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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 30, 2007
Filed:
Jul. 10, 2006
HU Yang, San Ramon, CA (US);
Ta Yen Ching, Novato, CA (US);
Gangfeng Cai, Danville, CA (US);
Cryovac, Inc., Duncan, SC (US);
Abstract
Herein is disclosed a modified ethylene vinyl alcohol polymer (EVOH) comprising an oxygen scavenging functional group. Preferably, the modified EVOH comprises structures IV, V, and VI: wherein x is an integer greater than or equal to 1, y is an integer greater than or equal to 1, z is an integer greater than or equal to 1, and R comprises a cycloalkenyl group. The modified EVOH is useful in oxygen barrier applications, such as a forming an oxygen barrier layer of a packaging article. Also disclosed are methods of modifying ethylene vinyl alcohol polymers, and using the modified EVOH to make packaging articles with a superior barrier to entry by atmospheric oxygen.
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