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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 16, 2013
Filed:
Aug. 23, 2010
Mark B. Davis, Lake Jackson, TX (US);
Mridula Kapur, Lake Jackson, TX (US);
William J. Michie, Jr., Missouri City, TX (US);
Peter Schindler, Männedorf, CH;
Nathan J. Wiker, Chicago, IL (US);
Debra R. Wilson, Missouri City, TX (US);
Mark B. Davis, Lake Jackson, TX (US);
Mridula Kapur, Lake Jackson, TX (US);
William J. Michie, Jr., Missouri City, TX (US);
Peter Schindler, Männedorf, CH;
Nathan J. Wiker, Chicago, IL (US);
Debra R. Wilson, Missouri City, TX (US);
Dow Global Technologies LLC, Midland, MI (US);
Abstract
The instant invention provides rotational molded articles, and method of making the same. The rotational molded articles according to the present invention comprise a polyethylene composition comprising: (a) at least 85 percent by weight of the units derived from ethylene; and (b) less than 15 percent by weight of units derived from one or more α-olefin comonomers; wherein the polyethylene composition has a density in the range of 0.930 to 0.945 g/cm3, a molecular weight distribution (M/M) in the range of 1.70 to 3.50, a melt index (I) in the range of 0.5 to 20 g/10 minutes, a molecular weight distribution (M/M) in the range of less than 2.5, vinyl unsaturation of less than 0.06 vinyls per one thousand carbon atoms present in the backbone of the polyethylene composition.