Process comprising blending a halogenated polymer with a fused polynuclear hydrocarbon

Claim 1

A PROCESS FOR FORMING SHAPED STRUCTURES WHICH COMPRISES BLENDING A MIXTURE OF A HALOGENATED POLYMER OF A VINYLIDENE MONOMER IN WHICH THE HALOGEN HAS AN ATOMIC WEIGHT OF 19-36 AND 1-25% BY WEIGHT OF A FUSED POLYNUCLEAR HYDROCARBON COMPOUND HAVING A STRUCTURE CHARACTERIZED BY THE PRESENCE OF AT LEAST TWO RINGS, AT LEAST ONE OF WHICH IS A 6-MEMBERED AROMATIC RING, WHICH ARE JOINED BY HAVING TWO ATOMS IN COMMON AND HAVING A NORMAL BOILING POINT OF AT LEAST 160* C., HEATING SAID MIXTURE TO A TEMPERATURE ABOVE THE MELTING POINT OF SAID POLYMER SUFFICIENT TO CONVERT THE MIXTURE INTO A HOMOGENEOUS SINGLE PHASE COMPOSITION CONTAINING POLYMER AND A SUFFICIENT AMOUNT OF SAID FUSED POLYNUCLEAR HYDROCARBON COMPOUND TO PREVENT DEGRADATION OF SAID POLYMER; FORMING SAID COMPOSITION INTO A SHAPED STRUCTURE WHILE RETAINING A SUFFICIENT AMOUNT OF SAID FUSED POLUNUCLEAR HYDROCARBON COMPOUND IN SAID COMPOSITION TO PREVENT DEGRADATION OF SAID POLYMER; AND COOLING SAID STRUCTURE.