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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 30, 2020
Filed:
Feb. 22, 2017
Dow Global Technologies Llc, Midland, MI (US);
Jian Wang, Sugar Land, TX (US);
Mridula Kapur, Lake Jackson, TX (US);
Mehmet Demirors, Pearland, TX (US);
Douglas S. Ginger, Houston, TX (US);
Philip P. Fontaine, Pearland, TX (US);
Amaia Bastero, Tarragona, ES;
David Lopez, Tarragona, ES;
Dow Global Technologies LLC, Midland, MI (US);
Abstract
An ethylene/alpha-olefin copolymer composition having a density from 0.935 to 0.955 g/cc; a ratio of weight average molecular weight to number average molecular weight, Mw/Mn, of from 3 to 10; a z-average molecular weight, Mz, from 200 kg/mol to 500 kg/mol; and a PENT value of greater than 500 hours at 80° C. and 2.4 MPa; wherein when the composition is formed into a monolayer pipe the pipe has a pipe hydrostatic strength of greater than 100 hours at 20° C. and 12.0 MPa. Also provided is a pipe or pipe fitting comprising the ethylene/alpha-olefin copolymer composition.