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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 16, 1993
Filed:
Oct. 01, 1991
Applicant:
Inventors:
John R Fisher, Hockessin, DE (US);
Jerald R Harrell, Wilmington, DE (US);
Wolfgang Honsberg, Wilmington, DE (US);
John W Paul, Beaumont, TX (US);
Assignee:
E. I. Du Pont de Nemours and Company, Wilmington, DE (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
C08F / ; C08F / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
525387 ; 522100 ; 522102 ; 5253295 ; 5253297 ; 5253301 ; 5253303 ; 5253337 ; 526329 ; 5263297 ; 526348 ; 5263488 ; 526491 ;
Abstract
The viscosity of copolymers of a) ethylene and C.sub.1 -C.sub.8 acrylate or methacrylates or b) ethylene, vinyl esters of C.sub.1 -C.sub.4 carboxylic acids, and another comonomer selected from the group consisting of carbon monoxide, acrylic acid, methacrylic acid, or a glycidyl ester of acrylic or methacrylic acid is increased, while maintaining gel content at a level of less than 3%, by treatment with a free radical generating agent.