Claims
- 1. A crosslinkable polymer composition comprising:
- (a) an olefin copolymer or an olefin graft copolymer with hydrolyzable silane groups thereon;
- (b) a silanol condensation catalyst; and,
- (c) a substance which counteracts precuring of the polymer composition and which comprises a silane compound having at least one hydrolyzable organic group;
- (i) the silane compound having a compatibility with the polymer composition of at least 0.035 mole hydrolyzable groups per 1000 g polymer composition; the compatibility being defined as the residual content of moles of hydrolyzable groups per 1000 g polymer composition, determined indirectly by measuring the decrease in weight after storage for 74 hours at 60.degree. C. in air, of a polymer composition with an initial content of 0.060 mole hydrolyzable groups per 1000 g polymer composition;
- (ii) the silane compound having the general formula:
- R.sup.1 (SiR.sup.2.sub.n X.sub.3-n).sub.m I
- wherein:
- R.sup.1 is a monofunctional hydrocarbyl group having 13-30 carbon atoms, or a difunctional hydrocarbyl group having 4-24 carbon atoms;
- R.sup.2 which may be the same or different, is a hydrocarbyl group having 1-10 carbon atoms;
- X which may be the same or different, is a hydrolyzable organic group;
- n is 0, 1 or 2; and,
- m is 1 or 2.
- 2. A polymer composition according to claim 1 wherein m is 1, R.sup.1 is a monofunctional hydrocarbyl group having 13-20 carbon atoms, and R.sup.2 is a hydrocarbyl group having 1-7 carbon atoms.
- 3. A polymer composition according to claim 1 wherein the silane compound has the formula (V):
- CH.sub.3 (CH.sub.2).sub.P Si(OCH.sub.3).sub.3 (V)
- wherein p is 13, 15 or 17.
- 4. A polymer composition as claimed in claim 1, characterised in that m is 2, R.sup.1 is a difunctional hydrocarbyl group having 8-16 carbon atoms, n is 0, and X is a hydrocarbyloxy group having 1-5 carbon atoms.
- 5. A polymer composition according to claim 1 wherein, the silane compound has the formula (VII):
- (CH.sub.3 O).sub.3 Si(CH.sub.2).sub.q Si(OCH.sub.3).sub.3 (VII)
- wherein q is 8-16.
- 6. A polymer composition according to claim 1, wherein the polymer is a copolymer or graft polymer of ethylene and an ethylenically unsaturated silane compound with at least one hydrolysable organic group.
- 7. A polymer composition according to claim 6, wherein the unsaturated silane compound has the general formula (II):
- RSiR'.sub.n Y.sub.3-n (II)
- wherein:
- R is an ethylenically unsaturated hydrocarbyl, hydrocarbyloxy, or (meth)acryloxyhydrocarbyl group,
- R' is an aliphatic saturated hydrocarbyl group,
- Y which may be the same or different, is a hydrolysable organic group, and
- n is 0, 1 or 2.
- 8. A polymer composition according to claim 6 wherein the copolymer contains, in addition to ethylene and an ethylenically unsaturated silane compound, up to 30% by weight of other copolymerisable monomers.
- 9. A polymer composition according to claim 1 including 0.001-10% by weight of a silanol condensation catalyst, and 0.01-5% by weight of a silane compound.
- 10. A polymer composition according to claim 6 wherein the ethylenically unsaturated silane compound constitutes 0.001-15% by weight of the polymer.
Priority Claims (1)
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Parent Case Info
This is a continuation of application Ser. No. 07/720,535, filed Jun. 19, 1991 now abandoned.
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