Claims
- 1. A process of producing a film comprising the steps of:
- adding to an elastomeric melt extrudable, thermoplastic polymer in an amount between about 0.01 and about 10 weight percent, a silane having the formula: ##STR2## wherein, Z is selected from the group consisting of double bonded groups capable of reaction under radical polymerization conditions;
- R.sub.1, R.sub.2, and R.sub.3 are selected from the group consisting of alkoxy, Cl, Br, ester, O--Si, alkyl and aryl groups, provided, however, that at least one R group must be reactive in order to function as a hydrolytically reactive agent;
- extruding said polymer and forming said film and;
- exposing said film to moisture for a time and temperature sufficient to cure said polymer.
- 2. The process of claim 1 wherein said silane is a vinyltrialkoxysilane.
- 3. The process of claim 2 wherein said film has a recovery strength of at least 15 percent greater at 50 percent extension, than a similar elastomeric film produced without silane modified polymer.
Parent Case Info
This application is a continuation of application Ser. No. 08/443,499, now abandoned, entitled "Silane Modified Elastomeric Compositions And Articles Made Therefrom" and filed in the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office on May 18, 1995. The entirety of this application is hereby incorporated by reference, which is a divisional of application Ser. No. 08/333,805 entitled "SILANE MODIFIED ELASTOMERIC COMPOSITIONS AND ARTICLES MADE THEREFROM" and which was filed in the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office on Nov. 3, 1994.
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Polymer Blends and Composites by John A. Manson and Leslie H. Sperling, Plenum Press, NY, Copyright 1976, IBN 0-306-30831-2 pp. 273-277. |
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Divisions (1)
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