An oil composition includes an oil and an effective amount of a wax inhibitor that includes at least one modified alpha-olefin maleic anhydride copolymer of the formula: ##STR00001##
wherein R1 is selected from hydrogen or hydrocarbyl groups containing 12-60 carbon atoms and an average carbon atom number of R1, if not hydrogen, in the copolymer is in a range from 20 to 32, R2 is selected from hydrocarbyl groups containing 6-12 carbon atoms, and n is a number of repeating units ranging from 1 to 100.

To provide a conjugated diene graft polymer having high transparency, heat resistance and weather resistance, and a method for producing the conjugated diene graft polymer. A method for producing a conjugated diene graft polymer in which a side chain (b) including a polymer including at least one monomer unit selected from the group consisting of a conjugated diene unit and an aromatic vinyl compound unit is bonded to a main chain (a) including a polymer including a conjugated diene unit, via a hetero atom Z serving as a branching point and having a valence of not less than 3, the method including a step of reacting a specific active end polymer and a specific functional group-modified conjugated diene polymer having a functional group in a side chain to thereby produce a conjugated diene graft polymer; and a step of recovering the conjugated diene graft polymer obtained.

A block copolymer and a use thereof are disclosed herein. The block copolymer of the present application may have excellent self-assembly properties or phase separation characteristics and simultaneously have characteristics capable of changing the self-assembly structure formed once, or provide a block copolymer capable of forming a pattern of phase separation structures in a polymer membrane.

Provided is a propylene polymer composition capable of implementing a molded article containing excellent impact resistance. Provided is a propylene polymer composition containing components (A) to (C), satisfying all of requirements (1) to (5), (A) a propylene polymer containing 90 wt % or more of a propylene structural unit; (B) an ethylene-α-olefin copolymer or hydrogenated conjugated diene polymer containing more than 10 wt % and 99 wt % or less of an ethylene structural unit; (C) a propylene block copolymer or graft copolymer containing a propylene polymer segment and an ethylene-α-olefin copolymer segment or a hydrogenated conjugated diene polymer segment; (1) an intrinsic viscosity being 0.5 dl/g or more; (2) CXIS having a number average molecular weight of 40,000 or more; (3) a ratio of the number average molecular weight of CXIS to a number average molecular weight of CXS being 0.5 or more and 20 or less; (4) CXS having the number average molecular weight of 120,000 or less; and (5) a content of ash being 1 to 5,000 wt. ppm.

Provided is a block polymer (X) containing, as structural units, a polyolefin structure derived from a polyolefin (A) below and a polyolefin structure derived from a polyolefin (B) below. The polyolefin (A) contains a C3-C8 α-olefin as a structural monomer with α-olefin portions having an isotacticity of 70 to 100%, has a number average molecular weight of 1000 to 200000, and has a carbon-carbon double bond number of 0.01 to 8.0 per 1000 carbon atoms. The polyolefin (B) contains a C3-C8 α-olefin as a structural monomer with α-olefin portions having an isotacticity of 1 to 65%, and has a number average molecular weight of 1000 to 200000.

In an embodiment, an article of manufacture includes a first component, a second component, and a thermal interface material. The thermal interface material is disposed between the first component and the second component and includes a polymeric phase-change material. In another embodiment, an article of manufacture includes a first component, a second component, and a thermal interface material disposed between the first component and the second component, the thermal interface material including a polymeric phase-change material, the polymeric phase-change material including a block copolymer formed from a diene, the diene formed from a vinyl-terminated fatty acid monomer having a chemical formula C.sub.2H.sub.4—R—C(O)OH and an ethylene glycol monomer having a chemical formula C.sub.2nH.sub.4n+2O.sub.n+1.

The present application may provide a block copolymer and a use thereof. The present application may provide a block copolymer and a use thereof. The block copolymer of the present application may have excellent self-assembly properties or phase separation characteristics and simultaneously have characteristics capable of changing the self-assembly structure formed once, or provide a block copolymer capable of forming a pattern of phase separation structures in a polymer membrane.

The invention relates to a process for preparing a graft copolymer comprising polyethylene, comprising the steps of: A) providing an ethylene copolymer comprising side chains having C≡C bond and B) reacting the ethylene copolymer of step A) with an azide at an elevated temperature in the absence of a catalyst to obtain the graft copolymer, wherein the azide compound is an azide compound having a functional group or a polymer having an azide group.

In an example, a thermal interface material includes a polymeric phase-change material.

Provided is a propylene polymer composition capable of implementing a molded article containing excellent impact resistance.

Provided is a propylene polymer composition containing components (A) to (C), satisfying all of requirements (1) to (5), (A) a propylene polymer containing 90 wt % or more of a propylene structural unit; (B) an ethylene-α-olefin copolymer or hydrogenated conjugated diene polymer containing more than 10 wt % and 99 wt % or less of an ethylene structural unit; (C) a propylene block copolymer or graft copolymer containing a propylene polymer segment and an ethylene-α-olefin copolymer segment or a hydrogenated conjugated diene polymer segment; (1) an intrinsic viscosity being 0.5 dl/g or more; (2) CXIS having a number average molecular weight of 40,000 or more; (3) a ratio of the number average molecular weight of CXIS to a number average molecular weight of CXS being 0.5 or more and 20 or less; (4) CXS having the number average molecular weight of 120,000 or less; and (5) a content of ash being 1 to 5,000 wt. ppm.