Patent ID: 8586663

Claim:
A composition comprising a blend dispersed in a continuous phase of an ionomer (A) wherein the blend comprises a continuous phase of a polyamide having dispersed therein an ionomer (B); the blend has a particle size ratio of about 1 to 10 and the ratio is defined by the longest diameter of a blend particle dispersed in the ionomer (A) to an orthogonal second longest diameter of a blend particle; the ionomer (A) is present in the composition, based on the total weight of the composition, from 10 to 60%; the polyamide is an aliphatic polyamide; the ionomer (B) is a copolymer of ethylene, 5 to 15 weight % of an C 3 to C 8 α,β ethylenically unsaturated carboxylic acid, 3 to 25 weight % of at least one comonomer, and 0 to 30 weight % of alkyl (meth)acrylate; all weight % is based on the weight of ionomer (B); the comonomer is an ethylenically unsaturated dicarboxylic acid or derivative thereof; the alkyl (meth)acrylate is alkyl acrylate, alkyl methacrylate, or combinations thereof; the alkyl group has 1 to 8 carbon atoms; and the carboxylic acid functionalities present in the ionomer (B) are at least partially neutralized by one or more alkali metal cations, transition metal cations, alkaline earth metal cations, or combinations of two or more thereof.