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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 13, 2001
Filed:
Nov. 26, 1997
Applicant:
Inventors:
Pak-Wing Steve Chum, Lake Jackson, TX (US);
Ronald P. Markovich, Friendswood, TX (US);
George W. Knight, Edmond, OK (US);
Shih-Yaw Lai, Sugarland, TX (US);
Assignee:
The Dow Chemical Company, Midland, MI (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
C08L 2/304 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
C08L 2/304 ;
Abstract
Fibers made from formulated ethylene polymer compositions are disclosed. The ethylene polymer compositions have at least one homogeneously branched linear ethylene/&agr;-olefin interpolymer and at least one heterogeneously branched ethylene polymer. The homogeneously branched linear ethylene/&agr;-olefin interpolymer has a density from about 0.905 to about 0.92 g/cm3 and a slope of strain hardening coefficient greater than or equal to about 1.3.