Abstract:
A composition comprising at least the following components: A) an ethylene-based polymer; B) a cycloolefin interpolymer comprising, in polymerized form, ethylene and at least one bridged cyclic olefin selected from Structures a-d, as described herein, or any combination of Structures a-d; and wherein component A is present in an amount ≥ 50 wt%, based on the weight of the composition, and wherein component B is present in an amount from 5 to 12 wt%, based on the sum weight of components A and B.
Abstract:
The present disclosure provides a composition comprising: (A) a polypropylene polymer; (B) a polyolefin elastomer; (C) a polyacetoacetate compound having the Formula (I); and (D) an additive component. The present disclosure also provides an article made from the composition.
Abstract:
The present disclosure relates to a catalyst system for use in forming a multi-block copolymer, said copolymer containing therein two or more segments or blocks differing in chemical or physical properties, a polymerization process using the same, and the resulting polymers, wherein the composition comprises the admixture or reaction product resulting from combining: (A) a first olefin polymerization procatalyst, (B) a second olefin polymerization procatalyst capable of preparing polymers differing in chemical or physical properties from the polymer prepared by procatalyst (A) under equivalent polymerization conditions, (C) an activator, and (D) a chain shuttling agent.
Abstract:
A composition comprising (A) from 10 wt% to 90 wt% of a polymeric ethylene ionomer; (B) from 10 wt% to 40 wt% of a propylene component including at least one propylene based polymer having a propylene content of at least 50.0 wt%, based on the total weight of the propylene based polymer, and a melt flow rate from 0.5 g/10 min to 200.0 g/10 min (according to ASTM D-1238 at 230°C/2.16 kg); and (C) from 5 wt% to 20 wt% of a crystalline block composite.
Abstract:
Foam compositions comprise at least an ethylene/α-olefin interpolymer. The ethylene/α-olefin interpolymers of the present disclosure are multi-block copolymers comprising at least one soft block and at least one hard block. The foam compositions can further comprise a blowing agent and a cross-linking agent. Methods of making the foam compositions and foamed articles made from the foam compositions are also described.
Abstract:
The present disclosure relates to a one-pot process for synthesizing functional compounds or functional polymers by reacting an aldehyde with an alkyl-zinc or polymeryl-zinc composition in the presence of a specific Lewis acid, wherein the reaction is rapid and facile at high temperatures.
Abstract:
A process to form a composition comprising an ethylene/vinylarene diblock and/or triblock interpolymer, and comprising at least the following steps: A) polymerizing in a reactor A, a mixture A comprising ethylene, and optionally an alpha-olefin, and optionally a vinylarene, in the presence of at least the following: a) a metal complex S selected from the following: Formula (S1), Formula (S2), Formula (S3), Formula (S4) or Formula (S5), as described herein: B) polymerizing in a reactor B, a mixture B comprising ethylene, a vinylarene, and optionally an alpha-olefin, in the presence of at least the following: b) a metal complex H selected from the following Formula (H1) or Formula (H2), as described herein; and wherein step A occurs before step B, or vise-versa, and at least one chain shuttling agent is fed into the first reactor. A composition comprising an ethylene/vinylarene diblock or triblock interpolymer, as described herein.
Abstract:
A process to form a crosslinked composition, said process comprising thermally treating a composition that comprises the following components: a) an olefin/silane interpolymer, b) a cure catalyst, and c) a multi-vinyl compound. A composition comprising the following components: a) an olefin/silane interpolymer, b) a cure catalyst, and c) a multi-vinyl compound.
Abstract:
An interpolymer, which comprises at least one siloxane group, and prepared by polymerizing a mixture comprising one or more "addition polymerizable monomers" and at least one siloxane monomer, in the presence of a catalyst system comprising a Group 3-10 metal complex, and the siloxane monomer is selected from the following Formula 1: Aa-Si(Bb)(Cc)(Hh0)-O-(Si(Dd)(Ee)(Hh1)-O)x-Si(Ff)(Gg)(Hh2), described herein. An ethylene/siloxane interpolymer comprising at least one chemical unit of Structure 1, or at least one chemical unit of Structure 2, each described herein. A process to form an interpolymer, which comprises, in polymerized form, at least one siloxane monomer, or at least one silane monomer without a siloxane linkage, said process comprising polymerizing a mixture comprising one or more "addition polymerizable monomers" and at least one monomer of Formula 4, described herein, in the presence of a catalyst system comprising a metal complex from Formula A or Formula B, each described herein.
Abstract:
A composition comprising an ethylene/alpha-olefin interpolymer that comprises the following properties: a) a total unsaturation/1000C ≥ 0.30; b) a molecular weight distribution (MWD) ≤ 3.0; c) a TGIC broadness parameter B1/4 ≤ 8.0. A solution polymerization process to prepare an ethylene/alpha-olefin/interpolymer; said process comprising polymerizing, in one reactor, at a reactor temperature ≥ 150°C, a reaction mixture comprising ethylene, an alpha-olefin, a solvent, and a metal complex as described herein. A method to determine the TGIC broadness parameter B1/x of a polymer composition comprising one or more olefin-based polymers.