Abstract:
A polyolefin having a density of greater than about 0.930 g/ml which when extruded at a temperature in the range of from about 590° F. to about 645° F. and then coated onto a substrate at a rate of from about 300 ft/min to about 1000 ft/min has an edge weave of from about 0 in/side to about 2.5 in/side and a neck-in of less than about 3.0 in/side.
Abstract:
A method of preparing a polymer article comprising determining a zero-shear viscosity for a polymer sample; sieving the polymer sample to produce a plurality of sieved polymer samples; determining a molecular weight distribution for each of the plurality of sieved polymer samples; determining a zero-shear viscosity for each of the plurality of sieved polymer samples; determining a compositional diversity of each of the plurality of sieved polymer samples based on a ratio of the zero shear viscosity for each of the plurality of sieved polymer samples to the zero shear viscosity for the polymer sample; identifying a polymer sample having a ratio of the zero shear viscosity to zero shear viscosity for the polymer sample of from about 0.5 to equal to or greater than about 3; and preparing a polymer article from the identified polymer sample.
Abstract:
An ethylene alpha-olefin copolymer having (a) a density of from about 0.910 g/cc to about 0.940 g/cc; (b) a weight average molecular weight of from about 150,000 g/mol to about 300,000 g/mol; and (c) a melt index at a load of 2.16 kg of from about 0.01 dg/10 min. to about 0.5 dg/min.; wherein a 1 mil blown film formed from the polymer composition is characterized by (i) a Dart Impact strength greater than about 175 g/mil; (ii) an Elmendorf machine direction tear strength greater than about 20 g/mil; and (iii) an Elmendorf transverse direction tear strength greater than about 475 g/mil.
Abstract:
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 that is equal to or less than ymn where ymn=18000e−0.15x and x is the number average molecular weight of the radically coupled polymer. 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 that is equal to or less than ymn where ymn=18000e−0.15x and x is the number average molecular weight of the radically coupled polymer.
Abstract:
A metallocene-catalyzed polymer comprising (i) a higher molecular weight component and (ii) a lower molecular weight component wherein the polymer has a polydispersity index of from about 10 to about 26; a zero shear viscosity of from about 5×105 Pa·s to about 2×1014 Pa·s and a smooth-to-matte transition critical stress of from about 20 kPa to about 85 kPa at a shear rate of from about 1.5 s−1 to about 17 s−1. A dual metallocene catalyzed polyethylene comprising (i) a higher molecular weight component and (ii) a lower molecular weight component wherein the polymer has a polydispersity index of from about 10 to about 26; a zero shear viscosity of from about 5×105 Pa·s to about 2×1014 Pa·s and a smooth-to-matte transition stress of from about 20 kPa to about 85 kPa at a shear rate of from about 1.5 s−1 to about 17 s−1.
Abstract:
Disclosed herein are synthetic methods for improving the solubility of metallocenes such as those that contain perfluorobenzyl(indene) groups. These methods can include alkylation of the perfluoroaryl ring of metallocene precursors using alkyl lithium reagents in a one-pot reaction. Further, these methods can be employed without altering the equipment or conditions of the reaction, without isolation of new intermediates, and while generally retaining desired catalyst characteristics.
Abstract:
Ethylene-based polymers having a density from 0.94 to 0.96 g/cm3, a Mn from 5,000 to 14,000 g/mol, a ratio of Mw/Mn from 18 to 40, and at least one of a PENT value at 2.4 MPa of at least 11,500 hr and/or a W90 from 7.5 to 15 wt. % are disclosed. Additional ethylene polymers can have the same density, Mn, and Mw/Mn values, as well as a relaxation time from 0.5 to 3.5 sec, a CY-a parameter from 0.48 to 0.68, a HLMI from 5 to 11 g/10 min, a viscosity at HLMI from 3,000 to 7,500 Pa-sec, and a higher molecular weight component (HMW) and a lower molecular weight (LMW) component, in which a ratio of the number of SCBs at Mp of the HMW component to the number of SCBs at Mp of the LMW component is from 3.5 to 8.
Abstract:
An ethylene alpha-olefin copolymer having (a) a density of from about 0.910 g/cc to about 0.940 g/cc; (b) a weight average molecular weight of from about 150,000 g/mol to about 300,000 g/mol; and (c) a melt index at a load of 2.16 kg of from about 0.01 dg/10 min. to about 0.5 dg/min.; wherein a 1 mil blown film formed from the polymer composition is characterized by (i) a Dart Impact strength greater than about 175 g/mil; (ii) an Elmendorf machine direction tear strength greater than about 20 g/mil; and (iii) an Elmendorf transverse direction tear strength greater than about 475 g/mil.
Abstract:
An ethylene alpha-olefin copolymer having (a) a density of from about 0.910 g/cc to about 0.940 g/cc; (b) a weight average molecular weight of from about 150,000 g/mol to about 300,000 g/mol; and (c) a melt index at a load of 2.16 kg of from about 0.01 dg/10 min. to about 0.5 dg/min.; wherein a 1 mil blown film formed from the polymer composition is characterized by (i) a Dart Impact strength greater than about 175 g/mil; (ii) an Elmendorf machine direction tear strength greater than about 20 g/mil; and (iii) an Elmendorf transverse direction tear strength greater than about 475 g/mil.
Abstract:
A polymer reactor-blend comprising at least a first component having a polydispersity index of greater than about 20 and is present in an amount of from about 1 wt. % to about 99 wt. % based on the total weight of the polymer and a second component having a polydispersity index of less than about 20 and is present in an amount of from about 1 wt. % to about 99 wt. % based on the total weight of the polymer wherein a molecular weight distribution of the second component lies within a molecular weight distribution of the first component.