DUAL CATALYST SYSTEM FOR PRODUCING POLYETHYLENE WITH LONG CHAIN BRANCHING FOR BLOW MOLDING APPLICATIONS

    公开(公告)号:US20210388130A1

    公开(公告)日:2021-12-16

    申请号:US16898502

    申请日:2020-06-11

    摘要: Ethylene-based polymers are characterized by a melt index less than 1 g/10 min, a density from 0.94 to 0.965 g/cm3, a Mw from 100,000 to 250,000 g/mol, a relaxation time from 0.5 to 3 sec, and an average number of long chain branches (LCBs) per 1,000,000 total carbon atoms in a molecular weight range of 300,000 to 900,000 g/mol that is greater than that in a molecular weight range of 1,000,000 to 2,000,000 g/mol, or an average number of LCBs per 1,000,000 total carbon atoms in a molecular weight range of 1,000,000 to 2,000,000 g/mol of less than or equal to about 5 and a maximum ratio of ηE/3η at an extensional rate of 0.1 sec−1 from 1.2 to 10. These polymers have substantially no long chain branching in the high molecular weight fraction of the polymer, but instead have significant long chain branching in a lower molecular weight fraction, such that polymer melt strength and parison stability are maintained for the fabrication of blow molded products and other articles of manufacture. These ethylene polymers can be produced using a dual catalyst system containing a single or two atom bridged metallocene compound with two indenyl groups, and a single atom bridged metallocene compound with a fluorenyl group and a cyclopentadienyl group.

    Radically coupled resins and methods of making and using same

    公开(公告)号:US10577440B2

    公开(公告)日:2020-03-03

    申请号:US14933847

    申请日:2015-11-05

    IPC分类号: C08F10/02

    摘要: A radically coupled polymer having a density of from about 0.915 g/ml to about 0.975 g/ml characterized by a crossover modulus measured in Pascals (Pa) that is equal to or less than ymn where ymn=180,000e−0.15x and x is the number average molecular weight of the radically coupled polymer divided by 1,000. An ethylene polymer having a level of short chain branching ranging from about 0 to about 10 mol. %; a level of long chain branching ranging from about 0.001 LCB/103 carbons to about 1.5 LCB/103 carbons as determined by SEC-MALS; and characterized by a crossover modulus measured in Pa that is equal to or less than ymn where ymn=180,000−0.15x and x is the number average molecular weight of the radically coupled polymer divided by 1,000.