qualities of dispersion also it is well known in the prior art that the creation of thermoplastic olefins u201c tpo u201d and thermoplastic elastomers u201c tpe u201d compounds from virgin rubber requires both mastication and intensive mixing the dlc of the preferred embodiment exhibits the unexpected and unanticipated characteristic of a substantially reduced coefficient of friction in a plastic production machine or plastic compounding extruder this reduced coefficient of friction allows the dlc to be employed not only as a viscoelastic modifier with asphalt and various thermoplastics such as but not limited to polyolefins acrylonitrile butadiene styrene u201c abs u201d nylon and polyethylene terephthalate u201c pet u201d but also surprisingly as a processing aid and carrying agent in practice the dlc may be employed either i a dry liquid blend directly fed to for example a plastic injection mold machine or a plastic sheet extruder or ii in compound form the dlc may also be formed into compounds with various plastics by using a traditional thermoplastic compounding extruder to employ the dlc as a carrying agent or processing aid the preferred method is to combine tall oil agents with various additives modifiers such as but not limited to antifogging agents coupling agents antistatic agents odorants deodorants colorants antioxidants fire retardants and plasticizers examples of such additives and their function being 1 specific fatty acid esters for antifogging characteristic changing the dlc from hygroscopic to hydrophobic 2 coupling agents such as silanes and titanates to further enhance the bonding properties of the dlc with parent plastics 3 hindered phenolics such as butylated hydroxytoluene bht and thiobisphenolics to enhance antioxidation other useful antioxidants include aromatic amines and thioesters 4 antistatic.