Heat sealable polyethylene film and method for its preparation
US7018710B2 · kind B2 · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | Jun 29, 2001 |
| Grant date | Mar 28, 2006 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Jun 21, 2022 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC Y)Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
- CPC primaryY10T428/31938
- WIPO fieldMacromolecular chemistry, polymers
- WIPO sectorChemistry
Abstract
A process for the preparation of a heat sealable film comprising a core layer and a sealing layer, said process comprising attaching said core layer to said sealing layer, said sealing layer comprising an ethylene copolymer composition in which: (1) there are two distinct maxima in the TREF fractogram of the ethylene copolymer composition; (2) at lest 10%, of the ethylene copolymer composition elutes in TREF at a temperature of less than 50° C.; (3) at least 25%, of the ethylene copolymer composition elutes in TREF at a temperature of higher than 75° C.; (4) none of the ethylene copolymer composition elutes in TREF at a temperature of higher than 100° C.; (5) the ethylene copolymer composition comprises two components, one of which is of relatively high comonomer content and high molecular weight, the other of which is of relatively low comonomer content and low molecular weight, both components being prepared by polymerisation of ethylene with a C3-20 alpha-olefin in the present of a single site catalyst; (6) the ethylene copolymer composition has a density of between 905 and 930 kg/m3, and an MFR2 between 0.3 and 4.0 g/10 min.
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