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Method of treating surface of molded article of polypropylene resin and method of coating said molded article with paint

US5273789A · kind A · utility

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Filing dateAug 7, 1992
Grant dateDec 28, 1993
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Expiry dateAug 7, 2012

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC C)Chemistry; Metallurgy
  • CPC primaryC08L2205/03
  • WIPO fieldMacromolecular chemistry, polymers
  • WIPO sectorChemistry

Abstract

The present invention provides a method which enables the surface of a molded article of a polypropylene resin to be modified to a surface suitable for coating, bonding, printing, etc. A molded article of a polypropylene resin comprising polypropylene, an ethylene-propylene copolymer rubber and an ethylene-acrylic acid or ethylene-methacrylic acid copolymer and optionally a filler is irradiated in the air with a light from a synthetic quartz low pressure mercury lamp having an output of 200 W for 60 sec with the distance between the surface of the molded article and the lamp being kept at about 10 cm.

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