Abstract:
A copolymer of propylene with hexene-1 containing from 5 to 9% by weight of recurring units derived from hexene-1, having a melting temperature from 125° C. to 140° C. and Melt Flow Rate (ASTM D1238, 230° C./2.16 Kg) from 0.1 to 3 g/10 min., is used to produce blown films having valuable mechanical and optical properties.
Abstract:
Propylene-ethylene copolymers are flexible and show a very good balance between softness and mechanical properties in their crude state are obtained by solution polymerization in the presence of Ziegler-Natta catalysts. The said copolymers comprise from 10 to 50%wt of ethylene and are characterized by: product of the comonomer reactivity ratio r1 r2 =1.5; absence of 2,1 propylene insertions and tensile strength at break higher than 4 Mpa.
Abstract:
Butene-1 copolymers containing: a) from 1 to 7 % by mole of ethylene derived units, and b) from 3 to 20 % by mole of units derived from one or more alpha-olefin(s) having general formula H2C=CHR, wherein R is methyl or a linear or branched alkyl radical C3-C8; said copolymers having a molecular weight distribution with a ratio (I) of less than or equal to 4 and a (b)/(a) molar ratio of more than or equal to 2.3.
Abstract:
A masterbatch composition comprising (percent by weight): A) 15%-50% of a polypropylene component having a melt flow rate of from 1 to 250 g/10 min.; and B) 50%-85% of an olefin polymer partially soluble in xylene at room temperature, containing from 60% to 85% by weight of ethylene; said masterbatch composition having (i) a value of the intrinsic viscosity [rl] of the fraction soluble in xylene at room temperature ([rl]SOl) equal to or lower than 2.9 dl/g, and (ii) a value of the ratio MFR / [TI],,,, equal to or lower than 4, is added to polyolefin materials to obtain final compositions suitable for injection molding.
Abstract:
A polyolefin composition, particularly fit for the production of extrusion blow molded articles, comprising (a) a propylene-ethylene copolymer having a content of units deriving from ethylene of 4.0 % by weight or higher, and (b) a nucleating agent and having a crystallization temperature (Tc) higher than 117°C can be obtained by copolymerizing propylene and ethylene in the presence of a catalyst system obtained by contacting a solid catalyst component comprising a magnesium halide, a titanium compound having at least a Ti-halogen bond and at least two electron donor compounds one of which being present in an amount from 40 to 90% by mol with respect to the total amount of donors and selected from succinates and the other selected from 1,3 diethers, an aluminum hydrocarbyl compound, and optionally an external electron donor compound.
Abstract:
A polyolefin composition made from or containing (A) from 90.0 to 99.0 wt % of a first propylene ethylene copolymer wherein (i) the ethylene derived units is between 1.0 and 8.0 wt %; (ii) the melting temperature ranges from 135 to 155° C.; (iii) the melt flow rate (230° C./5 kg ISO 1133) ranges from 0.2 to 3.5 g/10 min; (iv) the xylene solubles at 25° C. ranges from 10.0 to 4.0 wt %; (v) the polydispersity index ranges from 3.0 to 7.0; and (B) from 1.0 to 10.0 wt % of a second propylene ethylene copolymer (i) containing from 8.0 to 20.0 wt % of ethylene derived units; and having a MFR (measured at 190° C. 2.16 kg of load) between 0.5 and 5.0 g/10 min, wherein (a) the resulting polyolefin composition has a melt flow rate (230° C./5 kg ISO 1133) ranging from 0.2 to 4.0 g/10 min and (b) the sum A+B being 100.
Abstract:
Composition comprising (A) from 30 to 60 by weight, of a soft polyolefin composition comprising, 10-50% by weight of a copolymer (a) of propylene, which copolymer contains from 1 to 8% of comonomer content; 50-90wt% of a copolymer (b) of ethylene and other alpha-olefin(s), containing from 57 to 80% of ethylene; wherein the weight ratio of the content of copolymer component (b) to the fraction XS soluble in xylene at room temperature (about 25 °C), both (b and XS) referred to the total weight of (a) + (b), is of 1.5 or less, and the intrinsic viscosity [·] of the said XS fraction is of 3 dl/g or more; and the total quantity of copolymerized ethylene is preferably from 30% to 65% by weight; (B) from 5 to 30wt% of a glass fiber filler; (C) from 0 to 5 % by weight of a compatibilizer; (D) from 10 to 40 by weight of a polypropylene component selected from propylene homopolymers, propylene copolymers containing up to 5% by moles of ethylene and/or C 4 -C 10 ±-olefin(s) and combinations of such homopolymers and copolymers, wherein the Melt Flow Rate, of the polypropylene component D) is generally from 0.3 to 2500 g/10 min.