Abstract:
A propylene/ethylene/1-hexene terpolymer containing from 1.0 wt% to 2.5 wt%, of ethylene derived units and from 2.0wt% to 3.5wt% of 1-hexene derived units, the sum of the amounts of propylene, ethylene and 1-.hexene derived units being 100, having the following features: a)the amount (Wt%) of 1-hexene (C6) and the amount (Wt%) of ethylene (C2) fulfil the following relation (i): 0.5
Abstract:
A terpolymer containing propylene, ethylene and an alpha olefins of formula CH2=CHZ wherein Z is an hydrocarbon group having from 2 to 10 carbon atoms wherein: (i) the content of ethylene derived units ranges from 0.5 wt% to 5.0 wt%; (ii) the content of alpha olefin derived units ranges from 1.0 wt% to 5.0 wt%; (iii) the amount (Wt%) of alpha-olefin (C6), the amount (Wt%) of ethylene (C2) and the melting point (Tm) of the terpolymer fulfil the following relation (1) Tm>-(C2+0.8C6)*6+157 (1) (iv) the polydispersity index (PI) ranges from 3 to 8.
Abstract:
Random copolymers of propylene with ethylene, and optionally other olefins, comprising from 3.5% to 6.5% by weight of ethylene and having a melt flow rate (MFR) according to ISO 1133 (230°C, 2.16 Kg) of less than 10 g/10 min and a melting temperature (Tm), determined by DSC, satisfying the relation: 45 °C ≤ Tm + C ≤ 150 °C wherein C is the quantity (by weight) of ethylene in the copolymer. The random copolymers of the invention are specifically suited for cast film and/or sheet applications.
Abstract:
Polyolefin compositions particularly suitable for cast film, exhibiting heat sealability, retortability, low haze and stiffness, comprising: 1) 75-85% of a propylene homopolymer or copolymer of propylene with ethylene and/or one or more C 4 -C 10 α-olefin(s), the homopolymer or copolymer having melting temperature equal to or higher than 150°C, 2) 15-25% of a copolymer of ethylene with one or more C 4 -C 10 α-olefin(s) containing from 20 to 30% of said C 4 -C 10 α-olefin(s); said composition having MFR (at 230°C, 2.16 kg) of from 5-10 g/10 min, the total content of ethylene of from 10 to 20 %, the total content of C 4 -C 10 α-olefin(s) of from 2 to 8 %, the ratio XStot/XSm of the total fraction soluble in Xylene at room temperature to the fraction soluble in Xylene at room temperature of the matrix component (1) of from 5 to 15, and the value of the intrinsic viscosity of the total fraction soluble in Xylene at room temperature (XSIVtot) of 1.5 dl/g or less.
Abstract:
A process for the preparation of propylene polymer compositions carried out in the presence of a catalyst system comprising (a) a solid catalyst component having average particle size ranging from 15 to 80 μm 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 50 to 90% by mol with respect to the total amount of donors and selected from succinates and the other being selected from 1,3 diethers, (b) an aluminum alkyl and optionally (c) an external electron donor compound, and comprising the following steps: (i) contacting the catalyst components (a), (b) and optionally (c); (ii) pre-polymerizing up to forming amounts of polymer from about 0.1 up to about 1000 g per gram of solid catalyst component (a); (iii) polymerizing propylene producing a propylene (co)polymer being for at least 85% by weight of insoluble in xylene at 25° C. and (iv) in a successive step, carried out in gas-phase, polymerizing mixtures of ethylene with α-olefins CH2═CHR in which R is a hydrocarbon radical having 1-10 carbon atoms, to produce the said ethylene copolymer.
Abstract:
A propylene composition comprising (percent by weight): A) 60%-90%, of a crystalline propylene copolymer containing from 3.5% to 10% of ethylene derived units; B) 10%-40%, of a copolymer of propylene containing from 18.5% to 23.5%, of ethylene derived units.