Patent ID: 7875681

Claim:
An easily processable composition prepared by combining: A. a polymer blend comprising 1. a first polymer selected from the group consisting of polyethylenes and copolymers of ethylene and a C 3 -C 10 alpha-olefin; and 2. a second polymer that is an ethylene vinyl alcohol polymer; wherein said polymer blend has a moisture content greater than 250 ppm water, based on the total weight of said first and second polymers; and B. a third polymer that is a polar copolymer produced by a high pressure random copolymerization process, said polar copolymer comprising copolymerized units of ethylene and from about 3 wt. % to about 25 wt. %, based on the weight of the polar copolymer, of a comonomer selected from the group consisting of C 4 -C 8 unsaturated anhydrides, monoesters of C 4 -C 8 unsaturated acids having at least two carboxylic acid groups, diesters of C 4 -C 8 unsaturated acids having at least two carboxylic acid groups and mixtures thereof; wherein said processable composition comprises, based on the total weight of said first, second and third polymers, 55-98 wt. % of said first polymer, 2-45wt. % of said second polymer and 0.1-10 wt. % of said third polymer.