| abstract |
The present invention is a hydrogenated block copolymer comprising at least two distinct blocks of hydrogenated vinyl aromatic polymer, and at least one block of hydrogenated conjugated diene polymer, characterized by: a) a total number average molecular weight (Mnt) of from 30,000 to 120,000, wherein each hydrogenated vinyl aromatic polymer block (A) has a Mna of from 5,000 to 50,000 and the hydrogenated conjugated diene polymer block (B) has a Mnb of from 4,000 to 110,000; and b) a hydrogenation level such that each hydrogenated vinyl aromatic polymer block has a hydrogenation level of greater than 90 percent and the hydrogenated conjugated diene polymer block has a hydrogenation level of greater than 95 percent. |