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Elastomers and fluid applications

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Ionomers

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Since the commercialization of carboxylated elastomers by B.F. Goodrich, and chlorosulfonated polyethylene (Hypalon®) by DuPont in the 1950s, there has been substantial patent activity directed at new classes of ionomers and new applications. The commercialization of partially neutralized salts poly(ethylene-comethacrylic acid) by DuPont in the 1960s, resulted in a substantial increase in ionomer research. While those materials were not strictly elastomeric, they stimulated interest in other classes of ionomers because of the versatility of polymer structure and the unique properties available by incorporating relatively low levels of metal carboxylate groups on hydrocarbon chains. These new generations of ionomers were employed as modified elastomers or flexible plastics (MacKnight and Lundberg, 1984) wherein their ionic nature improved tensile properties or enhanced other properties (clarity, tensile strength, etc.). Since the early 1980s, there has been a substantial amount of patent activity directed at new classes of ionomers, new synthetic routes, and more importantly, new applications of ionomers which exploit specific advantages of ionic interactions.

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Lundberg, R.D. (1997). Elastomers and fluid applications. In: Tant, M.R., Mauritz, K.A., Wilkes, G.L. (eds) Ionomers. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-009-1461-2_12

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