Encyclopedic Dictionary of Polymers

2007 Edition
| Editors: Jan W. Gooch

Very-low-density polyethylene (VLDPE)

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DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-0-387-30160-0_12261

n. Any polymer of ethylene with some higher-olefin content, in the density range from 0.90 to 0.915 g/cm3, produced by the Union Carbide gas-phase process (Flexomer®). The materials have low moduli, with properties between those of low-density polyethylene and ethylene-propylene rubbers. They are useful for stretchable films. See also ultra-low-density polyethylene.

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