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• This invention relates to polymer compositions that absorb radio frequency energy. More particularly, this invention relates to films obtained from polymer compositions that can be welded using radio frequency energy.
• a sealing process can be obtained by using materials that can be self-adhered, or materials that can be made to adhere to or to adhere to another material.
• One such process is a process by which radio frequency (RF) energy is applied to a suitable material, and after absorption of the RF energy the material can subsequently be self-adhered, or adhered to different substrates to form a seal.
• RF welding radio frequency
• suitable materials for such a process are known in commercial practice.
• Polyvinyl chloride (PVC) for example, is a material that can be susceptible to RF energy and be very suitable for RF welding.
• PVC is not an acceptable material for widespread use in some areas of the world and alternate materials are needed to perform the function of PVC in those regions where PVC is not desirable.
• suitable alternate materials for use in packaging applications that use the RF welding technique is not a trivial exercise.
• at least three (3) criteria need to be met.
• the material must provide good physical and/or mechanical characteristics that are satisfactory for a package or a component thereof.
• a suitable polymer film should be susceptible, that is should absorb, RF energy.
• the polymer film should be capable of forming a bond, weld, or seal, when subjected to RF energy under the proper conditions of pressure and time.
• polystyrene resin suitable for use in packaging applications are well known.
• polyolefins such as polyethylene and polypropylene are useful in packaging.
• Some polymeric materials are known to be susceptible to RF energy.
• other materials may not be suitable for use in the applications described herein due to prohibitive cost or other problems.
• some materials can be susceptible to RF energy but are not capable of forming a seal, or weld.
• Some materials can require more stringent process conditions, or require that a component be increased to the detriment of other physical/mechanical properties.
• the susceptibility of EVA for example, is highly dependent on the vinyl acetate content.
• ethylene (meth)acrylic acid copolymers and their ionomers are not RF susceptible.
• composition that absorbs RF energy, and can be sealed using RF welding, while yet having physical and mechanical properties suitable for use in packaging applications.
• the present invention is a film that absorbs radio frequency (RF) energy wherein the film comprises:
• a blend comprising (i) at least one E/X/Y copolymer where E is ethylene, X is a C 3 to C 8 ⁇ , ⁇ ethylenically unsaturated carboxylic acid, and Y is a softening comonomer selected from alkyl acrylate and alkyl methacrylate wherein the alkyl groups have from one to eight carbon atoms, wherein X is about 2-30 weight % of the E/X/Y copolymer and Y is about 0-40 weight % of the E/X/Y copolymer, wherein the acid component (X) can be present in either the fully neutralized carboxylate salt form or the partially neutralized carboxylate salt form, and
• the present invention is a polymeric film obtained from a blend comprising an acid copolymer ionomer and a fatty acid salt.
• a film of the present invention is at least about 0.001 mil thick.
• the film is from at least about 1 mil thick to about 25 mil thick.
• Films of the present invention comprise acid copolymer ionomers (“ionomers”), which are copolymers well known in the polymer art.
• Ionomers are ionic copolymers formed by copolymerization of an ⁇ -olefin—such as ethylene, propylene, 1-butene, and other 1-unsaturated hydrocarbons—with an unsaturated carboxylic acid, such as for example acrylic acid, methacrylic acid, or maleic acid, and optionally softening comonomers.
• Ionomers are subsequently obtained by As used herein, the term “copolymers” can describe polymers obtained by copolymerization of at least two different monomer species.
• terpolymer can be used to specifically describe a copolymer that is obtained from copolymerization of three different monomer species.
• At least one alkali metal, transition metal, or alkaline earth metal cation such as lithium, sodium, potassium, magnesium, calcium, or zinc, or a combination of such cations, can be the counterion that neutralizes the carboxylate anion of the salt.
• Particularly preferred are ionomers that are at least partially neutralized with potassium cations.
• Terpolymers can also be made from an olefin such as ethylene, an unsaturated carboxylic acid and a softening comonomer such as an alkyl (meth)acrylate providing “softer” resins which can be neutralized to form softer ionomers.
• an olefin such as ethylene
• an unsaturated carboxylic acid such as an unsaturated carboxylic acid
• a softening comonomer such as an alkyl (meth)acrylate providing “softer” resins which can be neutralized to form softer ionomers.
• a blend useful in the practice of the present invention comprises at least one E/X/Y acid copolymer composition where E is ethylene, X is a C 3 to C 8 ⁇ , ⁇ ethylenically unsaturated carboxylic acid, and Y is a softening comonomer selected from alkyl acrylate and alkyl methacrylate wherein the alkyl groups have from one to eight carbon atoms, wherein X is about 2-30 weight % of the E/X/Y copolymer and Y can be present in an amount of from about 0 to about 40 weight % of the E/X/Y copolymer.
• the acid copolymers can be fully or partially neutralized by known and conventional means to provide acid copolymer ionomers (ionomers).
• Ionomers suitable for use in the practice of the present invention are known and commercially available from E.I. DuPont de Nemours and Company under the tradename of Surlyn®.
• films of the present invention comprise an organic acid or a salt thereof (organic salt).
• organic acid can also refer to the salt of the acid, or a mixture of the acid and the salt.
• Blends useful in the practice of the present invention include at least about 5 wt % of the organic acid.
• the blends include from about 5 wt % up to about 50 wt % of an organic acid. More preferably the blends include at least about 10 wt % of the organic acid, even more preferably at least about 20 wt %, and most preferably at least about 30 wt % of the organic acid and/or salt thereof.
• the counter ions of the organic salts are preferably at least in part potassium ion.
• greater than 70% of all the acid components in the blend are neutralized, more preferably greater than 90% are neutralized. Most preferably, 100% of all the acid components in the blend are neutralized.
• the organic acids of the present invention are particularly those that are non-volatile and non-migratory, for example acids comprising from about 6 to about 38 carbon atoms.
• Non-limiting, illustrative examples of organic acids are stearic acid and isomers thereof, oleic acid and isomers thereof, erucic acid and isomers thereof and behenic acid and isomers thereof.
• Stearic and oleic acids and their isomers are preferred.
• Even more preferred are branched isomers of suitable organic acids such as branched isomers of stearic and oleic acids, such as isostearic acid and isooleic acid, for example.
• suitable acids and blends for use in the present invention can be found in U.S.
• the organic acids are neutralized and have a counterion selected from the group consisting of potassium (K), sodium (Na), lithium (Li), rubidium (Rb), and magnesium (Mg) ions. More preferably the counter ion is K.
• the present invention includes as the organic acid an isomer of a C 6 to C 38 organic acid.
• Particularly preferred are isomers of oleic acid such as 2-methyl oleic acid (isooleic acid), and isomers of stearic acid such as 2-methyl stearic acid (isostearic acid).
• functionalized fatty acids such as, for example, amino- and hydroxyl-functionalized fatty acids. Hydroxystearic acids such as 12-hydroxy stearic acid, for example, can be a preferred functionalized fatty acid.
• a suitable blend for use in the practice of the present invention can comprise optional polymeric components.
• Such optional components can include a second ionomeric copolymer, including dipolymer ionomers and terpolymer ionomers; and/or thermoplastic resins.
• thermoplastic resins would, by way of non-limiting illustrative examples, include thermoplastic elastomers, such as polyurethanes, poly-ether-esters, polyamide-ethers, polyether-ureas, PEBAX (a family of block copolymers based on polyether-block-amide, commercially supplied by Atochem); styrene-butadiene-styrene (SBS) block copolymers; styrene (ethylene-butylene)-styrene block copolymers; polyamides (oligomeric and polymeric); polyesters; polyvinyl alcohol; polyolefins including polyethylene, polypropylene, ethylene/propylene copolymers; ethylene copolymers with various comonomers, such as ethylene/vinyl acetate, ethylene/(meth)acrylates, ethylene/(meth)acrylic acid, ethylene/epoxy-functionalized monomer, ethylene/CO, ethylene/vinyl
• the second component is a copolymer of ethylene such as for example, ethylene copolymers with various comonomers, such as ethylene/vinyl acetate, ethylene/(meth)acrylates, ethylene/(meth)acrylic acid and ionomers thereof, ethylene/epoxy-functionalized monomer, ethylene/CO, ethylene/vinyl alcohol, or a blend comprising at least one of these.
• the second polymer component is a selected from the group consisting of: ethylene vinyl acetate (EVA); ethylene/alkyl acrylates; ethylene/(meth)acrylic acid and ionomers thereof; or a blend comprising at least one of these.
• the amount of the optional polymer component is preferably included in an amount of 99% by weight to about 1% by weight of the whole potassium ionomer composition.
• the optional polymer component is included in an amount of from about 95 wt % to about 50 wt %, more preferably in an amount of from about 93 wt % to about 70 wt %.
• the films of the present invention can be used in monolayer or multilayer structures.
• the films of the present invention can be useful in such packaging applications as film wraps, containers, and lids without limitation thereto.
• unsaturated carboxylic acid examples include acrylic acid, methacrylic acid, fumaric acid, maleic anhydride, monomethyl maleate, monoethyl maleate. Particularly preferred are acrylic acid and/or methacrylic acid.
• polar monomers that can serve as copolymerization components include vinyl esters such as vinyl acetate and vinyl propionate; unsaturated carboxylic acid esters such as methyl acrylate, ethyl acrylate, isopropyl acrylate, n-butyl acrylate, isobutyl acrylate, n-hexyl acrylate, isooctyl acrylate, methyl methacrylate, dimethyl maleate and diethyl maleate; carbon monoxide.
• unsaturated carboxylic acid esters are suitable copolymerization components.
• Elvaloy AC1224 is a copolymer blend of ethylene vinyl acetate and ethylene methacrylic acid copolymers, each available from E.I. DuPont de Nemours and Company (DuPont).
• Glycerol monostearate (or potentially esters of polyglycerols), or sorbitol monostearate can be useful in the practice of the present invention.
• Films of blends were prepared by blending copolymers of Elvaloy® AC1224, commercially available from DuPont, with different levels of the RF enhancers, between 5% and 15%, and extruding the blends on a prism extruder to produce film between 6 and 12-mil thick, and these were tested for weldability. Two layers of the film were backed by Kapton® sheet and placed between the electrodes of an RF source, under a slight positive pressure and exposed for generally 2 seconds.
• Dielectric measurements can be used to measure RF adsorption.
• a simple relative method is to measure the effect of introducing a material into the capacitance area of an alternating signal and measure the effect on the signal width or ‘Q value’ (frequency divided by width).
• Q value frequency divided by width
• a lowering of the Q value indicates adsorption, and since this is relative for a given circuit a percentage lowering of Q is a useful value.
• Welding experiments can be carried out, by subjecting a pair of film samples to an alternating field, for a fixed time, under a certain pressure.
• a value of 4 is standard for conventional weldable compositions. Factors such as film thickness, time and voltage can affect the results. 0 - Negligible adhesion between the films 1 - Noticeable adhesion 2 - Sufficient adhesion to deform the film on peeling 3 - Tearing of the film instead of peeling along some part of weld 4 - Tearing of the film with no peeling along entire weld

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