Patent ID: 6528574
Filing Date: 2003-03-04
Classification: C08L,C09D,C09J

Abstract:
A composition which comprises an aqueous dispersion of(a) from 0.5 to 99.5 weight percent of a fluoropolymer having an average particle size of from 0.05 to 0.4 microns, said fluoropolymer comprising fibrillating polytetrafluoroethylene; and (b) from 0.5 to 99.5 weight percent of an ethylene copolymer which comprises at least 50% by weight ethylene, 1-35% by weight of an acid-containing unsaturated mono-carboxylic acid, and 0-49% by weight of a moiety selected from at least one of alkyl acrylate, alkyl methacrylate, vinyl ether, carbon monoxide and sulfur dioxide, and further wherein the acid groups are neutralized from 0-100% by a metal ion or other cations, said weight percents based on the total amounts of (a) and (b) only.