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Controllably degradable polymer compositions

US4461853A · kind A · utility

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Key dates

Filing dateJun 13, 1983
Grant dateJul 24, 1984
Priority date
Expiry dateJun 13, 2003

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC C)Chemistry; Metallurgy
  • CPC primaryC09K17/52
  • WIPO fieldMacromolecular chemistry, polymers
  • WIPO sectorChemistry

Abstract

The invention relates to controllably degradable polymer compositions, especially suitable for making film products, comprising a vinyl polymer, and at least one first complex which is a non-ionic organosoluble antioxidant complex of a chain-breaking, peroxide-decomposing, metal ion deactivating or ultraviolet light stabilizing compound and of a metal such that the metal complex is a photoactivator and at least one second complex which is a non-ionic organosoluble ultraviolet light stabilizing complex of a metal such that the metal complex is a photostabilizer, the concentrations of the two complexes being co-ordinated to produce a desired embrittlement time for the composition. The first complex is an iron complex and the second a nickel complex or a cobalt complex.

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