Abstract:
Embodiments of a polymer compositions and articles comprising such compositions contain at least one multimodal ethylene-based polymer, wherein the multimodal ethylene-based polymer exhibits superior low temperature performance.
Abstract:
The present disclosure relates to a polyethylene composition particularly suited for producing blow-molded hollow articles, having the following features: 1) density from 0.940 to 0.955 g/cm 3 , determined according to ISO 1183 at 23°C; 2) ratio MIF/MIP from 12 to 40; 3) Mz from 500,000 to 3,500,000 g/moI; 4) η0.02 from 80,000 to 300,000 Pa.s; 5) HMWcopo index from 1 to 15; and 6) Mz/Mw*LCBI lower than 6.4.
Abstract:
The present invention relates to a polyethylene resin suitable for preparing moulded articles, such as caps and closures. The invention provides in particular a polyethylene resin comprising at least two polyethylene fractions A and B, wherein said polyethylene resin has a melt index (MI2), of at least 3.0 g/10 min to at most 5.5 g/10 min as measured according to ISO 1133, condition D, at 190 °C and under a load of 2.16 kg, and a density of at least 0.955 g/cm³ to at most 0.965 g/cm³ as measured according to ISO 1183 at 23 °C, and a molecular weight distribution Mw/Mn which is at most 7.0, as determined by gel permeation chromatography, with Mw being the weight-average molecular weight and Mn being the number-average molecular weight; and wherein said polyethylene fraction A has a high load melt index (HLMI), as measured according to ISO 1133:1997 condition G at 190 °C and under a load of 21.6 kg, of at least 10.5 and a melt index (MI2) of at least 0.5 g/10 min to at most 1.5 g/10 min as measured according to ISO 1133, condition D, at 190 °C and under a load of 2.16 kg. The invention further relates to a process for preparing said polyethylene resin, to a cap or closure comprising said polyethylene, and to a process for producing such a cap or closure.
Abstract:
A multilayer film comprising at least two layers, a layer (B) and an outer layer (A), wherein outer layer (A) comprises a multimodal polymer of ethylene with at least two different comonomers selected from alpha-olefins having from 4 to 10 carbon atoms, which multimodal polymer of ethylene has a density of 910 to 935 kg/m 3 , and a Mw/Mn of 2 to 8; and said layer (B) comprising a multimodal ethylene copolymer of ethylene and one C4-10 comonomer or a multimodal ethylene terpolymer of ethylene and at least two C4-10 comonomers, or a mixture thereof, wherein said multimodal ethylene copolymer or terpolymer has a density of 910 to 940 kg/m 3 and an Mw/Mn of 9 or more.
Abstract:
A process for reducing the level of hydrogen in certain polymerization effluent and recycle streams containing unreacted propylene monomers and hydrogen by contacting the streams with a hydrogenation catalyst so as to convert at least part of the propylene to the corresponding alkane. The process is particularly applicable to the effluent from a slurry polymerization reactor which has been used to produce a polypropylene homopolymer or copolymer having a first molecular weight and at least part of the effluent is to be supplied to a slurry polymerization reactor to produce a polypropylene homopolymer or copolymer having a second, higher molecular weight.
Abstract:
The present technology relates to alkali-swellable emulsion polymers that are useful as rheology modifiers. More specifically the present technology relates to alkali-swellable emulsion polymers containing residues of a polyunsaturated amphiphilic macromonomer. In one aspect the disclosed polymers are useful for thickening aqueous surfactant containing compositions, while providing the compositions in which they are included excellent rheology properties, clarity, and the ability to stably suspend insoluble and particulate materials over long periods of time, as well as improved thickening efficiencies.
Abstract:
Moulded articles comprising a polypropylene homopolymer with rather high melt flow rate, high stiffness, improved optical properties and an advantageous balance between stiffness and optical properties.
Abstract:
The invention relates to a process for transitioning from a first continuous polymerization in a gas phase reactor conducted in the presence of a metallocene catalyst to a second polymerization conducted in the presence of a Ziegler-Natta catalyst in the gas phase reactor wherein the metallocene catalyst and the Ziegler-Natta catalysts are incompatible, the process comprising: (a) discontinuing the introduction of the metallocene catalyst into the gas phase reactor; (b) introducing an effective amount of cyclohexylamine into the reactor to at least partially deactivate the metallocene catalyst; (c) introducing an organometallic compound into the reactor and reacting the organometallic compound with cyclohexylamine; (d) degas the gas composition of the reactor and build up a new composition inside the reactor for the second polymerization with the Ziegler-Natta catalyst (e) introducing the Ziegler-Natta catalyst into the reactor.
Abstract:
A dual reactor solution process gives high density polyethylene compositions containing a first ethylene copolymer and a second ethylene copolymer and which have good processability and ESCR properties. The polyethylene compositions are suitable for compression molding or injection molding applications and are particularly useful in the manufacture of caps and closures for bottles or containers.