Low density polyethylene film
AssigneeMobil Oil Corporation
InventorsPeter J. Canterino, Craig E. Allen
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Abstract
There is disclosed herein a uniaxially oriented plastic film material having improved strength and clarity in the direction of orientation with unexpected improvement in strength in the transverse (unoriented) direction. Preferred film materials of homopolymers and copolymers of ethylene having a density of 0.915 to 0.935 g/cm.sup.3.
Claims4
A uniaxially oriented thermoplastic film having improved film strength in the direction transverse to the direction of orientation, said film comprising low density polyethylene which has been stretched in a single direction at a temperature below its crystalline melting point, said low density polyethylene film being characterized by a density, prior to stretching, of within the approximate range of 0.915 g/cm.sup.3 to 0.935 g/cm.sup.3.
A uniaxially oriented thermoplastic film having improved film strength in the direction transverse to the direction of orientation, said film comprising an ethylene-containing polymer wherein the proportion attributable to ethylene comprises at least 80% by weight of said polymer, said film being further characterized by a density, prior to stretching, of within the approximate range of 0.915 g/cm.sup.3 to 0.935 g/cm.sup.3.
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