摘要:
Crystalline copolymers of ethylene and tetrafluoroethylene of high thermal stability characteristics in the molten state and high resistance to oxidation under heat, having a contact in tetrafluoroethylene from 53 to 63% in moles, homogeneously distributed along the chain axis and among the chains characterized in that the temperature gap between their ultimate melting temperature and the temperature at which oxidative decomposition of the copolymers begins is at least 80*C. They are prepared by polymerization of monomers mixtures having a content in tetrafluoroethylene greater than 78% in moles. The copolymers can be used as plastic materials and are particularly useful since said temperature gap of at least 80*C permits the processing thereof, and the reprocessing of scraps, to useful manufactured articles, conveniently and economically and by conventional techniques.