Activator system for synthetic rubber polymerization

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THE LOW TERPERATURE POLYMERIZATION OF AN AQUEOUS EMULSION SYSTEM CONTAINING 100 PARTS POLYMERIZABLE SYNTHETIC RUBBER-FORMING MONOMERS SELECTED FROM THE GROUP CONSISTING OF CONJUGATED BUTADIENE-1,3 HYDROCARBONS AND MIXTURES OF SAID HYDROCARBONS WITH COMPOUNDS WHICH CONTAIN SINGLE CH2=C< GROUP AND ARE COPOLY MERIZABLE WITH SAID HYDROCARBONS AND CONTAINING 0.02 TO 2.0 PARTS OF AN ORGANIC PEROXIDE CATALYST, FROM 1.0 TO 10.0 PARTS OF A MIXED FATTY ACID/ROSIN ACID EMULSIFIER, AND AN ACTIVATOR SELECTED FROM THE GROUP OF CONSISTUNG OF DISODIUM FERROUS ETHYLENEDIAMINE TETRAACETATE, MONOSODIUM FERRIC ETHYLENEDIAMINE TETRAACETATE, AND COMBINATIONS OF INORGANIC FERROUS AND FERRIC SALTS WITH A SEQUESTERING AGENT SELECTED FROM THE GROUP CONSISTING OF TETRASODIUM ETHYLENEDIAMINE TETRAACETATE, 90% TETRASODIUM ETHYLENEDIAMINE TETRAACETATE/10% DIHYDROXYETHYLGLYCINE, AND EQUIMOLAR MIXED TRISODIUM HYDROXYETHYLENEDIAMINE TRIAETATE/SODIUM GLUCONATE, SAID ACTIVATOR CONTAINING FROM 0.0002 RO 0.008 PART OF SEQUESTED IRON, AND, IN ADDITION, FROM 0.02 TO 2.0 PARTS OF MIXTURE CONSISTING OF 15 TO 70 MOLAL PERCENT SODIUM BENEZALDEHYDE SULFOXYLATE AND 85 TO 30 MOLAL PERCENT SODIUM FORMALDEHYDE SULFOXYLATE.