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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 03, 2015
Filed:
May. 02, 2013
Applicant:
E I Du Pont DE Nemours and Company, Wilmington, DE (US);
Inventors:
Paul Douglas Brothers, Chadds Ford, PA (US);
Gregory Allen Chapman, Washington, WV (US);
Subhash Vishnu Gangal, Hockessin, DE (US);
Adam Paul Smith, Vienna, WV (US);
Assignee:
THE CHEMOURS COMPANY FC, LLC, Wilmington, DE (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
C08F 114/26 (2006.01); C08F 114/18 (2006.01); C08F 214/26 (2006.01); C08F 6/22 (2006.01); C08F 6/00 (2006.01); C08F 6/28 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
C08F 114/26 (2013.01); C08F 214/262 (2013.01); C08F 6/006 (2013.01); C08F 6/22 (2013.01); C08F 6/28 (2013.01); C08F 2800/20 (2013.01);
Abstract
Process for reducing thermally induced discoloration of fluoropolymer resin produced by polymerizing fluoromonomer in an aqueous medium to form aqueous fluoropolymer dispersion and isolating said fluoropolymer from said aqueous medium to obtain said fluoropolymer resin. The process comprises: heating the fluoropolymer resin to a temperature of about 160° C. to about 400° C.; and exposing the heated fluoropolymer resin to an oxygen source.