Patent · US Expired

Layered clay intercalates and exfoliates having a low quartz content

US6596803B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Filing dateJun 29, 2001
Grant dateJul 22, 2003
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Expiry dateJun 29, 2021

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC Y)Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
  • CPC primaryY10S977/847
  • WIPO fieldMacromolecular chemistry, polymers
  • WIPO sectorChemistry

Abstract

The invention is directed to a polymer-clay nanocomposite material comprising a melt-processible matrix polymer and a layered clay material having low quartz content. This invention is also directed to a process for preparing a polymer-clay nanocomposites, and articles or products produced from nanocomposite materials.

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