Embodiments of a polyethylene composition are provided, which may include a first polyethylene fraction comprising at least one peak in a temperature range of from 35° C. to 70° C. in an elution profile via improved comonomer composition distribution (iCCD) analysis method, where a first polyethylene area fraction is an area in the elution profile from 35° C. to 70° C., and where the first polyethylene fraction area comprises from 25% to 65% of the total area of the elution profile; and a second polyethylene fraction comprising at least one peak in a temperature range of from 85° C. to 120° C. in the elution profile, where a second polyethylene area fraction is an area in the elution profile from 85° C. to 120° C., and where the second polyethylene fraction area comprises at least 20% of the total area of the elution profile.

The present invention relates to a thermoplastic material, wherein the thermoplastic material comprises ethylene-based polymer material, wherein the ethylene-based polymer material has a Vicat softening temperature of ≥50° C. as determined in accordance with ISO 306 (2013), method A50, and a weight loss as determined on a compression moulded sheet according to ISO 15527 (2010), Annex B, using silica sand/water slurry with a mass ratio of 3:2, test duration 7 h, of ≤0.50 wt %. The invention also relates to a slurry transportation pipe comprising the thermoplastic material as its inner layer, or consisting of the thermoplastic material.

The invention relates to strand-shaped elements and polymer compositions used for preparing the strand-shaped elements. The strand-shaped elements comprise an inner structure and a halogen-free polymer composition surrounding the inner structure. The polymer composition includes a linear very low density polyethylene (VLDPE) composition and one or more polyolefin-elastomers. In addition, the polymer composition includes a flame retardant filler.

The invention relates to a profile made from a polymer material comprising a linear low-density polyethylene and a very low-density polyethylene having a specific range of flexural modulus, and to a flexible hose made from said profile. It is part of the invention that the profile wall thickness of the flexible hose is reduced while a sufficient and efficacious value for the flex life is maintained and while a sufficiently high memory is maintained, when compared to the common wall thickness of current hoses, such that the hose of the invention has a reduced weight while the durability and fatigue resistance of the hose is maintained at a sufficiently high value.

The invention relates to conjunction devices and polymer compositions used for preparing the conjunction devices. The conjunction devices comprise one or more elements including a static/moving current medium or communication medium; and a halogen-free polymer composition surrounding the element(s). The polymer composition includes a linear very low density polyethylene (VLDPE) composition and one or more polyolefin-elastomers. In addition, the polymer composition includes a flame retardant filler.

A polymer composition comprising: (a) from 50% by volume to 99% by volume, preferably from 70% by volume to 95% by volume, of at least one homopolymer or copolymer of ethylene; (b) from 1% by volume to 50% by volume, preferably from 5% by volume to 30% by volume, of at least two fillers having different thermal conductivity; (c) from 100 ppm to 4000 ppm, preferably from 200 ppm to 3500 ppm of at least one fluoropolymer; the sum of (a)+(b) being 100. Said polymer composition can be used as a phase change material (PCM), in particular for thermal energy storage (TES), more in particular for the storage of solar energy.

The present invention relates to a polymer composition comprising a polypropylene, an ethylene based elastomer, a grafted polypropylene and glass fiber. The polymer composition according to the present invention has improved flowability and falling weight impact resistance at low temperature.

A melt blended composition comprising, in weight percent (wt %) based upon the weight of the composition: (A) 55 to 94.99 wt % of a thermoplastic polymer, (B) 5 to 44.99 wt % of a moisture curable polymer, and (C) 0.01 to 5 wt % of a moisture condensation catalyst exhibits enhanced rheological and mechanical properties as compared to a composition alike in all aspects save for the presence of a moisture curable polymer.

The present invention provides uniaxially oriented films and packages formed from such films. In one aspect, a uniaxially oriented film comprises (a) a first layer including (i) a first composition including an ethylene-based polymer prepared in the presence of a single-site catalyst, wherein the first composition has a density of 0.935 g/cm.sup.3 to 0.965 g/cm.sup.3, a melt index (I2) of 0.5 to 6 g/10 minutes, and a MWD of 6.0 or less, and (ii) a Ziegler-Natta catalyzed ultra low density polyethylene having a density of 0.880 g/cm.sup.3 to 0.912 g/cm.sup.3, a melt index (I2) of 0.5 to 6 g/10 minutes, and a MWD of 6.0 or less, (b) a second layer including at least one polyolefin, and (c) at least one inner layer between the first layer and the second layer including a high density polyethylene. The film is oriented in the machine direction at a draw ratio of between 4:1 and 10:1, and can exhibit a machine direction 2% secant modulus of 85,000 psi or more when measured as per ASTM D882.

The present inventions concerns a plant producing an in-line blended polymer comprising a first polymerisation reactor and a second polymerisation reactor, the first and second polymerisation reactors having different internal volumes, and a method for producing an in-line blended polymer.