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- Patent Title: Articles having improved clarity, prepared from propylene-ethylene copolymers
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Application No.: US16547347Application Date: 2019-08-21
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Publication No.: US11155657B2Publication Date: 2021-10-26
- Inventor: Douglas Burmaster , Owen Hodges , J. Layne Lumus , Lu Ann Kelly , Mark Murphy
- Applicant: FINA TECHNOLOGY, INC.
- Applicant Address: US TX Houston
- Assignee: FINA TECHNOLOGY, INC.
- Current Assignee: FINA TECHNOLOGY, INC.
- Current Assignee Address: US TX Houston
- Agent Albert Shung
- Main IPC: C08F210/06
- IPC: C08F210/06 ; C08F210/16 ; C08J5/00 ; C08L23/14

Abstract:
Molded articles are prepared from propylene-ethylene copolymers and exhibiting improved clarity and strength properties. Articles prepared include bottles and other thin-walled articles. The articles are prepared using an isotactic propylene-ethylene random copolymer resin having an ethylene content of from about 0.5 to about 3 percent by total weight of copolymer, with a xylene solubles content of less than about 1.5 percent. The injection molded article may exhibit less than about 20 percent haze, as determined by ASTM D1003, at a thickness of about 0.08 inch (2.03 mm). Articles may also be prepared from similar copolymers having an ethylene content greater than about 3 percent by total weight of copolymer, with a xylene solubles content of less than about 4 percent by total weight of copolymer. These articles may exhibit less than about 13 percent haze, as determined by ASTM D1003, at a thickness of about 0.08 inch (2.03 mm).
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