Patent ID: 7803890

Claim:
A process for the preparation of a fluoroolefin polymer, comprising the step of: contacting in a reaction zone: an initiator; CF 3 CF═CH 2 , and at least one ethylenically unsaturated comonomer selected from the group consisting of acrylate, methacrylate or α-trifluoromethylacrylate ester of 4 to 24 carbon atoms, hydroxyethyl acrylate, methacrylate or α-trifluoromethylacrylate, hydroxypropyl acrylate, methacrylate or α-trifluoromethylacrylate, glycidyl acrylate, methacrylate or α-trifluoromethylacrylate, and acrylonitrile, methacrylonitrile, wherein said contacting is carried out at a temperature, pressure and length of time sufficient to produce said fluoroolefin polymer.