Abstract:
1. THE PREPARATION OF A GELLED HYDROCARBON PRODUCT WHICH COMPRISES DISSOLVING IN A NORMALLY LIQUID HYDROCARBON 1-10% BY WEIGHT OF SAID LIQUID HYDROCARBON, OF A SYNTHETIC HYDROCARBON ELASTOMER, HAVING AN APPRECIABLE DEGREE OF UNSATURATION, SOLUBLE THEREIN , ADDING TO THE SOLUTION THUS OBTAINED A CATALYST EFFECTIVE TO CAUSE REACTION BETWEEN AN OLEFINIC COMPOUND AND SULFUR DIOXIDE IN A PROPORTION EFFECTIVE TO CAUSE REACTION, THEN ADDING 0.520% BY WEIGHT, OF SAID ELASTOMER, OF SULFUR DIOXIDE TO THE RESULTING MASS AND THEN ALLOWING THE MASS TO REACT AND TO STAND UNTIL GEL FORMATION OCCURS, TH SAID ELASTOMER BEING SELECTED FROM THE GROUP CONSISTING OF A HOMOPOLYMER OF A CONJUGATED DIENE AND COPOLYMERS OF A CONJUGATED DIENE WITH AT LEAST ONE OF STYRENE, ALKYL-SUBSTITUTED STYRENES, METHYL ACRYLATE, METHYL METHACRYLATE, METHYL VINYL KETONE, ACRLONITRILE, METHACRYLONITRILE. 24. A GELLED HYDROCARBON COMPOSITION CONTAINING A NORMALLY LIQUID HYDROCARBON AND A SMALL PROPORTION OF A SYNTHETIC ELASTOMER HAVING AN APPRICIABLE DEGREE OF UNSATURATION THEREIN,A CATALYTIC PROPORTION OF A CATATYST EFFECTIVE TO CAUSE A REACTION BETWEEN AN OLEFINIC COMPOUND AND SULFUR DIOXIDE, AND SULFUR DIOXIDE, AT LEAST A PORTION OF SAID HYDROCARBON, SULFUR DIOXIDE, SYNTHETIC ELASTOMER AND CATALYST BEING PRESENT AS A REACTION PRODUCT OF SAID SULFUR DIOXIDE AND SAID SYNTHETIC ELASTOMER IS SAID HYDROCARBON AND AT LEAST A PORTION OF THE SAID HYDROCARBON, ELASTOMER AND SULFUR DIOXIDE BEING PRESENT IN SAID COMPOSITION IN A PHYSICAL GEL STRUCTURE; THE SAID ELASTOMER BEING SELECTEDD FROM THE GROUP CONSISTING OF A HOMOPOLYMER OF A CONJUGATED DIENE AND COPOLYMERS OF A CONJUGATED DIENE WITH AT LEAST ONE OF STYRENE, ALKYL-SUBSTITUTED STYRENES, METHYL ACRYLATE, METHYL METHACRYLATE, METHYL VINYL KETONE, ACRYLONITRILE, METHACRYLONITRILE.