Abstract: High strength, substantially linear, highly crystalline, high molecular weight-polyolefin shaped structure having a tenacity of greater than 15 g/den and an initial modulus of greater than 500 g/den by drawing never-processed polyolefin at a temperature of 60.degree. C. to 145.degree. C.; and processes for making never-processed polyolefin and such shaped structures.
Type:
Grant
Filed:
October 25, 1989
Date of Patent:
July 30, 1991
Assignee:
E. I. Du Pont de Nemours and Company
Inventors:
Henri D. Chanzy, Bruno Rotzinger, Paul Smith