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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 29, 2018
Filed:
Dec. 20, 2013
The University of Florida Research Foundation, Inc., Gainesville, FL (US);
Christopher P. Junk, Wilmington, DE (US);
Gregory Scott Blackman, Media, PA (US);
Steven R. Lustig, Landenberg, PA (US);
Mark D. Wetzel, Newark, DE (US);
Wallace Gregory Sawyer, Gainesville, FL (US);
Brandon A. Krick, Gainesville, FL (US);
UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA RESEARCH FOUNDATION, INC, Gainesville, FL (US);
Abstract
A low-wear fluoropolymer composite body comprises at least one fluoropolymer and additive particles dispersed therein. Also provided is a process for the fabrication of such a fluoropolymer composite body. The composite body exhibits a low wear rate for sliding motion against a hard counterface, and may be formulated with either melt-processible or non-melt-processible fluoropolymers.