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Compositions for the manufacture of hot-melt adhesives

US4404299A · kind A · utility

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Filing dateApr 15, 1982
Grant dateSep 13, 1983
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Expiry dateApr 15, 2002

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  • Technology area (CPC Y)Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
  • CPC primaryY10S526/935
  • WIPO fieldBasic materials chemistry
  • WIPO sectorChemistry

Abstract

A composition for the manufacture of hot-melt adhesives, in which the improvement comprises a terpolymer of ethylene having a melt index between 5 and 500 dg/minute and comprising from 1 to 10 mol % of units derived from an ester selected from alkyl acrylates and methacrylates, the alkyl group having from 1 to 6 carbon atoms, and from 0.3 to 3 mol % of units derived from maleic anhydride. The composition also contains at least one tackifying resin and may contain at least one compound selected from paraffin, microcrystalline polymeric wax, and esters of a hydrogenated rosinic acid and of a lower alcohol.

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