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- Patent Title: Compositions including copolymers of vinylidene fluoride and tetrafluoroethylene and methods of using the same
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Application No.: US16302539Application Date: 2017-05-17
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Publication No.: US11312802B2Publication Date: 2022-04-26
- Inventor: Claude Lavallée , Dale E. Hutchens , Harald Kaspar , Karl D. Weilandt , Shireen A. Mamun
- Applicant: 3M INNOVATIVE PROPERTIES COMPANY
- Applicant Address: US MN St. Paul
- Assignee: 3M INNOVATIVE PROPERTIES COMPANY
- Current Assignee: 3M INNOVATIVE PROPERTIES COMPANY
- Current Assignee Address: US MN St. Paul
- Agent Thomas M. Spielbauer; Kathleen B. Gross
- International Application: PCT/US2017/033049 WO 20170517
- International Announcement: WO2017/201135 WO 20171123
- Main IPC: C08L27/16
- IPC: C08L27/16 ; C08F214/22 ; B29C48/27 ; C08L23/08 ; C08L77/00 ; B29C48/95 ; B29C48/00 ; B29K27/12

Abstract:
A composition includes a thermoplastic fluoropolymer having vinylidene fluoride units in an amount of at least 30 mole percent and tetrafluoroethylene units in an amount of at least 5 mole percent. The thermoplastic fluoropolymer is free of hexafluoropropylene units or comprises less than 5 mole percent hexafluoropropylene units. The composition further includes at least one of a non-fluorinated, thermoplastic polymer as a major component of the composition or a polymer processing additive synergist. A method of reducing melt defects during the extrusion of a polymer is also provided. Use of the thermoplastic fluoropolymer as a polymer processing additive is also provided.
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