ABSTRACT

Thermoplastic elastomers are characterized by the presence of thermoreversible interactions among the polymeric chains.

The crosslinked olefinic thermoplastic elastomers (CTPO) are processable by the same technologies used for the ther moplastics and show good elastic properties.

The morphologic structure in which the crosslinked rubber particles appear homogeneously and finely dispersed within the polypropylenic matrix has been investigated.