Abstract:
The present invention relates to a method for exchanging heat with an object said method comprising using a heat transfer fluid wherein said heat transfer fluid comprises one or more chemical compounds having the general formula (I) wherein: —Rf can be any C1-C10 fluorinated linear or branched carbon chain which can be partially or fully fluorinated, and can comprise O or S atoms, —X, Y and Z can be independently selected from halogens or hydrogen, with the provision that at least one of X, Y or Z is a halogen.
Abstract:
The present invention relates to modified fluorinated poly(arylene ether ketone)s that can be crosslinked to produce high performance thermosets useful for semiconductor application with low dielectric constant. The present invention also relates to a method for manufacturing said modified fluorinated poly (arylene ether ketone)s prepared via polycondensation of a fluorinated poly (arylene ether ketone) with a fluorostyrene.
Abstract:
The present invention relates to a fluorosurfactant-free emulsion polymerization method for the synthesis of a fluoropolymer, more in particular of a VDF-based polymer.
Abstract:
The invention provides novel latexes of particles of vinylidene fluoride/trifluoroethylene copolymers possessing a more ordered ferroelectric crystalline phase, and hence improved ferro-, pyro-, and piezo-electric properties, and a method for manufacturing the same by emulsion polymerization in the presence of certain cyclic fluorosurfactants.
Abstract:
The invention pertains to a thermoplastic vulcanizate fluorine-containing composition [vulcanizate (C)], comprising a continuous thermoplastic fluoropolymer phase and a dispersed vulcanized fluoroelastomer phase, said composition comprising:—at least one thermoplastic fluoropolymer [polymer (F)];—at least one (per)fluoroelastomer [elastomer (A)], and—at least one plasticizer selected from the group consisting of organic esters [plasticizer (P)].
Abstract:
The invention pertains to a method for making a fluoropolymer dispersion, said method comprising an aqueous emulsion polymerization of one or more fluorinated monomers wherein said aqueous emulsion polymerization is carried out in an aqueous medium comprising a surfactant mixture [mixture (S)] comprising: at least one perfluorohexanoic acid or salt thereof [surfactant (C6)], in an amount of 1 to 5 g/I, with respect to said aqueous medium; and at least one linear bifunctional perfluoropolyether surfactant [surfactant (PFPE)] complying with formula (I) here below: XpOOC—CF2-0-(CF20) n(CF2CF20)m-CF2—COOXp (I) wherein: Xp, equal to or different from each other, is a hydrogen atom, a monovalent metal, preferably an alkaline metal, or an ammonium group of formula —N(R′n)4, wherein R′n, equal or different at each occurrence, is a hydrogen atom or a C1-C6hydrocarbon group, preferably an alkyl group; n′ and m′ are independently integers >0 such that the number average molecular weight of the surfactant (PFPE) is of 500 to 2500, said surfactant (PFPE) being used in an amount of 0.005 to 0.5 g/I, with respect to said aqueous medium.
Abstract:
The invention mainly pertains to a method for heat treating a composition [composition (C)] which contains at least one melt-processible perfluoropolymer [polymer (F)] formed of tetrafluoroethylene (TFE) copolymer with one or more perfluorinated comonomers [comonomer (F)] containing at least one unsaturation of ethylene type in amounts from 0.5% to 13% by weight, preferably from 0.6% to 11% by weight, and more preferably from 0.8% to 9% by weight; said polymer (F) possessing reactive end groups comprising at least one of the group consisting of hydrogen atoms, oxygen atoms and ethylenically unsaturated double bonds in an amount of at least 4.5 mmol/kg, the process comprising at least the step of heat-treating the composition (C) at a temperature of at least 260° C.
Abstract:
The invention mainly pertains to a process for heat treating a composition [composition (C)] which contains at least one melt-processible perfluoropolynner [polymer (F)] formed of tetrafluoroethylene (TFE) copolymer with one or more perfluorinated comonomers [comonomer (F)] containing at least one unsaturation of ethylene type in amounts from 0.5% to 13% by weight, preferably from 0.6% to 11% by weight, and more preferably from 0.8% to 9% by weight; the process comprising at least the step of heat-treating the composition (C) at a temperature of at least 260° C. and in the absence of a melt flowable polytetrafluoroethylene. The invention is also related to a melt-processible perfluoropolynner [polymer (F1)] formed of tetrafluoroethylene (TFE) copolymer with one or more perfluorinated comonomers [comonomer (F)] containing at least one unsaturation of ethylene type in amounts from 0.5% to 13% by weight, preferably from 0.6% to 11% by weight, and more preferably from 0.8% to 9% by weight, wherein a particular relation between comonomer (F) content and first melting temperature of polymer (F1) is satisfied.
Abstract:
The invention pertains to certain composite materials featuring strong direct bonds between certain fluoropolymers and polyamides, which can be formed by using as additive certain chlorotrifluoroethylene-containing elastomers, in an ionic curable blend.
Abstract:
The present invention relates to a method for manufacturing semiconductor devices, including a step wherein a semi-conductor device exchanges heat with a heat transfer fluid. The heat transfer fluid comprises one or more chemical compounds having the general formula: Ph(ORf)x (I) wherein Ph is an aromatic ring linked to one or more ether groups —ORf where each —Rf: — is a monovalent fluorinated alkyl group comprising at least one C—F bond, — has a carbon chain, preferably a C1-C10 carbon chain, which can be linear or can comprise branches and/or cycles, and, optionally, can comprise in chain heteroatoms selected from O, N or S, and wherein, when X>1, the —Rf groups on the same molecule can be equal to or different from each other.