Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Dual catalyst system for producing polyethylene with long chain branching for blow molding applications
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Application No.: US16898502Application Date: 2020-06-11
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Publication No.: US11267919B2Publication Date: 2022-03-08
- Inventor: Jeremy M. Praetorius , Alfred E. Brown, Jr. , Yongwoo Inn , Youlu Yu , Qing Yang , Ashish M. Sukhadia
- Applicant: Chevron Phillips Chemical Company LP
- Applicant Address: US TX The Woodlands
- Assignee: Chevron Phillips Chemical Company LP
- Current Assignee: Chevron Phillips Chemical Company LP
- Current Assignee Address: US TX The Woodlands
- Agency: Merchant & Gould P.C.
- Main IPC: C08F210/16
- IPC: C08F210/16 ; C08F210/02 ; C08F4/64 ; C08F4/76 ; C08F4/6592 ; B29C49/00 ; B29K23/00

Abstract:
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.
Public/Granted literature
- US20210388130A1 DUAL CATALYST SYSTEM FOR PRODUCING POLYETHYLENE WITH LONG CHAIN BRANCHING FOR BLOW MOLDING APPLICATIONS Public/Granted day:2021-12-16
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