Pellet-stable olefinic copolymer bimodal rubber is made using parallel reactors, with one reactor synthesizing higher molecular weight (MW) rubber with dual catalysts, with an improved molecular weight split ratio and an improved composition distribution of the moderate and ultra-high MW components, while another reactor synthesizes random isotactic polypropylene copolymer (RCP). The effluents are reactor-blended and result in pellet-stable bimodal rubber (P-SBR), which may be pelletized. When making thermoplastic vulcanizates (TPVs) with P-SBR, the need to granulate rubber bales and subsequently use talc, clay, or other anti-agglomeration agents to prevent granulated rubber crumbs from agglomerating are eliminated. TPVs made with P-SBR have vulcanized rubber particles that are smaller and more uniform in size, resulting in TPVs with higher particle counts and more thermoplastic “ligaments” between the particles, with such ligaments being made stronger by the added RCP. Such thus-produced TPVs have a lower hysteresis and flexural modulus, and better elastic properties.

Pellet-stable olefinic copolymer bimodal rubber is made using parallel reactors, with one reactor synthesizing higher molecular weight (MW) rubber with dual catalysts, with an improved molecular weight split ratio and an improved composition distribution of the moderate and ultra-high MW components, while another reactor synthesizes random isotactic polypropylene copolymer (RCP). The effluents are reactor-blended and result in pellet-stable bimodal rubber (P-SBR), which may be pelletized. When making thermoplastic vulcanizates (TPVs) with P-SBR, the need to granulate rubber bales and subsequently use talc, clay, or other anti-agglomeration agents to prevent granulated rubber crumbs from agglomerating are eliminated. TPVs made with P-SBR have vulcanized rubber particles that are smaller and more uniform in size, resulting in TPVs with higher particle counts and more thermoplastic “ligaments” between the particles, with such ligaments being made stronger by the added RCP. Such thus-produced TPVs have a lower hysteresis and flexural modulus, and better elastic properties.

A heterophasic propylene polymeric material comprising a propylene-based polymer A, a propylene-based polymer B, and a propylene copolymer C, wherein the polymer A contains 80 mass % or more of monomer units derived from propylene and has a limiting viscosity of 2.0 dL/g or less, the polymer B contains 80 mass % or more of monomer units derived from propylene and has a limiting viscosity of 2.1-4.9 dL/g, the copolymer C contains monomer units derived from propylene and 30-55 mass % of monomer units derived from ethylene or the like and has a limiting viscosity of 1.5-4.5 dL/g, and the polymer A, the polymer B, and the copolymer C are respectively contained in ratios of 50-75 mass %, 5-20 mass %, and 5-40 mass %.

A heterophasic propylene polymeric material comprising a propylene-based polymer A, a propylene-based polymer B, and a propylene copolymer C, wherein the polymer A contains 80 mass % or more of monomer units derived from propylene and has a limiting viscosity of 2.0 dL/g or less, the polymer B contains 80 mass % or more of monomer units derived from propylene and has a limiting viscosity of 2.1-4.9 dL/g, the copolymer C contains monomer units derived from propylene and 30-55 mass % of monomer units derived from ethylene or the like and has a limiting viscosity of 1.5-4.5 dL/g, and the polymer A, the polymer B, and the copolymer C are respectively contained in ratios of 50-75 mass %, 5-20 mass %, and 5-40 mass %.

The present invention relates to a compound according to formula 1: wherein: •each of R.sub.1 to R.sub.12 may individually be a moiety selected from hydrogen, an aryl moiety, an aryl moiety, a halogen, an alkyl or aryl moiety with halogen substituent(s), an alkoxy moiety, a siloxy moiety, or a nitrogen-containing moiety, wherein each R moiety may optionally form a ring structure with an adjacent R moiety; •each of A.sub.1 and A.sub.2 may individually be a moiety selected from: o an element of Group 16 of the periodic system; and o a moiety containing an element of Group 15 of the periodic system; preferably wherein A.sub.1 and A.sub.2 are selected from O or NR.sub.13, wherein R.sub.13 is an alkyl, aryl or aralkyl moiety, preferably a substituted or unsubstituted phenyl moiety, preferably a p-tolyl moiety; •T is a divalent hydrocarbyl moiety; •D is a substituted element of Group 15 or Group 16 of the periodic system, preferably an N(R.sub.14).sub.2 or OR.sub.14 moiety, in which R.sub.14 is selected to be an alkyl moiety, an aryl moiety, or an aralkyl moiety, preferably R.sub.14 is a methyl moiety; •Y is an element selected from Group 15 of the periodic system, preferably N; •Mt is a transition metal, preferably selected from Group 3 or 4 of the periodic system, more preferably selected from Ti, Hf and Zr; •X is a sigma-bonded ligand, preferably selected from a halogen, an alkyl moiety, an aralkyl moiety, an alkoxy moiety, an aryloxy moiety, and a dialkylamine moiety; and Classification: General Business Use •n is the amount of X ligands bonded to X. Such compound allow for use in catalysts that result in high molecular weight polymers, display high catalyst activities and give excellent comonomer incorporation.

The present invention relates to a compound according to formula 1: wherein: •each of R.sub.1 to R.sub.12 may individually be a moiety selected from hydrogen, an aryl moiety, an aryl moiety, a halogen, an alkyl or aryl moiety with halogen substituent(s), an alkoxy moiety, a siloxy moiety, or a nitrogen-containing moiety, wherein each R moiety may optionally form a ring structure with an adjacent R moiety; •each of A.sub.1 and A.sub.2 may individually be a moiety selected from: o an element of Group 16 of the periodic system; and o a moiety containing an element of Group 15 of the periodic system; preferably wherein A.sub.1 and A.sub.2 are selected from O or NR.sub.13, wherein R.sub.13 is an alkyl, aryl or aralkyl moiety, preferably a substituted or unsubstituted phenyl moiety, preferably a p-tolyl moiety; •T is a divalent hydrocarbyl moiety; •D is a substituted element of Group 15 or Group 16 of the periodic system, preferably an N(R.sub.14).sub.2 or OR.sub.14 moiety, in which R.sub.14 is selected to be an alkyl moiety, an aryl moiety, or an aralkyl moiety, preferably R.sub.14 is a methyl moiety; •Y is an element selected from Group 15 of the periodic system, preferably N; •Mt is a transition metal, preferably selected from Group 3 or 4 of the periodic system, more preferably selected from Ti, Hf and Zr; •X is a sigma-bonded ligand, preferably selected from a halogen, an alkyl moiety, an aralkyl moiety, an alkoxy moiety, an aryloxy moiety, and a dialkylamine moiety; and Classification: General Business Use •n is the amount of X ligands bonded to X. Such compound allow for use in catalysts that result in high molecular weight polymers, display high catalyst activities and give excellent comonomer incorporation.

The present disclosure provides catalyst compounds comprising asymmetric bridged metallocenes containing a ligand having at least one saturated ring, catalyst systems including such compounds, and uses thereof. Catalyst compounds of the present disclosure can include indacenyl-type ligands. In another class of embodiments, the present disclosure is directed to polymerization processes to produce polyolefin polymers from catalyst systems including one or more olefin polymerization catalysts, at least one activator, and an optional support.

The present disclosure provides catalyst compounds comprising asymmetric bridged metallocenes containing a ligand having at least one saturated ring, catalyst systems including such compounds, and uses thereof. Catalyst compounds of the present disclosure can include indacenyl-type ligands. In another class of embodiments, the present disclosure is directed to polymerization processes to produce polyolefin polymers from catalyst systems including one or more olefin polymerization catalysts, at least one activator, and an optional support.

A polymer composition includes: (a) a propylene-based polymer having a melt mass-flow rate of ≥5.0 and ≤90.0 g/10 min; and (b) ≥5.0 and ≤30.0 wt %, with regard to the total weight of the polymer composition, of an ethylene-based polymer having: a melt mass-flow rate of 3.0 and ≤30.0 g/10 min; a density of ≥840 and ≤870 kg/m.sup.3; and a content of ≥25.0 and ≤50.0 wt % of moieties derived from 1-octene, with regard to the total weight of the ethylene-based polymer. Such polymer composition demonstrates improved low temperature impact strength, determined as Izod impact strength at −40° C. and/or at −30° C., as well as desirable toughness, determined as tensile modulus, whilst having good flowability in injection moulding and thereby allowing complex, thin-walled objects to be shaped.

A polymer composition includes: (a) a propylene-based polymer having a melt mass-flow rate of ≥5.0 and ≤90.0 g/10 min; and (b) ≥5.0 and ≤30.0 wt %, with regard to the total weight of the polymer composition, of an ethylene-based polymer having: a melt mass-flow rate of 3.0 and ≤30.0 g/10 min; a density of ≥840 and ≤870 kg/m.sup.3; and a content of ≥25.0 and ≤50.0 wt % of moieties derived from 1-octene, with regard to the total weight of the ethylene-based polymer. Such polymer composition demonstrates improved low temperature impact strength, determined as Izod impact strength at −40° C. and/or at −30° C., as well as desirable toughness, determined as tensile modulus, whilst having good flowability in injection moulding and thereby allowing complex, thin-walled objects to be shaped.