystalline polyurethane copolymers with hydrocarbon midblocks or a mixture of two or more said copolymers having one or more crystalline poly(ethylene) components (ii) from about 250 to about 1,600 parts of a plasticizer sufficient to achieve a gel rigidity of from less than about 2 gram Bloom to about 1,800 gram Bloom;
wherein said crystalline poly(ethylene) components of said (i) copolymer having a selected amount of crystallinity sufficient to achieve improvements in one or more crystal gel properties including improved tear resistance and improved resistance to fatigue;
wherein said improvements in properties of said crystal gel being greater than an amorphous gel made from poly(styrene-ethylene-butylene-styrene) or poly(styrene-ethylene-propylene-styrene) having substantially non-crystalline components at corresponding said gel rigidity;
in combination with or without a selected amount of (iii) one or more of a selected polymer copolymer. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9)
- a crystal gel formed from (i) 100 parts by weight of one or more linear triblock copolymers, multi-arm block copolymers, branched block copolymers, radial block copolymers, multiblock copolymers, poly(ethylene-styrene) random copolymers produced by metallocene catalysts, using single site, constrained geometry addition polymerization catalysts resulting in poly(ethylene-styrene) substantially random copolymers, or thermoplastic crystalline polyurethane copolymers with hydrocarbon midblocks or a mixture of two or more said copolymers having one or more crystalline poly(ethylene) components (ii) from about 250 to about 1,600 parts of a plasticizer sufficient to achieve a gel rigidity of from less than about 2 gram Bloom to about 1,800 gram Bloom;
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10. A low tack gelatinous composition comprising:
- a crystal gel formed from
(i) 100 parts by weight of one or more copolymers having a selected amount of one or more elastomeric segments and a selected amount of one or more glassy segments, said elastomeric segments having a selected amount of one or more crystalline poly(ethylene) components and said glassy segments being a poly(styrene), poly(alpha-methylstyrene), poly(o-methylstyrene), poly(m-methylstyrene), or poly(p-methylstyrene);
(ii) from about 250 to about 1,600 parts of a plasticizer sufficient to achieve a gel rigidity of from less than about 2 gram Bloom to about 1,800 gram Bloom;
(iii) said low tack being achieved by a combination of said selected amount of crystalline poly(ethylene) components of said selected amount of said glassy segments forming said crystal gel, wherein said elastomeric segments and said glassy segments being a ratio of about 37;
63 and said tack of said crystal gel being less than amorphous gels of poly(styrene-ethylene-butylene-styrene) or poly(styrene-ethylene-propylene-styrene) of substantially same rigidities.
- a crystal gel formed from
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11. An improved gelatinous composition comprising:
- a crystal gel formed from (i) 100 parts by weight of one or more of a substantially random poly(ethylene-styrene) copolymers produced by metallocene catalysts or in combination as a mixture with or without one or more of (a) a linear triblock copolymers, (b) multi-arm block copolymers, (c) branched block copolymers, or (d) radial block copolymers, said substantially random poly(ethylene-styrene), linear triblock, multi-arm block, branched block, and radial block copolymers having one or more crystalline poly(ethylene) components (ii) from about 250 to about 1,600 parts of a plasticizer sufficient to achieve a gel rigidity of from less than about 2 gram Bloom to about 1,800 gram Bloom;
wherein said crystalline poly(ethylene) components of said substantially random copolymer and said (a), (b), (c), (d) copolymers having a selected amount of crystallinity sufficient to achieve improvements in one or more crystal gel properties including improved tear resistance and improved resistance to fatigue;
wherein said improvements in properties of said crystal gel being greater than an amorphous gel made from poly(styrene-ethylene-butylenestyrene) or poly(styrene-ethylene-propylene-styrene) having substantially non-crystalline components at corresponding said gel rigidity;
in combination with or without a selected amount of (iii) one or more of a selected polymer or copolymer. - View Dependent Claims (12, 13, 14)
- a crystal gel formed from (i) 100 parts by weight of one or more of a substantially random poly(ethylene-styrene) copolymers produced by metallocene catalysts or in combination as a mixture with or without one or more of (a) a linear triblock copolymers, (b) multi-arm block copolymers, (c) branched block copolymers, or (d) radial block copolymers, said substantially random poly(ethylene-styrene), linear triblock, multi-arm block, branched block, and radial block copolymers having one or more crystalline poly(ethylene) components (ii) from about 250 to about 1,600 parts of a plasticizer sufficient to achieve a gel rigidity of from less than about 2 gram Bloom to about 1,800 gram Bloom;
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