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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 17, 2010
Filed:
Sep. 03, 2004
Thomas Oswald, Lake Jackson, TX (US);
James L. Cooper, Brazoria, TX (US);
Jeffrey D. Weinhold, Lake Jackson, TX (US);
David T. Gillespie, Pearland, TX (US);
Thomas Oswald, Lake Jackson, TX (US);
James L. Cooper, Brazoria, TX (US);
Jeffrey D. Weinhold, Lake Jackson, TX (US);
David T. Gillespie, Pearland, TX (US);
Dow Global Technologies, Inc., Midland, MI (US);
Abstract
A composition is disclosed which is particularly suited for use in extrusion coating. The composition comprises a polymeric material having a rheology such that the slope S of a natural log-natural log plot of loss modulus (or G″) versus storage modulus (or G') is greater than [0.635*(melt index)+13.2]/[(melt index)+16.6], and wherein the polymeric material has a CDF RI fraction less than 0.23 of a GPC chromatogram which has a molecular weight above 85,000 g/mol, and a CDF LS fraction of more than 0.07 at a conventional GPC molecular weight of 1,750,000 g/mol or greater. The compositions exhibit reduced neck-in when used in extrusion coating and the neck-in is independent of melt strength, thereby facilitating improved extrusion processes.