Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Polymer compositions and processes for their production
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Application No.: US16266186Application Date: 2019-02-04
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Publication No.: US10538656B2Publication Date: 2020-01-21
- Inventor: Jo Ann M. Canich , Rainer Kolb , Periagaram S. Ravishankar , Phillip T. Matsunaga , Peijun Jiang , Rhutesh K. Shah , Narayanaswami Dharmarajan
- Applicant: ExxonMobil Chemical Patents Inc.
- Applicant Address: US TX Baytown
- Assignee: ExxonMobil Chemical Patents Inc.
- Current Assignee: ExxonMobil Chemical Patents Inc.
- Current Assignee Address: US TX Baytown
- Agent Chad A. Guice
- Main IPC: C08L23/16
- IPC: C08L23/16 ; C08L23/08 ; C08F2/00 ; C08F4/76 ; C08F210/06 ; C08F210/18 ; C08F210/16 ; C08F4/659

Abstract:
Provided herein are polymerization processes and polymer compositions including reactor blends formed by such polymerization processes. The polymerization processes include copolymerization using two metallocene catalyst systems: the first catalyst system capable of producing polymers having 60% or more vinyl terminations, the second catalyst system capable of producing high molecular weight polymers, preferably incorporating at least some of the polymers produced by the first catalyst system into the high molecular weight polymers. The reactor blends formed thereby therefore include first and second copolymer components, which may differ in monomer content and weight-average molecular weight (Mw). Furthermore, the reactor blends may exhibit advantageous rheological properties, at least some of which are consistent with long-chain branching. Preferred reactor blends comprise ethylene-propylene-diene (EPDM) terpolymers.
Public/Granted literature
- US20190169413A1 Polymer Compositions and Processes for Their Production Public/Granted day:2019-06-06
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