PIPES CONTAINING NANOCLAYS AND METHOD FOR THEIR MANUFACTURE

摘要

A pipe or comprising a melt-mixed blend of polyamide and incompatible pol yolefin and a compatibilizing agent where the polyamide exists as a disconti nuous phase that is dispersed in a polyolefin matrix and wherein nanoclay is exfoliated in the polyamide phase. The pipe has enhanced resistance to the permeation of hydrocarbons relative to polyethylene. A method for making a p ipe having enhanced resistance to the permeation of hydrocarbons.