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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 25, 2017
Filed:
Sep. 18, 2014
Dow Global Technologies Llc, Midland, MI (US);
Mehmet Demirors, Pearland, TX (US);
Sean W. Ewart, Pearland, TX (US);
Teresa P. Karjala, Lake Jackson, TX (US);
Maria Pollard, Pearland, TX (US);
Dow Global Technologies LLC, Midland, WI (US);
Abstract
A process for increasing the melt strength of a polyethylene resin comprising a) selecting a polyethylene resin having i) a density, as determined according to ASTM D792, in the range of from 0.865 g/cmto 0.97 g/cm, and ii) a melt index, I, as determined according to ASTM D1238 (2.16 kg, 190° C.), in the range of from 0.01 g/10 min to 100 g/10 min; b) reacting from 10 ppm to 1000 ppm of at least one peroxide having a 1 hour half-life decomposition temperature from 160° C. to 250° C. with the polyethylene resin under conditions sufficient to increase the melt strength of the polyethylene resin is provided. Also provided are a masterbatch composition and a polymeric composition.