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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:
Jul. 22, 2003
Filed:
Jan. 25, 2002
Stewart Carl Feinberg, Exton, PA (US);
E. I. du Pont de Nemours and Company, Wilmington, DE (US);
Abstract
An ionomer/high density polyethylene (HDPE) blend with improved flow (e.g., lower viscosity) can be achieved without significantly degrading physical properties such as impact resistance and tensile strength by the addition of low molecular weight ethylene/acrylic acid copolymer (e.g., so-called acid wax polymer derived from copolymerizing at least 5 weight percent and preferably greater than 9 weight percent acrylic acid and/or methacrylic acid with ethylene and having a melt index, ASTM D1238, preferably greater than 900 dg/min and preferably greater than 5,000 dg/min). The blend may further have for every one hundred parts by weight of ionomer/high density polyethylene blend from one to twenty parts by weight polyethylene modified with from 0.2 to 5.0 weight percent maleic anhydride comonomer as an impact resistance additive. The blends exhibiting improved flow characteristics according to the instant invention are particularly useful in the manufacture of automotive parts, panels and the like having a “class A” surface.
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