摘要:
Improvements in the treatment of wells that penetrate subterranean formations are accomplished through the use of a polymer solution which includes a neutralized ionomeric polymer dissolved in an organic solvent and a polar cosolvent. The polymer has a backbone that is substantially soluble in the organic solvent and pendant ionomeric groups that are substantially insoluble in the organic solvent. The polar cosolvent solubilizes the pendant ionomeric groups such that the polymer solution upon introduction into the well has a viscosity less than about 20,000 centipoises and upon mixing with water the polar cosolvent is taken up by the water causing the polymer to aggregate and increase in viscosity sufficient to form a plug. The polymer solution may be used in well drilling operations, well completion operations, and secondary recovery operations.
摘要:
The present invention relates to a process for forming a polymeric solution or gel having a viscosity of at least about 50,000 cps which includes the steps forming a solvent system of an organic liquid and a polar cosolvent, the polar cosolvent being less than about 15 wt. % of the solvent system, a viscosity of the solvent system being less than about 1000 cps; dissolving a neutralized sulfonated polymer in the solvent system to form a solution, a concentration of the neutralized sulfonated polymer in the solution being about 0.1 to about 20 wt. %, a viscosity of the solution being less than about 20,000 cps; and adding about 5 to about 500 vol. % water to the solution having viscosity less than about 20,000 cps, the water being immiscible with the solution and the polar cosolvent transferring from the solution phase to the water phase thereby causing the viscosity of said solution to increase from less than 20,000 cps to greater than 50,000 cps.
摘要:
This invention relates to a process for the formation of a neutralized sulfonated polymer having about 10 to about 60 meq. sulfonate groups, wherein the sulfonate groups are neutralized with a zinc counterion. A cement of a polymer having olefinic functional groups and a non-reactive solvent is contacted with a sulfonated agent such as an acyl sulfate. The sulfonated polymer is then neutralized with a solution of zinc acetate dissolved in a solvent system of methanol alone or methanol and water, wherein the volume percent of methanol based on non-reactive solvent is less than about 10. A carboxylic acid can be then added to the cement of the neutralized sulfonated polymer thereby forming a zinc salt of the carboxylic acid in situ, wherein the zinc salt of the carboxylic acid is a preferential plasticizer for the zinc sulfonate groups. The Brookfield viscosity at 0.6 rpm at room temperature of the cement of the zinc neutralized sulfonated polymer is less than about 50,000 cps.
摘要:
This invention relates to improved polymeric compositions of metal, amine and ammonium neutralized sulfonated polymers which are preferentially plasticized with an N-substituted organic carbamate at a minimum critical concentration level of at least 1 part by weight based on 100 parts by weight of the neutralized polymer, wherein N-substituted organic carbamate has the general formula selected from the group of: ##STR1## wherein R.sub.1, and R.sub.2 are normal or branched chain alkyl, cycloalkyl, aryl, alkaryl, or arylalkyl groups such as ethyl, butyl, octadecyl, behenyl, phenyl, benzyl, and dodecylphenyl and R.sub.4 and R.sub.6 and either R.sub.1 or R.sub.2 must be a long chain, preferably linear, saturated group containing from about 10 to about 50 carbon atoms and R.sub.3 and R.sub.5 are di, tri, or tetrafunctional aliphatic, cycloaliphatic, aryl or alkaryl groups and m is 2, 3, or 4 and n is 2, 3 or 4.
摘要:
This invention relates to plasticized metal neutralized sulfonated EPDM terpolymers having at least 65 wt. % of ethylene in the backbone of the EPDM terpolymer and extended compositions of these metal neutralized sulfonated EPDM terpolymers having 100 parts of a neutralized sulfonated EPDM terpolymer; less than about 100 parts per hundred of a non-polar process oil; less than about 300 parts per hundred of a filler; and a preferential plasticizer at about less than 60 parts per hundred based on 100 parts of the sulfonated elastomeric polymer. These compositions can be readily processed due to their superior rheological properties on conventional plastic fabrication equipment, especially on low pressure injection molding and extrusion equipment into elastomeric articles having improved physical properties.
摘要:
The present invention relates to a process for forming a polymeric solution or gel having a viscosity of at least about 50,000 cps which includes the steps of dissolving an unneutralized or neutralized sulfonated polymer in a solvent to form a solution, a concentration of the unneutralized or neutralized sulfonated polymer in the solution being about 0.1 to about 20 wt. %, a viscosity of the solution being less than about 20,000 cps; and adding about 5 to about 500 vol. % water to the solution having a viscosity less than about 20,000 cps, the water being immiscible with the solvent and the solution, the viscosity of said solution increasing rapidly upon the addition of said water from less than 20,000 cps to greater than 50,000 cps.
摘要:
This invention relates to elastomeric blend compositions of a neutralized sulfonated elastomeric polymer. The compositions include a major portion of a sulfonated elastomeric polymer and a minor proportion of a non-polar wax, wherein the resultant composition has both improved physical and rheological properties.
摘要:
This invention relates to a process for first preparing a free flowing finely divided powder of a neutralized sulfonated elastomer and subsequently and optionally admixing said formed powder with other agents such as fillers and oils thereby providing free flowing powders capable of being subsequently fabricated into tough elastomeric objects. The neutralized sulfonated elastomeric polymer can be converted into a free flowing finely divided powder which does not agglomerate or cold flow under ambient conditions by a variety of processes, preferably by a grinding process conducted at low temperatures. The formed powder of the neutralized sulfonated elastomeric polymer is blended with at least one chemical additive into a homogeneous mixture, wherein the chemical additive is selected from the group including fillers, polyolefinic thermoplastics, non-polar backbone process oils, lubricants or a metallic oxide and mixtures thereof. The homogeneous mixture is formed into a finished elastomeric article by conventional fabrication.
摘要:
This invention relates to an improved elastomeric composition of metal neutralized sulfonated polymers which are plasticized with a preferential plasticizer at a concentration level of at least 1 part by weight based on 100 parts by weight of the metal neutralized EPDM terpolymer, wherein the preferential plasticizer is a metal rosin salt. The resultant compositions have improved physical properties and can be processed on conventional plastic fabrication equipment.
摘要:
A process for fabricating a plastic, which plastic is either a thermoplastic ionomer or a multiphase graft or block copolymer of the ABA, ##STR1## or (AB).sub.n wherein n is greater than 1 and wherein the polymer blocks (A and B) are thermoplastic, incompatible with one another, and have different softening points, both softening points being substantially above room temperature when using the latter class of polymers. The material is first heated to a temperature above both softening points and formed into any desired shape, then cooled and re-formed into a new desired shape at a temperature between that of the softening points of the two blocks and finally cooled to a temperature below both softening points thereby retaining the shape last achieved. When using thermoplastic ionomers the process is similar. The material is heated above the softening point of the thermoplastic backbone and plasticizers are employed to disrupt the ionic domains. The process may be readily employed to prepare containers, bottles, or rigid foams and the like which may be shipped as compact materials and re-formed for actual use by simply reheating, etc.