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Process for making microporous films of ultrahigh molecular weight polyethylene

US5643511A · kind A · utility

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Filing dateJun 29, 1993
Grant dateJul 1, 1997
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Expiry dateJun 29, 2013

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC C)Chemistry; Metallurgy
  • CPC primaryC08J2323/06
  • WIPO fieldOther special machines
  • WIPO sectorMechanical engineering

Abstract

The invention relates to microporous films of ultrahigh molecular weight polyethylene and to a process for the preparation thereof by forming a solution of UHMWPE in an evaporable solvent into a film and evaporating the solvent from the film at a temperature below the dissolution temperature, the shrinking tendency occurring in the film being prevented in at least one direction in the plane of the film.

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