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Main Topics
Background
Exploring requirements and applications enabled
by new adhesives
Tie-Layer Adhesives
Product / Base Resin Selection
Plexar Adhesives Used in Food and Non-Food Applications
Plexars used in food contact applications are subject to Specific Migration Limits (SML)
under European Directive 2002/72/EC - Food Contact Plastics and Amendments. Not
all Plexar grades are suitable for all food applications. Please consult Lyondell Product
Safety for additional details
Applications:
Flexible packaging for meat and cheese
Liquid packaging for wine, soups, sauces and
condiments
Applications:
Flexible packaging
Thermoformed sheets
Blow molded bottles
Applications:
Cereal/cracker box liners
Meat/cheese packaging
Blow molded liquid packaging
Blown/cast film:
Liquid packaging
Boil in bag
Dry food packaging
Bubble films
Paperboard cartons
Snack packaging
Ovenable board
Blow molding:
Extrusion coating:
Bottles
Fuel tanks
Other applications:
Metal/foil laminations
Plastic pipe
Wire and cable
Sheet/thermoforming
Tubes
Coextrusion Coating
Plexar products for coextrusion coating are designed for
easy extrudability, high melt strength, and excellent
adhesion to polyamide (PA), ethylene vinyl alcohol
(EVOH), cellulose and foils.
Applications:
Liquid packaging
Flexible packaging
Truck panels
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Laminating Resins
Laminating resins are designed for high adhesion to
steel, aluminum, EVOH, PA and PE.
Applications:
Building panels
Truck trailer panels
Wire and cable coatings
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Anti-corrosion coating
Large diameter metal pipes
Gas and crude oil (on- and offshore)
Coating: three-layer coated pipe
Pipe/epoxy/tie-layer (PE or PP)/HDPE + black (LLD, LDPE and
PP)
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Rheological investigation
FTIR spectroscopy
6.2
Day 0
Day 1
6
5
4
3
2
2.3
1.7
2.8
3
2.5
1.8
1.9
1.8
1.3
1
0
PP Tie-1
PP Tie-2
PP Tie-3
Adhesive
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PP Ref-1
PP Ref-2
(B) Blow Molding Application: Adhesion at TieLayer/EVOH Interface for PP-Based Tie-Layers
30
25
24
Day 1
23
20
15
10
5
0
PP Tie-2
PP Tie-3
Adhesive
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PP Ref-1
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Eta* , Poise
Tie-1
1.E+05
Tie-2
Tie-3
Ref-1
Ref-2
1.E+04
PP
1.E+03
0.01
0.1
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Frequency (radians/second)
20
100
1000
PP
Ref-2
1.00E+05
Ref-1
Tie-3'
G'
Tie-2'
Tie-1'
1.00E+04
1.00E+03
1.00E+02
1.00E-02
1.00E-01
1.00E+00
1.00E+01
Frequency, rad/s
21
1.00E+02
1.00E+03
PP / G'
Ref-1/G"
Ref-1 / G'
Tie-3/G"
Tie-3 / G'
G", G'
1.00E+05
1.00E+04
1.00E+03
1.00E+02
1.00E-02
1.00E-01
1.00E+00
1.00E+01
Frequency, rad/s
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1.00E+02
1.00E+03
Main topics:
1. Detection of reaction
2. Correlation to performance
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1.30
1.25
1.20
1740 cm-1
Ester Band
1.15
Absorbance
1.10
1.05
1.00
0.95
0.90
Tie - 3
0.85
Tie - 2
Tie - 1
0.80
0.75
Ref - 2
Ref - 1
PP
0.70
0.65
0.60
0.55
1850
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1800
1750
1700
Wavenumbers (cm-1)
1650
1.2
0.045
0.035
0.8
0.03
0.025
0.6
0.02
0.4
0.015
0.01
0.2
0.005
0
0
Tie-1
Tie-2
Tie-3
Ref-1
Adhesive
25
Ref-2
PP
Adhesion (Lbs./In)
0.04
Ester
Adhesion
Challenges
New developments
Performance
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28
45
40
35
30
25
20
2
15
10
5
0
0
2MI LLDPE
Adh-A
Adhesive
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Adh-B
NAS
Adhesion (N/15mm)
Adhesion
NAS Clarity
45
40
NAS
35
28
30
25
21
20
27
18.4
15
10
7.9
5
0
30
S tandard-A
Tie-Clarity1
Tie-Clarity-2
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32
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16.2
14
12
Adhesion 10
(N/2.54 cm) 8
8.3
7.5
Plexar
Reference
6
4
1.9
2
0
Inner
Outer
Tie-Layer
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Acknowledgments
The authors would like to thank Ms. Jennifer Nguyen,
Mr. Michael Grubb and Mr. William Shumake for their
significant contributions.
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