| abstract |
A liquid polymer which is rapidly curable, at room temperature, to a solid hydrolytically stable elastomer having high tensile and tear strengths, said liquid polymer having the formula: ##STR1## wherein R is a liquid polymeric backbone selected from the group consisting of polyether and polythioether, said backbone having a number average molecular weight of at least 1,500 and having no carboxyl or hydroxyl groups; R 1 is lower alkyl, R 2 is lower alkyl, R 3 is a divalent organic radical having no sulfur atoms, R 4 is alkylene of from 3 to 6 carbon atoms, and which separates the oxygen atom from X by at least 3 carbon atoms, X is sulfur or --S--R 5 --S-- wherein R 5 is alkylene having from 2 to 12 carbon atoms, alkylene thioether of from 4 to 12 carbon atoms or hydrocarbon ether of from 4 to 20 carbon atoms, p is 2 to 4, m is 1 to 3, n is 0 to 2 and the sum of m and n is 3. There is also disclosed a method for curing such liquid polymers. |