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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 01, 1986
Filed:
Apr. 09, 1984
Ralph C Golike, Wilmington, DE (US);
E. I. Du Pont de Nemours and Company, Wilmington, DE (US);
Abstract
A shrink film having high optical clarity, good shrink properties, and good mechanical properties is obtained by stretching biaxially, without prior crosslinking, a film made of a copolymer of ethylene with at least one C.sub.8 -C.sub.18 .alpha.-olefin, which copolymer has two distinct crystallite melting points below 128.degree. C., the difference between these melting points being at least 10.degree. C., and stretching being carried at a temperature within the range defined by these melting points. The above copolymer may be blended with a homopolymer of an .alpha.-olefin or copolymer with another .alpha.-olefin or another ethylenically unsaturated comonomer, which may constitute up to about 95 weight % of the blend. The shrink film of this invention is particularly suitable for wrapping consumer goods which have to maintain good sales appeal.