Thermoplastic elastomer composition.U.S. patent: 7,144,961 Issued: December 5, 2006 Inventors: Hironari Nakabayashi, Ryuji Fukuda and Taizo Aoyama Assigned: Kaneka Key statement: A thermoplastic elastomer Thermoplastic elastomers (TPE), sometimes referred to as thermoplastic rubbers, are a class of copolymers or a physical mix of polymers (usually a plastic and a rubber) which consist of materials with both thermoplastic and elastomeric properties. which is satisfactory in rubber-like characteristics and moldability and also satisfactory in compression set and vibration damping properties comprises an unsaturated unsaturated /un·sat·u·rat·ed/ (un-sach´ur-at?ed) 1. not holding all of a solute which can be held in solution by the solvent. 2. denoting compounds in which two or more atoms are united by double or triple bonds. bond-containing isobutylene Noun 1. isobutylene - used also in making gasoline components butene, butylene - any of three isomeric hydrocarbons C4H8; all used in making synthetic rubbers butyl - a hydrocarbon radical (C4H9) polymer and an olefinic resin. |
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