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Polymer compositions

US4121025A · kind A · utility

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Key dates

Filing dateJul 20, 1971
Grant dateOct 17, 1978
Priority date
Expiry dateJul 20, 1991

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC Y)Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
  • CPC primaryY10S260/43
  • WIPO fieldMacromolecular chemistry, polymers
  • WIPO sectorChemistry

Abstract

The invention provides means for controlling the degradation of vinyl polymers by incorporating therein at least one non-ionic organo-soluble complex of a metal having an atomic number from 22 to 29, 40 to 47 or 57 to 79, the complex being activatable by light and optionally heat to give a more photo-oxidatively active form of the said metal, in an amount such as to cause degradation of the polymer at the end of the desired life of the composition.

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