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US 2010/0301059 A1Published application
Thermoformed Article with High Stiffness and Good Optics
AssigneeDow Global Technologies LLC
InventorsJohn Kaarto, Linfeng Chen, Tak W. Leung
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Abstract
Disclosed are thermoformed articles composed of propylene homopolymer containing a substituted phenylene aromatic diester. The thermoformed articles have high stiffness, good compression strength, excellent processability, and excellent optics.
Claims20
A thermoformed article comprising:
- a propylene homopolymer comprising a substituted phenylene aromatic diester;
- the thermoformed article having a haze value from about 1% to about 10% as measured in accordance with ASTM D 1003.
A thermoformed cup comprising:
- a sidewall composed of a propylene homopolymer comprising a substituted phenylene aromatic diester and having a thickness from about 5 mils to about 15 mils;
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- the sidewall having a haze value from about 1% to about 10% as measured in accordance with ASTM D 1003.
A thermoformed cup comprising:
- a sidewall comprising a nucleated propylene homopolymer comprising a substituted phenylene aromatic diester.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.