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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 01, 2016
Filed:
Sep. 26, 2013
E. I. Du Pont DE Nemours and Company, Wilmington, DE (US);
Christopher J. Bish, Kennett Square, PA (US);
Robert Clayton Wheland, Wilmington, DE (US);
E I DU PONT DE NEMOURS AND COMPANY, Wilmington, DE (US);
Abstract
This invention pertains to a novel thermal process for converting a fluoropolymer having cyano-functionalized perfluoroether pendant groups into a novel perfluoroalkyl-crosslinked fluoropolymer having perfluoroether pendant groups. The process comprises heating the fluoropolymer having cyano-functionalized perfluoroether pendant groups in the presence of Cl—F to a temperature in the range of 200 to 300° C. The fluoropolymer having cyano-functionalized perfluoroether pendant groups can first be formed into a shaped article, and the shaped article then subject to treatment in situ with Cl—F.