Low-melting tetrafluorethylene copolymer and its uses

摘要

Copolymers of tetrafluoroethylene (TFE) and hexafluoropropylene (HFP) having high HFP content and end-of-melting temperature, Tm (end), as low as 200 DEG C. are disclosed. Exceptional performance as a processing aid in polyolefins results from having Tm(end) of the TFE/HFP copolymer close to the processing temperature of the polyolefin. These TFE/HFP copolymers are soluble in fluorinated cyclic solvents. Copolymer/solvent systems copolymer at significant concentrations in selected solvents are fluid and stable at room temperature.