Patent classifications
C08F2420/03
Ethylene-rich diene block polymer having a random block and a polyethylene block
A diblock polymer composed of a first block and a second block is provided. The first block is a statistical copolymer comprising units of a 1,3-diene and more than 50 mol % of ethylene units. The second block is a polyethylene with a melting point above 90 C. and a number-average molar mass greater than or equal to 2000 g/mol and less than or equal to 10 000 g/mol. Such a diblock polymer has improved rheology compared to a statistical copolymer of the same microstructure and of the same macrostructure as the first block of the diblock polymer.
MULTIMODAL POLYMERIZATION PROCESSES WITH MULTI-CATALYST SYSTEMS
This disclosure is directed to processes of polymerizing olefin monomers to produce polyolefin. The processes include reacting ethylene and optionally one or more olefin monomers in one or multiple reactors in the presence of a catalyst system. The catalyst system includes two or more catalysts, at least one of which is derived from constrained geometry procatalyst according to formula (I) and at least one of which is derived from phosphinimine procatalyst according to formula (V): (I) (V).
Modifications of sulfated bentonites and uses thereof in metallocene catalyst systems for olefin polymerization
Sulfated bentonite compositions are characterized by a total pore volume from 0.4 to 1 mL/g, a total BET surface area from 200 to 400 m.sup.2/g, and an average pore diameter from 55 to 100 Angstroms. The sulfated bentonite compositions also can be characterized by a d50 average particle size in a range from 15 to 50 m and a ratio of d90/d10 from 3 to 15. The sulfated bentonite compositions can contain a sulfated bentonite and from 10 to 90 wt. % of colloidal particles, or the sulfated bentonite compositions can contain a sulfated bentonite and from 0.2 to 10 mmol/g of zinc and/or phosphorus. These compositions can be utilized in metallocene catalyst systems to produce ethylene based polymers.