Phillips Petroleum Company

Chevron Phillips Chemical Company LP

Joseph R Harder

David R Battiste

William R Coutant

Mark K Russell

James E Keesling

James L Rakes

The whiteness and stability of a polyolefin have been found to be improved upon addition of a first phosphite, an arylalkyl diphosphite, and a second phosphite selected from a second arylalkyl disphosphite or a triarylphosphite. In addition, the addition of a triarylphosphite with an arylalkyl disphoshite has been found to improve the hygroscopic nature and the hydrolytic stability of the arylalkyl disphosphite.

Phosphite additives in polyolefins

The whiteness and stability of a polyolefin have been found to be improved upon addition of a first phosphite, an arylalkyl diphosphite, and a second phosphite selected from the group consisting of a second arylalkyl diphosphite and a triarylphosphite. In addition, the addition of a triarylphosphite with an arylalkyl diphosphite has as been found to improve the hygroscopic nature and the hydrolytic stability of the arylalkyl diphosphite.

A method and apparatus for continuously cooling a thermoplastic shape having two open sides in which the thermoplastic shape, in its at least partially molten state, is extruded and/or drawn along an elongated form having a contour complimentary to the contour of one side of the two open sides and, simultaneously with moving the thermoplastic shape, at least partially cooling the thermoplastic shape by cooling the form with a liquid cooling medium and drawing a vacuum, on the previously mentioned one side of the two open sides of the thermoplastic shape, through the form.

Method and apparatus for extruding thermoplastic shape

A sheet of a crosslinkable polymer of ethylene having a melt index of at least 1.5 is supported by a sheet of a polymer having a melt index of 0.9 or less. The support sheet provides support for the sheet of the crosslinkable polymer of ethylene during a thermoforming operation.

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Bartlesville, OK, United States of America

Joseph R Harder