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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 18, 2012
Filed:
Nov. 02, 2009
Karlheinz Hausmann, Auvernier, CH;
Richard Allen Hayes, Beaumont, TX (US);
Steven C. Pesek, Orange, TX (US);
W Alexander Shaffer, Orange, TX (US);
Charles Anthony Smith, Vienna, WV (US);
Karlheinz Hausmann, Auvernier, CH;
Richard Allen Hayes, Beaumont, TX (US);
Steven C. Pesek, Orange, TX (US);
W Alexander Shaffer, Orange, TX (US);
Charles Anthony Smith, Vienna, WV (US);
E I du Pont de Nemours and Company, Wilmington, DE (US);
Abstract
A sodium/zinc mixed ionomer comprises carboxylate groups and a combination of counterions that consists essentially of sodium cations and zinc cations. The sodium/zinc mixed ionomer is the neutralization product of a precursor acid copolymer. The precursor acid copolymer comprises copolymerized units of an α-olefin and an α,β-ethylenically unsaturated carboxylic acid, and it has a melt flow rate of about 10 to about 4000 g/10 min. In addition, the precursor acid copolymer, when neutralized to a level of about 40% to about 90%, and when comprising counterions that consist essentially of sodium ions, produces a sodium ionomer that has a freeze enthalpy that is not detectable or that is less than about 3.0 j/g, when determined by differential scanning calorimetry. Further provided are articles comprising or prepared from the sodium/zinc mixed ionomer.