Inventors:
Robert A. Elefritz - Ordmond Beach FL
William M. Cole - Norton OH
Charles R. Johnson - Hot Springs Village AR
Assignee:
The Firestone Tire & Rubber Company - Akron OH
International Classification:
C08G 7904
Abstract:
Alkoxyphosphazene polymer is prepared in a homogeneous system by admixing chloropolymer dissolved in cyclohexane or a mix of cyclohexane and C. sub. 5 -C. sub. 7 alkane with alkali metal alkoxide dissolved in tetrahydrofuran, reacting, desalting the resulting reaction solution and concentrating by a first step involving admixing non-solvent which is cyclohexane (and/or C. sub. 5 -C. sub. 7 alkane if that is also present in the reaction solution) to cause coagulation thereby forming a higher viscosity rubber phase enriched in polymer and a lower viscosity liquid phase depleted in polymer and separating the rubber and liquid phases and a second step involving evaporating the residual solvent and non-solvent. The first concentrating step is preferably carried out utilizing an extruder.