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Fluorocarbon grafting of polymeric substrates

US4595632A · kind A · utility

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Filing dateFeb 6, 1984
Grant dateJun 17, 1986
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Expiry dateFeb 6, 2004

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC Y)Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
  • CPC primaryY10T428/31931
  • WIPO fieldMacromolecular chemistry, polymers
  • WIPO sectorChemistry

Abstract

A process for modifying the surface of a preformed polymeric substrate to impart lubricity and other desired properties thereto, without at the same time significantly altering the bulk properties of the substrate, by epoxidizing the substrate's surface and reacting the epoxide groups so formed with a fluorocarbon capable of cleaving the epoxide rings and covalently bonding thereto. The article so formed is also disclosed.

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