The invention provides an ethylene-based polymer comprising the following properties: a) a melt index (I2)2.0 dg/min; b) a Mw(abs) versus I2 relationship: Mw(abs)<A+B(I2), where A=2.4010.sup.5 g/mole, and B=8.0010.sup.3 (g/mole)/(dg/min); and c) a G versus I2 relationship: GC+D(I2), where C=127.5 Pa, and D=1.25 Pa/(dg/min). The invention also provides an ethylene-based polymer comprising the following properties: a) a melt index (I2)2.0 dg/min; b) a G versus I2 relationship: GC+D(I2), where C=127.5 Pa, and D=1.25 Pa/(dg/min) c) a chloroform extractable (Clext) versus G relationship: Clext.E+FG, where E=0.20 wt %, and F=0.060 wt %/Pa; and d) a weight fraction (w) of molecular weight greater than 10.sup.6 g/mole, based on the total weight of polymer, and as determined by GPC(abs), that meets the following relationship: w<I+J(I2), where I=0.080, and J=4.0010.sup.3 min/dg.

The invention is directed to polyethylene having a multimodal molar mass distribution, having a density in the range from 940 to 948 kg/m.sup.3, having an MFI .sub.190/5 in the range from 1.0 to 3.5 g/10 min and comprising from 45 to 47% by weight of an ethylene copolymer A and from 53 to 55% by weight of an ethylene copolymer B, where all percentages are based on the total weight of the composition wherein ethylene-1-butene copolymer A has a viscosity number in the range between 70 and 110 cm.sup.3/g and a density between 960 and 973 kg/m.sup.3. The polyethylene is suitable to be applied in pipe coating applications.

Disclosed is an improved carpet precoat composition, a carpet composition comprising the inventive precoat composition and methods of making the same. The improved precoat composition comprises a binder and a filler comprising a kaolin clay slurry. The carpet composition comprising the inventive precoat layer exhibits exceptional wet delamination strength.

Disclosed is an improved carpet precoat composition, a carpet composition comprising the inventive precoat composition and methods of making the same. The improved precoat composition comprises a binder and a filler comprising a kaolin clay slurry. The carpet composition comprising the inventive precoat layer exhibits exceptional wet delamination strength.

A copolymer dispersion is described comprising a copolymer derived from a monomer mixture comprising: (a) 88.5 to 94% by weight of at least one vinyl ester of a saturated carboxylic acid; (b) 5 to 10.5% by weight of ethylene; (c) 0.5 to 5% by weight of at least one ethylenically unsaturated acid and/or an anhydride thereof and/or a salt thereof; and (d) 0.5 to 5% by weight of at least one ethylenically unsaturated monomer having at least one crosslinkable functional unit. The weight ratio of vinylester units to ethylene units in the copolymer is between 89:11 and 94:6 and the dispersion is stabilized with at least 1% by weight of an emulsifier, wherein the amounts of monomers and emulsifier refer to the total amount of monomers in the copolymer.

A golf ball comprising an inner core layer including a thermoplastic material and having a geometric center hardness less than the surface hardness to define a positive hardness gradient. An outer core layer is formed over the inner core. The outer core includes a thermoset rubber composition and has an inner surface hardness less than an outer surface hardness to define a positive hardness gradient. A cover layer is formed over the outer core layer. The cover layer includes an inner cover layer and an outer cover layer. The thermoplastic material of the core includes an acid copolymer of ethylene and an ,-unsaturated carboxylic acid, optionally a softening monomer comprising alkyl acrylate or methacrylate; a plasticizer; an organic acid or salt thereof; and a cation source present in an amount sufficient to neutralize from about 70 to about 100% of all acid groups present in the material.

The invention provides a flame retardant material comprising a substrate, an optionally corona-treated coating on the substrate, the coating comprising a polyolefin composition comprising a) an ethylene based plastomer with a density in the range of 0.857 to 0.915 g/cm.sup.3 and an MFR.sub.2 in the range 0.5-30 g/10 min; b) a propylene based plastomer with a density in the range of 0.860 to 0.910 g/cm.sup.3 and an MFR.sub.2 in the range 0.01-30 g/10 min; and c) a flame retardant, a primer layer on top of the coating and a lacquer topcoat.

The invention relates to an aqueous polyolefin dispersion having a pH value from 8.6-12.5 containing a. from 50 to 100 wt. % of an aqueous dispersion A comprising the following ingredients: i. from 31 to 90 wt. % of A1, a copolymer of ethylene and (meth)acrylic acid having a content of (meth)acrylic based groups of at least 11 wt. % based on the total weight of the copolymer or a mixture of different copolymers of ethylene and (meth)acrylic acid each having a content of (meth)acrylic based groups of at least 11 wt. % based on the total weight of the copolymer, ii. from 10 to 69 wt. % of A2, another olefinic stricture units containing polymer, not being a copolymer of ethylene and (meth)acrylic acid, or a mixture of other olefinic structure units containing polymers not being a copolymers of ethylene and (meth)acrylic acid, and iii. from 0-35 wt. % of additive different from A1 and A2, b. from 0 to 50 wt. % of other ingredient(s) B, where compound B is a material dispersible or soluble in water and different from any of the ingredients of dispersion A whereinthe wt. % of A and B is based on the solid content of the whole aqueous polyolefin dispersion,the wt. % of the ingredients of dispersion A is based on the solid content of dispersion A.the sum of the wt. % of ingredients i to iii of dispersion A is 100% and wherein the pH of the dispersion is in the range of 9.5 to 11 and/or the dispersion contains, as an ingredient of B, more than 5 and less than 35 wt. % of PEG, based on the solid content of the whole aqueous dispersion.

An aqueous resin dispersion wherein a polymer (C) obtained by bonding a polyolefin (A) to a polyether resin (B) is dispersed in water; and the polyether resin (B) contains a polyether resin (B1) having an HLB of less than 8 and a polyether resin (B2) having an HLB of 8 to 20 according to calculation by the Griffin method.

A golf ball comprising a core and a cover, wherein the core consists of: a solid inner core layer formed from a plasticized thermoplastic composition TP.sub.p and having a diameter of 1.10 inch or less and a center Shore C hardness (H.sub.center) of 50 or less, one or more optional intermediate core layers, and an outer core layer formed from at least one of a thermoset rubber composition and a thermoplastic composition TP and having a thickness of 0.200 inches or greater and an outer surface Shore C hardness (H.sub.outer surface) of 70 or greater, wherein H.sub.outer surface>H.sub.center, and H.sub.outer surfaceH.sub.center40. In another embodiment, the center Shore C hardness (H.sub.center) is 40 or less, the outer surface Shore C hardness (H.sub.outer surface) is 85 or greater, and H.sub.outer surfaceH.sub.center45. In one embodiment, an intermediate layer is disposed between the outer core layer and the cover.