3m Innovative Properties Company

Karl D Weilandt

Klaus Hintzer

Tilman C Zipplies

Harald Kaspar

Denis Duchesne

Kai Helmut Lochhaas

Jens Schrooten

Tatsuo Fukushi

Michael H Mitchell

Peter J Scott

Helmut Traunspurger

Larry A Last

Mark W Muggli

Lisa P Chen

Allen M Sohlo

Per Miles Nelson

Jerald K Rasmussen

Chetan P Jariwala

Werner M A Grootaert

Clinton P Waller, Jr

Markus E Hirschberg

Herbert Koenigsmann

Claude Lavallée

Michael J Sierakowski

Dale E Hutchens

John J Schmidt

Shireen A Mamun

Claude LAVALLÉE

A composition includes a thermoplastic fluoropolymer having vinylidene fluoride units in an amount of at least 30 mole percent and tetrafluoroethylene units in an amount of at least 5 mole percent. The thermoplastic fluoropolymer is free of hexafluoropropylene units or comprises less than 5 mole percent hexafluoropropylene units. The composition further includes at least one of a non-fluorinated, thermoplastic polymer as a major component of the composition or a polymer processing additive synergist. A method of reducing melt defects during the extrusion of a polymer is also provided. Use of the thermoplastic fluoropolymer as a polymer processing additive is also provided.

Compositions including copolymers of vinylidene fluoride and tetrafluoroethylene and methods of using the same

There is provided a curable composition comprising a fluorinated block copolymer having (a) at least one A block, wherein the A block is a semi-crystalline segment comprising repeating divalent monomeric units derived from at least a fluorinated monomer; and (b) at least one B block, wherein the B block is a segment comprising repeating divalent monomeric units that comprises at least a fluorinated monomer and a nitrile-containing cure-site monomer.

Fluorinated block copolymers derived from nitrile cure-site monomers

Described herein is a millable fluorinated block copolymer having (a) at least one A block, wherein the A block is a semi-crystalline segment comprising repeating divalent monomeric units derived from at least TFE, HFP and VDF; (b) at least one B block, wherein the B block is a segment comprising repeating divalent monomeric units derived from at least HFP and VDF; and (c) a bisolefin monomer, wherein at least (i) the semi-crystalline segment of the A block comprises repeating divalent monomeric units derived from TFE, HFP, VDF, and the bisolefin monomer, (ii) the segment of the B block comprises repeating divalent monomeric units derived from HFP, VDF, and the bisolefin monomer, or (iii) a combination thereof; and wherein the millable fluorinated block copolymer has a modulus of 0.1 to 2.5 MPa at 100&#xb0; C.

Fluorinated block copolymers

A copolymer having tetrafluoroethylene units and second polymerized monomer units in a range from 0.2 to 1 percent by weight, based on the total weight of the copolymer. Rf is a linear or branched perfluoroalkyl group having from 1 to 8 carbon atoms and optionally interrupted by one or more &#x2014;O&#x2014; groups, n is independently from 1 to 6, and z is 0, 1, or 2. The copolymer has a melt flow index in a range from 0.02 grams per 10 minutes to 19.4 grams per 10 minutes. The copolymer can be extruded to make articles, such as insulated cables. A method of making the copolymer is also disclosed.

Tetrafluoroethylene and perfluorinated allyl ether copolymers

A coalescing element for aggregating droplets of an emulsion. The coalescing element includes a nonwoven web substrate. A coalescer that includes the coalescing element can also include a housing and a fluid inlet and a fluid outlet each in fluid communication with the coalescing element. The coalescing element and coalescer may be useful for emulsions that form in solvent extraction/electrowinning copper processing and for other emulsions.

Coalescing elements in copper production

A copolymer having tetrafluoroethylene units, hexafluoropropylene units, and units independently represented by formula in a range from 0.02 to 2 mole percent, based on the total amount of the copolymer. Rf is a linear or branched perfluoroalkyl group having from 1 to 8 carbon atoms and optionally interrupted by one or more &#x2014;O&#x2014; groups, n is from 1 to 6, and m is 0 or 1. The copolymer has a melt flow index in a range from 25 grams per 10 minutes to 35 grams per 10 minutes and has up to 50 unstable end groups per 10carbon atoms. The copolymer can be extruded to make articles, such as insulated cables. A method of making the copolymer is also disclosed. 

Tetrafluoroethylene/hexafluoropropylene copolymers including perfluoroalkoxyalkyl pendant groups and methods of making and using the same

Provided are methods for removing a perfluorinated alkanoic acid from solutions containing the perfluorinated alkanoic acid and a fluorinated alkoxy acid. These methods include contacting the first solution with an anion-exchange resin to produce a second solution and a resultant anion-exchange resin having perfluorinated alkanoic acid adsorbed thereto, wherein the perfluorinated alkanoic acid is present in the first solution at a first concentration and is present in the second solution at a second concentration which is lower than the first concentration, and separating the second solution from the resultant anion-exchange resin.

Method for removing perfluorinated alkanoic acids

A copolymer having tetrafluoroethylene units, hexafluoropropylene units, and units independently represented by formula in a range from 0.02 to 2 mole percent, based on the total amount of the copolymer. Rf is a linear or branched perfluoroalkyl group having from 1 to 8 carbon atoms and optionally interrupted by one or more &#x2014;O&#x2014; groups, z is 1 or 2, each n is independently from 1 to 6, and m is 0 or 1. The copolymer has a melt flow index in a range from 25 grams per 10 minutes to 35 grams per 10 minutes and has a combined number of unstable end groups and &#x2014;CFH end groups in a range from 25 per 10carbon atoms up to 120 per 10carbon atoms. The copolymer can be extruded to make articles, such as insulated cables. A method of making the copolymer is also disclosed. 

Tetrafluoroethylene/hexafluoropropylene copolymers including perfluoroalkoxyalkyl pendant groups

Described herein is a millable fluorinated block copolymer having at least one A block and at least one B block, wherein the A block is a semi-crystalline segment comprising repeating divalent monomeric units derived from TFE, HFP and VDF; and the B block is a segment comprising repeating dilvalent monomeric units derived from HFP and VDF; and wherein the millable fluorinated block copolymer has a modulus of 0.1 to 2.5 MPa at 100&#xb0; C.

Described herein is a composition comprising (i) a hydrofluorothermoplastic polymer, wherein the hydrofluorothermoplastic polymer is derived from: (a) 50-85 mol % tetrafluoroethene; (b) 2-15 mol % hexafluoropropene; (c) 10-35 mol % vinylidene fluoride; and (d) 0.1 to 5 mol % of a bromine-containing monomer; and (ii) a perhalogenated thermoplastic polymer. Such compositions can be used in multilayer constructions in, for example, fuel hose applications.

Fluorothermoplastic polymer compositions

Described herein is a composition comprising a fluorothermoplastic polymer, wherein the fluorothermoplastic polymer is derived from: (a) 60-85 mol % tetrafluoroethene; (b) 2-12 mol % hexafluoropropene; (c) 10-30 mol % vinylidene fluoride; (d) 0.2 to 5 mol % of a bromine-containing monomer. Such compositions can be used in multilayer constructions in, for example, fuel hose applications.

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