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Film and sheet capable of forming retortable and easy-open packagings

Patent ·
OSTI ID:7008048
This patent describes a laminar structure comprising a polypropylene substrate which is bonded by extrusion lamination a film or sheet which is capable of forming peel seals. It comprises a mixture containing: from about 5 percent by weight to about 25 percent by weight of an ethylenic homopolymer or copolymer selected from the group consisting of linear low density polyethylene (LLDPE), low density polyethylene (LDPE), medium density polyethylene (MDPE), ethylene vinyl acetate copolymer (EVA), ethylene-methyl acrylate copolymer (EMA), ethylene-ethyl acrylate copolymer (EEA), ethylene-butyl acrylate copolymer (EBA), and high density polyethylene (HDPE); from about 50 percent by weight to about 75 percent by weight of the butene-1 homopolymer or copolymer; and from about 25 percent by weight to about 45 percent by weight of propylene homopolymer or copolymer.
Assignee:
Shell Oil Co., Houston, TX
Patent Number(s):
US 4876156
Application Number:
PPN: US 7285567A
OSTI ID:
7008048
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English