Patent ID: 8895681
Filing Date: 2014-11-25
Classification: C08F

Abstract:
1. A process comprising: 1) forming a reaction mixture by combining reactants comprising from 80 to 99 weight % of hexafluoropropylene, from 1 to 20 weight % of an olefinically unsaturated co-monomer, from 0.05 to 2 weight % of a free-radical initiator, and from 0.25 to 5 weight-% of a non-monomeric chain transfer agent, based on the total weight of the reaction mixture; 2) causing the free-radical initiator to initiate a free-radical polymerization; and 3) causing the reaction mixture to undergo free radical polymerization at a temperature in the range of 225 to 400° C. and a pressure of 40-700 MPa, for a period of 10 seconds to 1 minute, to form an amorphous hexafluoropropylene liquid telomer comprising from 30 mole % to 95 mole % of monomer units derived from hexafluoropropylene, said liquid telomer being characterized by a viscosity in the range of 1 to 10,000 centistokes at 40° C.; whereby the amorphous hexafluoropropylene liquid telomer is formed at a rate of 31-198 pounds per gallon per hour;