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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 13, 2007
Filed:
Dec. 17, 2004
Thierry Senninger, Hayange, FR;
Thierry Senninger, Hayange, FR;
Atofina S.A., Paris la Defense Cedex, FR;
Abstract
The invention relates to a process for trapping a free monomer which has not reacted by copolymerization or by grafting comprising at least one epoxide functional group in a thermoplastic composition based on ethylene and/or on propylene and based on at least one monomer comprising at least one epoxide functional group, the said process comprising the following stages: preparation of the said thermoplastic composition, addition of a sufficient amount of a solid trapping additive exhibiting, at its surface, sites with a basic nature within the Lewis or Brönsted meaning. The trapping additive is a porous zeolite, the diameter of the pores of which is between 5 and 15 angströms, preferably between 6 and 13 angströms. The invention also relates to the composition obtained by such a process and to the blends comprising such a composition.