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US 2002/0161120 A1Published application
Process aid for melt processable polymers
AssigneeDuPont Dow Elastomers L.L.C.
InventorsGeorge R. Chapman, Steven R. Oriani
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Abstract
Extrusion processability of non-fluorinated melt-processable polymers is improved by introducing a fluoropolymer process aid by means whereby the weight average particle size of the fluoropolymer is greater than 2 microns as it reaches the extruder die entrance.
Claims48
An extrudable composition for passing through a die, said composition comprising:
- A) a non-fluorinated melt processable polymer;
- and
- B) 25 to 2000 parts per million by weight, based on total weight of the extrudable composition, of fluoropolymer, said fluoropolymer having a weight average particle size greater than 2 microns and less than 10 microns, as measured at a point immediately preceding the die;
- and wherein said composition is substantially free of interfacial agent.
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An extrudable composition for passing through a die, said composition comprising:
- A) a non-fluorinated melt processable polymer;
- B) 25 to 2000 parts per million by weight, based on total weight of the extrudable composition, of a fluoropolymer, said fluoropolymer having a weight average particle size greater than 2 microns and less than 10 microns, as measured at a point immediately preceding the die;
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- C) at least an effective amount of interfacial agent to achieve a fluoropolymer weight average particle size greater than 2 microns and less than 10 microns as measured at a point immediately preceding the die, but no more than a 5:1 weight ratio of interfacial agent to fluoropolymer.
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A process aid masterbatch comprising:
- A) a non-fluorinated melt processable polymer;
- B) 1 to 50 weight percent, based on total weight of the masterbatch, of fluoropolymer;
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- C) at least an effective amount, to improve processability, of interfacial agent, but no more than a 5:1 weight ratio of interfacial agent to fluoropolymer, with the proviso that if the interfacial agent is a poly(oxyalkylene) polymer, it is present at less than a 1:1 weight ratio of poly(oxyalkylene) polymer to fluoropolymer.
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A composition comprising a) fluoropolymer and b) polycaprolactone.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.