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US 7,803,861 B1Granted
Method for forming a highly neutralized polymer
AssigneeCallaway Golf Company
InventorMark L. Binette
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Abstract
A method for forming highly neutralized polymers for use in games balls and the like is disclosed herein. The method includes mixing oleic acid with a predetermined amount of magnesium oxide which is greater than the amount necessary to fully neutralize the oleic acid. The over-neutralized oleic acid particulate is mixed with an acid copolymer compound to form a highly neutralized polymer.
Claims2
A method for forming a highly neutralized polymer, the method comprising:
- reacting a predetermined amount of magnesium hydroxide with a predetermined amount of an oleic acid to form an magnesium oleate compound, wherein the predetermined amount of the magnesium oxide is greater than the amount necessary to fully neutralize the oleic acid;
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- reacting a 50 parts of an ethylene acrylic acid, 50 parts of a plastomer, 76 parts of the of the magnesium oleate compound, and 1.2 parts of magnesium hydroxide to form a highly neutralized polymer.
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