Dual chlorine/carboxyl cure sites

The dual chlorine/carboxyl cure sites have the capability of using a very wide variety of cure systems and wUl produce compounds with excellent heat resistance... 

New efficient vulcanization systems have been introduced in the market based on quaternary ammonium salts initially developed in Italy (29—33) and later adopted in Japan (34) to vulcanize epoxy/carboxyl cure sites. They have been found effective in chlorine containing ACM dual cure site with carboxyl monomer (43). This accelerator system together with a retarder (or scorch inhibitor) based on stearic acid (43) and/or guanidine (29—33) can eliminate post-curing. More recently (47,48), in the United States a proprietary vulcanization package based on zinc diethyldithiocarbamate [14324-55-1]... 

In order to enhance the reactivity of the chlorine atom, a second reactive monomer can be adopted giving dual cure sites. According to the Hterature, the second monomer can contain carboxyl (22—24), cyanoalkyl (25), hydroxypropyl (26), or epoxy groups (27,28). 

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