Compositions containing diorganopolysiloxanes

Claim 2

A composition containing a diorganopolysiloxane and a copolymer derived from monomers consisting of at least ethylene and vinyl acetate in which the copolymer consists of from 30 to 40 percent by weight of units derived from ethylene, from 56.5 to 70 percent by weight of units derived from vinyl acetate and from 0 to 3.5 percent by weight of units derived from a monomer other than ethylene and vinyl acetate which is capable of being polymerized in the presence of a free radical initiator, said copolymer is prepared in the presence of the diorganopolysiloxane and is present in the composition in an amount of from 65 to 85 percent by weight based on the weight of the copolymer and the diorganopolysiloxane.

Claim 3

The composition of claim 1, wherein the diorganopolysiloxane is represented by the formula: Z.sub.n SiR.sub.3-n O(SiR.sub.2 O).sub.x SiR.sub.3-n Z.sub.n in which R is selected from the class consisting of monovalent hydrocarbon radicals, halogenated monovalent hydrocarbon radicals and cyanoalkyl radicals, Z is selected from the class consisting of hydroxyl groups, hydrolyzable groups and hydrolyzable atoms, n is 0, 1, 2 or 3 and x is 0 or an integer of at least 1.

Claim 4

The composition of claim 2, wherein Z represents a hydrolyzable group.

Claim 5

The composition of claim 3, wherein Z is selected from the class consisting of acyloxy, hydrocarbonoxy, substituted hydrocarbonoxy, hydrocarbonoxy-hydrocarbonoxy, aminoxy, amino, acylamino, oxime and phosphate groups.

Claim 6

The composition of claim 2 wherein Z represents hydroxyl groups.

Claim 7

The composition of claim 2 wherein one of the R radicals on each of the terminal silicon atoms is a vinyl group and n is 0.

Claim 8

A room temperature curable composition which is stored under anhydrous conditions and when exposed to atmospheric moisture cures to an elastomeric solid comprising the composition of claim 5 and further contains a silicon compound having at least three hydrolyzable groups per molecule.

Claim 9

The composition of claim 7, wherein the composition contains a condensation catalyst.

Claim 10

A room temperature curable composition comprising the composition of claim 5 and a crosslinking agent selected from the class consisting of silanes of the formula R.sub.n' Si(OZ').sub.4-n' and siloxanes, said siloxanes are liquid at room temperature and contain at least three SiOZ' groups and the remaining silicon atoms on the siloxanes which are not linked to siloxane oxygen atoms, OZ' groups or hydrogen atoms are satisified by R groups and a condensation catalyst, in which R is selected from the class consisting of monovalent hydrocarbon radicals, halogenated monovalent hydrocarbon radicals and cyanoalkyl radicals, Z' is selected from the class consisting of a hydrocarbon radical and a hydrocarbon radical containing an ether oxygen atom and n' is 0 or 1.

Claim 11

A curable composition comprising the composition of claim 6 and an organopolysiloxane which contains at least three Si-bonded hydrogen atoms per molecule and a catalyst which promotes the addition of Si-bonded hydrogen to the vinyl groups.

Claim 12

The composition of claim 10, wherein the organopolysiloxane containing at least three Si-bonded hydrogen atoms per molecule is present in an amount of from 0.5 to 20 percent by weight based on the weight of the organopolysiloxanes.

Claim 13

A process for preparing the composition of claim 1 which comprises polymerizing at a temperature of from 30° to 70° C., at least two monomers having aliphatic unsaturation consisting of ethylene and vinyl acetate in the presence of a diorganopolysiloxane and free radical initiators, in which vinyl acetate is present in an amount of from 55 to 75 percent by weight based on the weight of vinyl acetate and diorganopolysiloxane and the total volume of vinyl acetate and diorganopolysiloxane does not exceed 60 percent of the volume of the polymerization device and the ethylene is present at a pressure of from 40 to 70 bar.

Claim 14

The process of claim 12, wherein monomers other than ethylene and vinyl acetate which are capable of being polymerized in the presence of free radical initiators are present in an amount of up to 5 percent by weight based on the weight of the vinyl acetate.