Novel thermoplastic elastomers via selective modification of conjugated diene block copolymers

Polymer

Volumn 39, Issue 24, 1998, Pages 6183-6186

  Lal, Joginder ^a  

^a GOODYEAR TIRE AND RUBBER COMPANY   (United States)

Author keywords

Conjugated dienes; Heterophase morphology; New thermoplastic elastomers

Indexed keywords

AMORPHOUS MATERIALS; CATALYSTS; CHEMICAL MODIFICATION; GLASS TRANSITION; INITIATORS (CHEMICAL); LITHIUM COMPOUNDS; MORPHOLOGY; PHASE COMPOSITION; POLYBUTADIENES; POLYISOPRENES; SYNTHESIS (CHEMICAL); TENSILE STRENGTH;

TEAR STRENGTH;

BLOCK COPOLYMERS;

EID: 0032210334     PISSN: 00323861     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0032-3861(98)00034-2     Document Type: Article

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