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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 04, 1994
Filed:
Jan. 11, 1993
Applicant:
Inventor:
Richard J Powell, Orange, TX (US);
Assignee:
E. I. Du Pont de Nemours and Company, Wilmington, DE (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
C08F / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
528483 ; 528499 ;
Abstract
The viscosity stability of a copolymer of ethylene with at least one comonomer which is an ethylenically unsaturated carboxylic acid is improved by exposing the isolated copolymer to moisture for a sufficient period to cause the copolymer to retain at least 20 weight percent more water than it would retain if it were purged with air or nitrogen heated to a temperature at least 5.degree. C. above ambient, which air or nitrogen has not been humidified after it has been heated to such temperature.