Methods for processing HDPE recyclates including, but not limited to, polyethylene and polypropylene and compositions therefrom are provided. HDPE recyclate can be visbroken to improve processing characteristics and/or devolatilized to remove waste byproducts to produce processed HDPE recyclates. Processed HDPE recyclates are compounded with pre-consumer polyolefins to produce blend compositions having acceptable or even improved processing characteristics. Such pre-consumer polyolefins can also be visbroken to further tailor processing characteristics of such polymer blends. A combination of extruders and/or extruder zones can be used at the same or different locations for visbreaking and/or compounding of both HDPE recyclate and/or pre-consumer polyolefins.

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%.

The present invention relates to a propylene polymer composition comprising a long chain branched propylene polymer, wherein said propylene polymer composition has a) a xylene hot insolubles (XHU) fraction in an amount of less than 1.0%, based on the total weight amount of the propylene polymer composition, b) a melting temperature Tm of less than 160° C., c) a crystallization temperature Tc of at least 115° C., and d) a F30 melt strength of from 5.0 to less than 30.0 cN, a process for producing said propylene polymer composition by reactive modification of a propylene polymer in the presence of a peroxide, an article comprising said propylene polymer composition and the use of said propylene polymer composition for producing an article.

Provided is a reactor grade polypropylene suitable for injection molding applications comprising within a range from 0 wt % to 4 wt % ethylene and/or C4 to C12 α-olefin derived units, the polypropylene produced from a single catalyst and single stage polymerization process, and having a melt flow rate (MFR, 230° C./2.16 kg) greater than 10 g/10 min, and a 1% secant flexural modulus of at least 250 kpsi (1720 MPa).

Provided is a reactor grade polypropylene suitable for injection molding applications comprising within a range from 0 wt % to 4 wt % ethylene and/or C4 to C12 α-olefin derived units, the polypropylene produced from a single catalyst and single stage polymerization process, and having a melt flow rate (MFR, 230° C./2.16 kg) greater than 10 g/10 min, and a 1% secant flexural modulus of at least 250 kpsi (1720 MPa).

The present invention relates to a propylene polymer composition comprising a long chain branched propylene polymer, wherein said propylene polymer composition has a) a melt flow rate MFR.sub.2 (230° C., 2.16 kg) of 0.8 to 6.0 g/10 min b) a xylene hot insolubles (XHU) fraction in an amount of not more than 0.80 wt %, based on the total weight amount of the propylene polymer composition, c) a melting temperature Tm of at least 160.0° C., d) a F30 melt strength of from 5.0 to less than 30.0 cN, and e) a heat distortion temperature (HDT) of at least 108° C., a process for producing said propylene polymer composition by reactive modification of a propylene polymer in the presence of a peroxide, an article comprising said propylene polymer composition and the use of said propylene polymer composition for producing an article.

A process comprising combining a polymerization catalyst with propylene at a polymerization temperature to produce polypropylene granules having an MFR1, wherein the temperature of the polypropylene granules is maintained at least at the polymerization temperature; mixing the polypropylene granules with an organic peroxide at a temperature of at least the polymerization temperature for a residence time of at least 40 seconds at a temperature below the melting point temperature of the polypropylene granules to form a polypropylene product having an MFR2, wherein MFR1 is greater than MFR2.

The invention relates to a composition obtained by the adsorption of a liquid peroxide onto granules comprising an antioxidant and an acid scavenger, for example wherein the adsorption of the liquid peroxide onto the granules is performed by a process which can be performed at room temperature (23° C.) and the process does not require heating.

The invention provides polypropylene impact copolymer compositions with reduced emissions of volatiles for the automotive industry, particularly for interior applications in the automotive industry.

Ethylene-based polymers are generally characterized by a high load melt index of less than 12 g/10 min, a weight-average molecular weight from 200,000 to 550,000 g/mol, a number-average molecular weight from 18,000 to 48,000 g/mol, a CY-a parameter of less than 0.12, a tan δ at 0.1 sec.sup.−1 from 0.5 to 0.9 degrees, a tan δ at 100 sec.sup.−1 from 0.5 to 0.75 degrees, and a viscosity at 0.001 sec.sup.−1 from 1.3×10.sup.6 to 1×10.sup.7 Pa-sec. These ethylene polymers can be produced by peroxide-treating a bimodal molecular weight distribution dual metallocene-catalyzed resin, and can be used to produce blow molded bottles and other blow molded products.