Disclosed are a resin composition for an insulating layer of a recyclable power cable, and a molded article using the resin composition, wherein the resin composition for an insulating layer of a power cable has excellent whitening resistance while satisfying excellent flexibility and electrical properties. The present invention provides a polypropylene resin composition for an insulating layer of a power cable, and a power cable using the polypropylene resin composition, wherein the polypropylene resin composition includes 70 parts by weight to 90 parts by weight of a propylene block copolymer in which ethylene-propylene rubber (EPR) is dispersed in a propylene-ethylene random copolymer, 5 parts by weight to 20 parts by weight of a polyolefin elastomer (POE), and 5 parts by weight to 20 parts by weight of high molecular weight atactic polypropylene (PP) having a weight average molecular weight of 100,000 g/mol or greater.

An atactic polypropylene comb-block polyolefin comprising two blocks including a polyolefin backbone and atactic polypropylene combs pendant to the backbone having a weight average molecular weight of at least 8000 g/mole and a crystallinity of less than 20%, where the atactic polypropylene comb-block polyolefin has comb number of at least 2. The atactic polypropylene comb-block polyolefin is made by contacting at a temperature within a range from 20 to 70 C. propylene with a first metallocene precursor to form vinyl-terminated atactic polypropylene to form vinyl-terminated atactic polypropylene, then contacting at a temperature within a range from 40 to 150 C. the vinyl-terminated atactic polypropylene with ethylene, propylene, or both and a second metallocene precursor to form the backbone.

An atactic polypropylene comb-block polyolefin comprising two blocks including a polyolefin backbone and atactic polypropylene combs pendant to the backbone having a weight average molecular weight of at least 8000 g/mole and a crystallinity of less than 20%, where the atactic polypropylene comb-block polyolefin has comb number of at least 2. The atactic polypropylene comb-block polyolefin is made by contacting at a temperature within a range from 20 to 70 C. propylene with a first metallocene precursor to form vinyl-terminated atactic polypropylene to form vinyl-terminated atactic polypropylene, then contacting at a temperature within a range from 40 to 150 C. the vinyl-terminated atactic polypropylene with ethylene, propylene, or both and a second metallocene precursor to form the backbone.

A high-flow and high-impact polyolefin resin composition comprises: about 5 to 96% by weight of an isotactic polypropylene-based resin; about 1 to 15% by weight of a low molecular weight atactic polypropylene resin having weight average molecular weight of about 10,000 to 100,000 g/mol; about 1 to 20% by weight of an ultra-high molecular weight atactic polypropylene resin having weight average molecular weight of about 1,000,000 to 2,500,000 g/mol; about 1 to 40% by weight of an inorganic filler; and about 1 to 20% by weight of a rubber.

This invention involves the addition of ester bottoms to an asphalt paving composition to improve the usable temperature range (UTR). The ester bottoms are a byproduct of refining a feedstock containing all or a portion of vegetable oil or animal fat.