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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 03, 1987
Filed:
May. 01, 1986
Ralph M Kowalik, Bridgewater, NJ (US);
Joseph Wagensommer, Westfield, NJ (US);
Ilan Duvdevani, Leonia, NJ (US);
Pawan K Agarwal, Bridgewater, NJ (US);
Exxon Research and Engineering Co., Florham Park, NJ (US);
Abstract
A method for reducing the frictional drag of an organic liquid in flow through pipes or conduits having a continuous bore therethrough which comprises adding about 0.001 to about 0.5 grams of a polymeric complex to 100 ml of said organic liquid, wherein the polymeric complex is the reaction product of a metal neutralized sulfonated octene-1/ethylene/ethylidene norborene terpolymer and a basic nitrogen-containing copolymer, said basic nitrogen containing copolymer being a copolymer of vinylpyridine with another monomer selected from the group consisting of styrene, t-butyl styrene, alkylacrylate, alkylmethacrylate, butadiene, isoprene, vinyl chloride and acrylonitrile.