Patent ID: 7795346
Filing Date: 2010-09-14
Classification: C08J

Abstract:
1. A porous sintered polyethylene-containing material comprising: sintered particles of polyethylene compounded with a thermally conductive material wherein the thermally conductive material is incorporated into particles of polyethylene prior to sintering the particles of polyethylene compounded with the thermally conductive material, wherein the thermally conductive material is carbon, carbon black, carbon fiber, aluminum, copper, iron, steel or titanium and the thermally conductive material has a thermal conductivity of greater than 0.34 W/m·K, the polyethylene having a melt-flow index of greater than 16 grams per 10 minutes at 190° C. under a 21,600 gram load, wherein the porous sintered polyethylene-containing material has an average pore size ranging from about 1 nm to about 1 mm.