Process for chlorinating oxidized polyethylene waxes and resinous oxidized chlorinated product

Claim 2

AS A NEW COMPOSITION OF MATTER, A RESIN RESULTING FROM THE CHLORINATION OF A HARD, HIGH MELTING OXIDIZED POLYETHYLENE/C2-C4 ALKANOL TELOMER WAX, SAID WAX HAVING AN AVERAGE MOLECULAR WEIGHT BETWEEN ABOUT 600 AND ABOUT 3,000, AND AN OXYGEN CONTENT BETWEEN ABOUT 3% AND ABOUT 9% BY WEIGHT, SAID RESIN CONTAINING BETWEEN ABOUT 1% AND ABOUT 5% BY WEIGHT OF OXYGEN AND BETWEEN ABOUT 30% AND ABOUT 70% BY WEIGHT OF OXYGEN AND BEAND BEING CHARACTERIZED BY SOLUBILITY AT 72*F. IN XYLENE OF AT LEAST ABOUT 150 PARTS BY WEIGHT OF RESIN PER 100 PARTS XYLENE, AND BY VIRTUAL INSOLUBILITY IN HEXANE AND CYCLOHEXANE.

Claim 3

THE PROCESS FOR PREPARING A RESINOUS CHLORINATED POLYETHYLENE DERIVATIVE CHARACTERIZED BY A HIGH DEGREE OF SOLUBILITY AT 20*C. IN AROMATIC HYDROCARBONS, CYCLOALIPHATIC UNSATURATED HYDROCARBONS AND KETONES, AND BY INSOLUBILITY IN SATURATED AND UNSATURATED STRAIGHT CHAIN ALIPHATIC HYDROCARBONS, WHICH COMPRISES DISPERSING IN A CHLORINE-STABLE MEDIUM, IN A CONCENTRATION OF AT LEAST ABOUT 5% BY WEIGHT BASED ON THE WEIGHT OF THE RESULTING DISPERSION, AN OXIDIZED POLYETHYLENE/C2-C4 ALKANOL TELOMER WAX HAVING AN AVERAGE MOLECULAR WEIGHT BETWEEN ABOUT 600 AND ABOUT 3,000 AND CONTAINING BETWEEN ABOUT 3% AND ABOUT 9% OF OXYGEN BY WEIGHT, AND INTRODUCING CHLORINE INTO SAID DISPERSION IN THE PRESENCE OF LIGHT AT AN INITIAL TEMPERATURE OF AT LEAST ABOUT 60*C. AND CONTINUING SAID CHLORIDE INTRODUCTION WHILE MAINTAINING THE TEMPERATURE OF THE DISPERSION BETWEEN ABOUT 50*C. AND ABOUT 80*C UNTIL THE RESULTING RESIN CONTAINS BETWEEN ABOUT 30% AND ABOUT 70% CHLORINE.

Claim 4

THE PROCESS FOR PREPARING A RESINOUS CHLORINATED POLYETHYLENE DERIVATIVE CHARACTERIZED BY A HIGH DEGREE OF SOLUBILITY AT 20*C. IN AROMATIC HYDROCARBONS, CYCLOALIPHATIC UNSATURATED HYDROCARBONS AND KETONES, AND BY INSOLUBILITY IN SATURATED AND UNSATURATED STRAIGHT CHAIN ALIPHATIC HYDROCARBONS, WHICH COMPRISES DISPERSING IN A CHLORINE-STABLE MEDIUM, IN A CONCENTRATION OF AT LEAST ABOUT 5% BY WEIGHT BASED ON THE WEIGHT OF THE RESULTING DISPERSION, AN OXIDIZED POLYETHYLENE/C2-C4 ALKANOL TELOMER WAX HAVING AN AVERAGE MOLECULAR WEIGHT BETWEEN ABOUT 600 AND ABOUT 3,000 AND CONTAINING BETWEEN ABOUT 3% AND ABOUT 9% OF OXYGEN BY WEIGHT, AND INTRODUCING CHLORINE INTO SAID DISPERSION IN THE PRESENCE OF LIGHT AT AN INITIAL TEMPERATURE OF AT LEAST ABOUT 60*C. AND CONTINUING SAID CHLORIDE INTRODUCTION WHILE MAINTAINING THE TEMPERATURE OF THE DISPERSION BETWEEN ABOUT 50*C. AND ABOUT 80*C UNTIL THE RESULTING RESIN CONTAINS BETWEEN ABOUT 30% AND ABOUT 70% CHLORINE.