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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 17, 2019
Filed:
May. 09, 2016
Fina Technology, Inc., Houston, TX (US);
Michael McLeod, Houston, TX (US);
Mahesh Patkar, Houston, TX (US);
Jon Tippet, League City, TX (US);
Russell McDonald, Humble, TX (US);
FINA TECHNOLOGY, INC., Houston, TX (US);
Abstract
A method of forming a thermoformed article may include melt extruding polyethylene to form an extruded sheet. The rheological breadth parameter of the polyethylene may change by no more than about 5% after extrusion relative to the rheological breadth parameter of the polyethylene prior to extrusion. The extruded sheet may be thermoformed within a mold to form the thermoformed article. During thermoforming, the extruded sheet may be subjected to solid-state stretching in one or more directions. The thermoformed article may be retrieved from the mold. The polyethylene may have a rheological breadth parameter of from 0.20 to 0.40, a multimodal molecular weight distribution, a polydispersity (Mw/Mn) of from 5 to 18, a density ranging from 0.940 to 0.970 g/cc, may exhibit tensile strain-hardening, or combinations thereof.