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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 04, 1998
Filed:
Jan. 24, 1995
Applicant:
Inventors:
Dale Earl Hauenstein, Midland, MI (US);
David Joseph Romenesko, Midland, MI (US);
Assignee:
Dow Corning Corporation, Midland, MI (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
C08J / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
524265 ; 524269 ; 428500 ; 428516 ;
Abstract
There is disclosed a polyolefin composition which can be extruded at relatively high rates to provide extrudate having a low surface roughness (sharkskin), said composition comprising (A) 100 parts by weight of a polyolefin resin; and (B) 0.01 to 1 part by weight of a hydroxy-functional diorganopolysiloxane process aid, said diorganopolysiloxane having a number average molecular weight of at least 10,000. In particularly preferred embodiments, a hydroxy-functional diorganopolysiloxane in combination with a low density polyethylene is used as a process aid for linear low density polyethylene.