MELT PROCESSIBLE SEMICRYSTALLINE FLUOROPOLYMER HAVING REPEATING UNITS ARISING FROM TETRAFLUOROETHYLENE, HEXAFLUOROPROPYLENE, AND HYDROCARBON MONOMER HAVING A CARBOXYL GROUP AND A POLYMERIZABLE CARBON-CARBON DOUBLE BOND AND MULTI-LAYER ARTICLES COMPRISING A LAYER OF THE MELT PROCESSIBLE SEMICRYSTALLINE FLUOROPOLYMER

摘要

Disclosed is a melt processible semicrystalline fluoropolymer comprising: (a) about 2 to about 20 weight percent of repeating units arising from hexafluoropropylene; (b) about 0.001 to about 1 weight percent of repeating units arising from a hydrocarbon monomer having a carboxyl group and a polymerizable carbon-carbon double bond; and (c) the remaining weight percent of repeating units arising from tetrafluoroethylene. This melt processible semicrystalline fluoropolymer is impermeable to fuels and is useful as a lining for petroleum fuel tubing, as well as chemical resistance coating for, or adhesive between, perfluoropolymer and other polymers, metals and inorganics.