Thermoplastic olefin articles having high surface gloss and mar resistance
US6048942A · kind A · utility
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| Filing date | Aug 15, 1997 |
| Grant date | Apr 11, 2000 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Aug 15, 2017 |
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- Technology area (CPC C)Chemistry; Metallurgy
- CPC primaryC08L23/16
- WIPO fieldMacromolecular chemistry, polymers
- WIPO sectorChemistry
Abstract
A thermoplastic olefin composition useful for making molded articles with high surface gloss and mar resistance includes (1) about 10 to about 90 parts of a propylene homopolymer, copolymer, or terpolymer, (2) about 90 to about 10 parts of either an olefin polymer composition that contains a low molecular weight ethylene copolymer rubber; an elastomeric copolymer of ethylene and a C.sub.3 -C.sub.8 .alpha.-olefin made with a metallocene catalyst, or a mixture of the two, and (3) about 0.1 to about 10 parts of a lubricant per hundred parts of (1) plus (2).
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