Abstract:
Ethylene (co)polymers excellent in moldability, mechanical characteristics and so on and suitable for various moldings, particularly pipes. For example, ethylene homopolymers or ethylene/C4-C20 α-olefin copolymers, wherein the number of methyl branches is less than 0.1 per 1000 carbon atoms as determined by 13C-NMR and the Mw/Mn ratio is 1.8 or above but below 4.5 as determined by GPC; and ethylene homopolymers or ethylene/C¿3?-C20 α-olefin copolymers, wherein the melt tension (MT) and the swelling ratio (SR) satisfy the relationship: log(MT) > 12.9 - 7.15 x SR, and the intrinsic viscosity ([θ]) and the melt flow rate (MFR) satisfy the relationship: [θ] > 1.85 x MFR?-0.192¿ in the case of MFR 1.85 x MFR-0.213 in the case of MFR ≥ 1.
Abstract:
To provide capsular fine particles comprising an olefinic polymer which have a uniform particle size distribution and a uniform particle size, and which are spherical and free from the coagulation between particles. Capsular fine particles comprising the olefinic polymer, of which the ratio (L/M) of the outer diameter (L) to the inner diameter (M) is 1.1 to 6.0, and the average diameter is 0.6 to 40 µm.
Abstract:
The present invention provides an olefin polymer having a narrow molecular weight distribution and a specific molecular weight, an olefin polymer having a functional group introduced at the terminal, a tapered polymer containing a segment wherein monomer composition continuously changes in the polymer chain, an olefin polymer having different segments which are bonded to each other, and a process for preparing these polymers. The olefin polymers of the invention are polymers of olefins of 2 to 20 carbon atoms and have a number-average molecular weight of not less than 500 and Mw/Mn of not more than 1.5. In the process for preparing an olefin polymer, an olefin of 2 to 20 carbon atoms is polymerized in the presence of an olefin polymerization catalyst comprising a transition metal compound represented by, for example, the following formula (I): LmMXn wherein M is a transition metal atom of Group 3 to Group 11 of the periodic table, m is 1 to 5, n is a number satisfying a valence of M, L is a ligand coordinated to the central metal M and is a ligand containing a heteroatom having no direct bond to the central metal, and X is a halogen atom, a hydrocarbon group or the like.
Abstract:
An ethylene copolymer excellent in mechanical properties and moldability, which comprises 40 to 99 mol% ethylene units and 1 to 60 mol% C3-20 α-olefin units and in which the ratio (Mz/Mw) of the Z-average molecular weight (Mz) to the weight-average molecular weight (Mw) both determined by GPC is 10 to 30, that ratio (Mz/Mw) and the ratio (Mw/Mn) of the weight-average molecular weight (Mw) to the number-average molecular weight (Mn) both determined by GPC satisfy the relationship (Mz/Mw)⊃(Mw/Mn), the intrinsic viscosity is 0.5 to 4 dl/g, the ratio of the melt viscosity (θ*0.01) as measured at 190 °C and a shear rate of 0.01 rad/sec to that (θ*8) as measured at 190 °C and a shear rate of 8 rad/sec satisfy the relationship (θ*0.01/θ*8) 0.843x(θ)+1.0, and the absolute value of the activation energy (Ea) with respect to melt viscoelasticity shift factor is 4x104 J/mol.K or lower.
Abstract:
[PROBLEMS] To provide catalysts for olefin polymerization which are excellent in olefin polymerization performance and can give polyolefins having excellent properties. [MEANS FOR SOLVING PROBLEMS] Catalysts for the polymerization of olefins, characterized by comprising (A) a transition metal compound represented by the general formula (I) and (B) at least one compound selected from the group consisting of (B-1) organometallic compounds, (B-2) organoaluminum oxy compounds, and (B-3) compounds capable of reacting with the compound (A) to form an ion pair: (I) wherein M is a transition metal atom selected from among Group 4-6 metals of the periodic table; two of R1 to R4 which are adjacent to each other and the carbon atoms to which the two are bonded are united to form a ring; the others of R1 to R4, R5 to R8, and X are each an atom or a group selected from among hydrogen, halogeno, hydrocarbon groups, halogenated hydrocarbon groups, oxygen -containing groups, and nitrogen-containing groups; Q is -O-, -S-, -NRa-, or -PRb- (wherein Ra and Rb are each hydrogen or a hydrocarbon group); Y is a neutral ligand having an electron -donating group; m is a number satisfying the valence of M; and n is an integer of 0 to 3.
Abstract:
An ethylenic resin which exhibits a satisfactorily high melt tension and can provide a formed product excellent in mechanical strength, characterized in that it satisfies all the following requirements [1] to [5]: [1] a melt flow rate (MFR) at a load of 2.16 kg at 190°C is 0.1 to 100 g/10 min, [2] a density (d) is 875 to 970 kg/m3, [3] a ratio [MT/η*(g/P)] of a melt tension at 190°C [MT(g)] to a shear viscosity [η*(P)] at 200°C and at an angular velocity of 1.0 rad/sec is 1.50 X 10-4 to 9.00 X 10-4, [4] a sum [(A+B)(/1000C)] of a number of methyl branches [A(/1000C)] and a number of ethyl branches [B(/1000C)] both per 1000 carbon atoms is 1.8 or less, as measured by 13C-NMR, and [5] a zero shear viscosity [η0(P)] at 200°C and a weight average molecular weight (Mw) as measured by the GPC-viscosity detector method (GPC-VISCO) satisfy the following relationship formula (Eq-1). 0.01 × 10-13 × Mw3.4 ≤ η0 ≤ 4.5 × 10-13 × Mw3.4 -----(Eq-1)
Abstract:
This invention provides ethylene copolymer fine particles and functional group-containing ethylene copolymer fine particles, which satisfy the following requirements (A) to (E), have a smaller particle diameter than the conventional particulate polyethylene, do not cause aggregation among the fine particles, have a very narrow particle size distribution, and a high level of roundness. Nonaggregative spherical magnesium-containing fine particles are also provided which are usable as a magnesium-containing carrier component for an olefin polymerization catalyst capable of producing the above fine particles. (Requirements) (A) An intrinsic viscosity [η] of 0.1 to 50 dl/g as measured in decalin at 135ºC, (B) a passage rate, through a mesh sieve with an opening of 37 μm, of not less than 95% by weight, (C) a median size (d50) of 3 μm ≤ d50 ≤ 25 μm as measured by a laser diffraction scattering method, (D) a circularity coefficient of not less than 0.85, and (E) a coefficient of variation(Cv) of not more than 20%.
Abstract:
An ethylene/C3-10 α-olefin copolymer which has (i) a melt flow rate MFR (190°C, 2.16 kg) of 0.01 to 10 g/10min, (ii) a melt tension MT satisfying MT≥3.2×MFR-0.55, (iii) a flow activation energy Ea satisfying Ea
Abstract:
Solid fine particles which bear magnesium, aluminum, and C1-20 alkoxy, are insoluble in hydrocarbon solvents, and have a mean particle diameter of 3 to 80μm; and catalysts for olefin polymerization containing the solid fine particles and Group 3-11 transition metal compounds. The catalysts exhibit extremely high olefin polymerization activity even when they are not combined with an expensive organoaluminum oxy compound or an organoboron compound, and can keep high activity over long-time polymerization and give efficiently olefin polymers excellent in powder characteristics. The Group 3-11 transition metal compounds include those having ligands which each contain at least two elements selected from among boron, nitrogen, oxygen, phosphorus, and sulfur.