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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 14, 1997
Filed:
Jun. 07, 1995
Philip Jacoby, Naperville, IL (US);
Charles W Bauer, Batavia, IL (US);
Scott R Clingman, Glen Ellyn, IL (US);
William T Tapp, Marietta, GA (US);
Amoco Corporation, Chicago, IL (US);
Abstract
Polyolefin resin compositions and oriented microporous films prepared from same comprising an ethylene-propylene block copolymer having an ethylene content of about 10 to about 50 wt %, a propylene homopolymer or random propylene copolymer having up to about 10 wt % of a comonomer of ethylene or an .alpha.-olefin of 4 to 8 carbon atoms, and components selected from a low molecular weight polypropylene, a beta-spherulite nucleating agent and an inorganic filler, and to processes for forming such films wherein the microporous films have improved breathability, strength, toughness and break elongation.