A multilayer film made from or containing at least one core layer made from or containing a polypropylene composition made from or containing: A) from 95 wt % to 60 wt %; of a propylene homopolymer having a fraction insoluble in xylene at 25° C. greater than 90 wt %, based upon the total weight of the propylene homopolymer; and B) from 5 wt % to 40 wt %; of an heterophasic propylene ethylene copolymer, the sum of the amounts of A) and B) being 100.

A heterophasic propylene polymerization material, including a propylene polymer component (I) and an ethylene-α-olefin copolymer component (II), the heterophasic propylene polymerization material satisfying features (i) to (v): (i) the heterophasic propylene polymerization material contains a xylene-soluble content by 20 wt % or more; (ii) xylene-soluble content in the heterophasic propylene polymerization material has a limiting viscosity [η].sub.CXS not less than 5 dL/g; (iii) a melt flow rate of the propylene polymer component (I) is 70 g/10 min or more; (iv) MFR of the heterophasic propylene polymerization material is not less than 5 g/10 min; and (v) the number of gels of 100 μm or more in diameter on a sheet for counting gels, including the heterophasic propylene polymerization material, is 1000 or less per 100 cm.sup.2 of the sheet.

Polymer blends comprising an ortho-functionalized polyimide homo or copolymer and a polybenzimidazole homo or copolymer, wherein the ortho-functionalized polyimide thermally rearranges to a polymer comprising a phenylene heterocyclic group, such as, polybenzoxazole, polybenzothiazole, polybenzimidazole and/or other heterocyclic structure upon heating. Also disclosed are method of forming a polymer blend comprising dissolving an ortho-functionalized polyimide homo or copolymer and a polybenzimidazole homo or copolymer in a solvent, and optional compatibilizer, to form a polymer solution; contacting a support with the polymer solution; and evaporating the solvent to provide a thin layer comprising the polymer blend on the support. Further, methods of heat treating these polymer blends to thermally rearrange the disclosed polyimides are disclosed, as are the polymer blends prepared thereby. Methods of using these polymer blends to separate gases are also disclosed.

Reinforced polypropylene composition comprising a heterophasic polypropylene copolymer, a polar modified polypropylene and carbon fibers.

The invention is directed to a beta nucleated heterophasic propylene copolymer composition (HPPC).

A polyolefin composition made from or containing a first heterophasic polyolefin polymer A) made from or containing a first crystalline propylene homopolymer matrix, a first propylene ethylene copolymer having an ethylene content ranging from 20.0 wt% up to 35.0 wt%, a second propylene ethylene copolymer having an ethylene content ranging from 55.0 wt% up to 70.0 wt%, and a second heterophasic polyolefin polymer B) made from or containing a second crystalline propylene homopolymer matrix, an ethylene C.sub.4-C.sub.10 α-olefin copolymer having an ethylene content ranging from 65.0 wt% up to 85.0 wt%, and a third propylene ethylene copolymer having an ethylene content ranging from 40.0 wt% up to 50.0 wt%.

The invention relates to a pellet comprising a thermoplastic polymer sheath intimately surrounding glass filaments, which glass filaments are covered at least in part with an impregnating agent and extend in a longitudinal direction of said pellets, wherein the thermoplastic polymer sheath is prepared from a thermoplastic polymer composition comprising A) a heterophasic propylene copolymer consisting of a propylene-based matrix and a dispersed ethylene-α-olefin copolymer, wherein the heterophasic propylene copolymer has a melt flow rate of at least 40 g/10 min as determined in accordance with ISO 1133 (230° C., 2.16 kg) and a FOG value of at most 350 μg/g as determined by VDA 278, wherein the glass filaments are present in an amount of 10-70 wt % based on the pellet.

The invention relates to a composition comprising: (A) a propylene-based polymer which is a propylene homopolymer or a propylene copolymer consisting of at least 90 wt % of propylene monomer units and at most 10 wt % of ethylene monomer units and/or an α-olefin monomer units having 4 to 10 carbon atoms, (B) a terpolymer of propylene, an α-olefin having 4 to 10 carbon atoms and ethylene and (C) a copolymer of ethylene and an α-olefin having 4 to 10 carbon atoms, wherein the copolymer (C) has a density of at least 0.880 g/cm.sup.3, wherein the amount of the propylene-based polymer (A) is at least 60 wt % with respect to the total composition.

The invention relates to a composition comprising a heterophasic propylene copolymer (A), glass fibers (B) and an ethylene-α-olefin copolymer (C), wherein the α-olefin is chosen from the group of α-olefins having 3 to 12 carbon atoms. The heterophasic propylene copolymer (A) consists of (a) a propylene-based matrix, consisting of a propylene homopolymer and/or a propylene-α-olefin copolymer consisting of at least 85 wt % of propylene and at most 15 wt % of α-olefin, and (b) a dispersed ethylene-α-olefin copolymer, wherein the heterophasic propylene copolymer has a flexural modulus of less than 1000 MPa, wherein the dispersed ethylene α-olefin copolymer (b) has an average rubber particle size d.sub.50 of at most 1.15 μm as determined by scanning electron microscopy, and wherein the total amount of (b) the dispersed ethylene-α-olefin copolymer in the heterophasic propylene copolymer (A) and the ethylene-α-olefin copolymer (C) is 30 to 60 wt % based on the total composition.

The present invention relates to a heterophasic polypropylene composition with an improved property profile, e.g. improved balance of toughness, softness and haze, comprising a heterophasic propylene copolymer and a copolymer of propylene and 1-hexene.