Patent classifications
C08L2308/00
Polymer compositions and nonwoven compositions prepared therefrom
Described herein are propylene-based polymer compositions that comprise a reactor blend of a first polymer component and a second polymer component. The first polymer component has an ethylene content of from greater than 12 to less than 19 wt % ethylene, and the second polymer component has an ethylene content of from greater than 4 to less than 10 wt % ethylene. Preferably, the ethylene content of the first and second polymer components satisfy the formula:
−1.7143R.sub.1+29.771≤R.sub.2≤−1.9167R.sub.1+37.25.
The propylene-based polymer compositions are particularly useful for forming meltspun nonwoven compositions that exhibit a desirable balance of retractive force and permanent set.
Polyethylene compositions
According to at least one embodiment of the present disclosure, polyethylene formulations and modified polyethylene compositions are provided. Embodiments of the polyethylene formulation may include a free radical generator; and a multimodal polyethylene composition. The multimodal polyethylene composition may include a peak in a temperature range of 95° C. to 120° C. in the elution profile via improved comonomer composition distribution (iCCD), wherein a polyethylene fraction area is an area in the elution profile beneath the peak of the polyethylene fraction between 95° C. and 120° C., and wherein the polyethylene fraction area comprises at least 20% of the total area of the elution profile and a molecular weight (M.sub.w) of less than 80,000 g/mol in the temperature range of from 95° C. to 120° C. on an elution profile via iCCD. The modified polyethylene composition may be the reaction product of the free radical generator and the multimodal polyethylene composition.
Polyethylene composition having environmental stress cracking resistance
A polyethylene composition for producing blow-molded hollow articles, having the following features: 1) density from 0.940 to 0.955 g/cm.sup.3, determined according to ISO 1183 at 23° C.; 2) ratio MIF/MIP from 12 to 40; 3) Mz from 500,000 to 3,500,000 g/mol; 4) η.sub.0.02 from 80,000 to 300,000 Pa.Math.s; 5) HMWcopo index from 1 to 15; and 6) Mz/Mw*LCBI lower than 6.4.
Polethylene composition having high swell ratio
A polyethylene composition for producing blow-molded hollow articles, having the following features: 1) density from 0.940 to 0.955 g/cm.sup.3 determined according to ISO 1183 at 23° C.; 2) ratio MIF/MIP from 12 to 30; 3) Mz from 2,000,000 to 4,500,000 g/mol; 4) η.sub.0.02 from 160,000 to 300,000 Pa.Math.s; and 5) long-chain branching index, LCBI, equal to or greater than 0.75.
Multimodal ethylene-based polymer compositions having improved toughness
Embodiments of polymer compositions and articles comprising such compositions contain at least one multimodal ethylene-based polymer having at least three ethylene-based components, wherein the multimodal ethylene-based polymer exhibits improved toughness.
PROCESSES FOR PRODUCING POLYOLEFINS AND IMPACT COPOLYMERS WITH BROAD MOLECULAR WEIGHT DISTRIBUTION AND HIGH STIFFNESS
Provided herein are methods of polymerizing α-olefin monomer with a catalyst and hydrogen in a slurry to produce low molecular weight polyolefins. Hydrogen is vented from the low molecular weight polyolefins and then the low molecular weight polyolefins are further polymerized in a gas phase to produce a polyolefin having a molecular weight distribution of between 4.0 and 30 and a flexural modulus between 1500 mPa and 2500 mPa.
Soft and transparent propylene compolymers
The present invention is directed to a polypropylene composition (C) comprising a heterophasic propylene copolymer (RAHECO) and a plastomer (PL) as well as a process for the preparation of said polypropylene composition and a film obtained from said polypropylene composition (C).
Heterophasic propylene polymer material and use of the same
Provided is a heterophasic propylene polymer material having excellent low temperature impact resistance, tensile strength, and tensile elongation. A heterophasic propylene polymer material contains a propylene homopolymer component (A), and an ethylene-propylene copolymer component (B1) and an ethylene-propylene copolymer component (B2) having different formulations from each other, wherein a content of the propylene homopolymer component (A), a content of the ethylene-propylene copolymer component (B1), and a content of the ethylene-propylene copolymer component (B2) are 40 to 70 parts by mass, 15 to 54 parts by mass, and 6 to 15 parts by mass, respectively, with respect to 100 parts by mass of a total content of the propylene homopolymer component (A) and the ethylene-propylene copolymer components (B1) and (B2).
STIFF BLOWN FILM
Blown films, especially monolayer blown films, of high stiffness, the blown films comprising at least 95.0 wt % of a specific propylene-1-butene random copolymer.
No break polypropylene impact copolymers with melt flow rate higher than 90 g/10 min
Polymer compositions may include a matrix phase comprising a polypropylene-based polymer; and an elastomeric rubber phase; wherein the polymer composition has melt flow rate (MFR) according to ASTM D1238 at 230° C./2.16 kg equal to or greater than 90 g/10 min and at least one feature selected from (I) an Izod impact resistance according to ASTM D256A at 23° C. equal to or greater than 400 J/m; (II) an instrumented drop impact at −30° C., average total energy, equal to or greater than 17 J; or (III) an instrumented drop impact at −30° C., average percent ductility, equal to or greater than 60%.