Composition consisting of the reaction product of a linear synthetic polymer and a monocarbodiimide and process for crosslinking

Claim 1

THE COMPOSITION CONSISTING OF THE REACTION PRODUCT OF (1) A LINEAR SYNTHETIC POLYMER SELECTED FROM THE GROUP CONSISTING OF POLYACRYLIC ACID, POLYMETHACRYLIC ACID, PARTIALLY HYDROLYZED POLYACRYLONITRILE, AN INTERPOLYMER OF AN ACRYLATE ESTER AND ACRYLIC ACID, AN ACRYLATE ESTER AND MATHACRYLIC ACID, AN ACRYLATE ESTER AND ACRYLIC ACID AND METHACRYLIC ACID THE ALCOHOL MOIETIES OF SAID ACRYLATE ESTERS HAVING FROM 1 TO 12 CARBON ATOMS, AN INTERPOLYMER OF BUTADIENE AND METHACRYLIC ACID,BUTADIENE AND ACRYLIC ACID, BUTADIENE AND STYRENE AND METHACRYLIC ACID, BUTADIENE AND ACRYLONITRILE AND METHACRYLIC ACID, CHLOROPRENE AND ACRYLIC ACID, CHLOROPRENE AND METHACRYLIC ACID, BUTADIENE AND ACRYLONITRILE AND ETHYLENE SULFONIC ACID, AND POLY ALPHA-SULFONATED ACRYLIC ACID, SAID POLYMER CONTAINING AT LEAST 0.005 CHEMICAL EQUIVALENT BY WEIGHT OF ORGANIC ACID HYDROGEN FOR EACH 100 PARTS BY WEIGHT OF POLYMER SAID POLYMER HAVING A MOLECULAR WEIGHT GREATER THAN 500 AND (2) A MONOCARBODIIMIDE SELECTED FROM THE GROUP CONSISTING OF N,N''-DIISOCARBODIIMIDE, N,N''DIISOBUYLYCARBODIIMIDE, N,N''-DIISOAMYLCARBODIIMIDE, N,N''-DICYCLOHEXYLCARBODIIMIDE, N,N''DIPHENYLCARBODIIMIDE, N-PHENYL, N''-P-CHLOROPHENYLCARBODIIMIDE, AND N-ISOPROPYL, N''-P-DIMETHYLAMINOPHENYLCARBODIIMIDE.