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Random copolymer

US4614778A · kind A · utility

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Key dates

Filing dateJan 29, 1985
Grant dateSep 30, 1986
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Expiry dateJan 29, 2005

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC C)Chemistry; Metallurgy
  • CPC primaryC08L65/00
  • WIPO fieldMacromolecular chemistry, polymers
  • WIPO sectorChemistry

Abstract

A random copolymer comprising ethylene, a 1,4,5,8-dimethano-1,2,3,4,4a,5,8,8a-octahydronaphthalene and optionally an alpha-olefin having at least three carbon atoms or cycloolefin. The mole ratio of polymerized units from the 1,4,5,8-dimethano-1,2,3,4,4a,5,8,8a-octahydronaphthalene to polymerized units from ethylene is from 3:97 to 95:5 and the 1,4,5,8-dimethano-1,2,3,4,4a,5,8,8a-octahydronaphthalene is incorporated in the polymer chain as polymerized units without ring-opening. The copolymer is prepared by copolymerizing ethylene with the 1,4,5,8-dimethano-1,2,3,4,4a,5,8,8a-octahydronaphthalene in a hydrocarbon medium in the presence of a catalyst formed from a vanadium compound and an organoaluminum compound which are soluble in the hydrocarbon medium. The copolymer has excellent transparency and a well balanced combination of heat resistance, heat aging resistance, chemical and solvent resistance, dielectric properties and mechanical properties such as rigidity.

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