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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 14, 1991
Filed:
May. 12, 1988
Applicant:
Inventors:
Duane S Treybig, Lake Jackson, TX (US);
Wendy D Harris, Angleton, TX (US);
Christopher J Thomas, Lake Jackson, TX (US);
Assignee:
The Dow Chemical Company, Midland, MI (US);
Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B29D / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
428 341 ; 428220 ; 428500 ; 2643281 ;
Abstract
Improved injection-molded LLDPE articles, especially those having a wall thickness in the range of about 0.15 mm to as much as 1.5 mm, are prepared using an LLDPE containing a sufficient amount of at least one C.sub.5 -C.sub.12 1-alkene copolymerized with the ethylene to provide a density in the range of 0.91 to 0.945 g/cc, a melt flwo rate in the range of 60 to 200 g/10 minutes, and an I.sub.10 /I.sub.2 ratio of 7.2 to about 18. Articles such as lids and containers are prepared having improved properties.