Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Gas phase polyethylene copolymers
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Application No.: US17091217Application Date: 2020-11-06
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Publication No.: US11767384B2Publication Date: 2023-09-26
- Inventor: Porter C. Shannon , Handel D. Bennett , Nathaniel B. Guy , Daniel G. O'Neil , James L. Schulze , Michael G. Tribo
- Applicant: ExxonMobil Chemical Patents Inc.
- Applicant Address: US TX Baytown
- Assignee: ExxonMobil Chemical Patents Inc.
- Current Assignee: ExxonMobil Chemical Patents Inc.
- Current Assignee Address: US TX Baytown
- Agency: ExxonMobil Technology and Engineering Company-Chemicals
- Main IPC: C08F210/02
- IPC: C08F210/02 ; C08J5/18 ; C09K3/10 ; C08F210/14

Abstract:
Polyethylene copolymers with a structure that provides improved film properties are provided. The copolymers can have a density of about 0.905 to about 0.911 g/cm3. The copolymers can also have a DRI/I2 ratio of about 0.0008 to about 0.060, an I2 value of about 0.6 to about 3.8 dg/min, and an I21 value of about 8 to about 57 dg/min. The copolymers having those properties can be produced by introducing ethylene and at least one other olefin comonomer to a single reactor at a comonomer/ethylene mole ratio of about 0.02 to about 0.03 and polymerizing at a temperature of about 76.7° C. to about 80.6° C. and a pressure of about 1,724 kPa to about 2,413 kPa. The copolymers can be used to make films having a 21 mol % O2 transmission rate of about 150 to about 200 cc/100 in2/24 hr. and hot tack seal initiation temperatures of about 65° C. to 80° C.
Public/Granted literature
- US20210147589A1 Gas Phase Polyethylene Copolymers Public/Granted day:2021-05-20
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