Abstract:
Unique copolymers comprising propylene, ethylene and/or one or more unsaturated comonomers are characterized as having: at least one, preferably more than one, of the following properties: (i) ?13¿C NMR peaks corresponding to a regio-error at about 14.6 and about 15.7 ppm, the peaks of about equal intensity, (ii) a B-value greater than about 1.4 when the comonomer content of the copolymer is at least about 3 wt%, (iii) a skewness index, S¿ix?, greater than about -1.20, (iv) a DSC curve with a T¿me? that remains essentially the same and a T¿max? that decreases as the amount of comonomer in the copolymer is increased, and (v) an X-ray diffraction pattern that reports more gamma-form crystals than a comparable copolymer prepared with a Ziegler-Natta catalyst. These polypropylene polymers are made using a nonmetallocene, metal-centered, heteroaryl ligand catalyst. These polymers can be blended with other polymers, and are useful in the manufacture of films, sheets, foams, fibers and molded articles.
Abstract:
Blends of polymeric materials comprising (A) from about 1 to about 99 weight percent of at least one interpolymer containing (1) from about 1 to about 65 mole percent of (a) at least one vinylidene aromatic monomer, or (b) at least one hindered aliphatic vinylidene monomer, or (c) a combination of at least one vinylidene aromatic monomer and at least one hindered aliphatic vinylidene monomer, and (2) from about 35 to about 99 mole percent of at least one aliphatic alpha -olefin having from 2 to about 20 carbon atoms; and (B) from about 1 to about 99 weight percent of at least one homopolymer or interpolymer of one or more vinylidene aromatic monomers and/or one or more hindered aliphatic vinylidene monomers. These blends have been observed to possess improved properties when compared to the individual polymers comprising the blend and to provide materials with enhanced processability and temperature ranges of performance.
Abstract:
Catalyst compositions that are highly tolerant of catalyst poisons comprising a cationic or zwitterionic Group 4 metal complex of the constrained geometry type and an organoaluminum hydrocarbyloxide compound according to the formula R 2Al(OR ), wherein R and R independently each occurence are C1-30 hydrocarbyl, the molar ratio of complex to organoaluminum hydrocarbyloxide compound being from 1:0.1 to 1:100.
Abstract translation:具有高度耐受催化剂毒性的催化剂组合物,其包含约束几何形式的阳离子或两性离子第4族金属络合物和根据式R 2Al(OR 2)的有机铝氢氧化物化合物,其中R 1和 R 2各自独立地为C 1-30烃基,络合物与有机铝氢氧化物化合物的摩尔比为1:0.1至1:100。
Abstract:
A process for polymerization of propylene, optionally ethylene, and further optionally one or more C 4-30 a-olefins and/or one or more conjugated or nonconjugated dienes under continuous, solution polymerization conditions to prepare a high molecular weight polymer or interpolymer, said process comprising conducting the polymerization in the presence of a catalyst composition comprising a hafnium complex of a polyvalent aryloxyether.
Abstract:
A vehicle data acquisition system (10) including a plurality of sensors with at least one collector circuit electronically connected with the sensors and configured to receive sensor data and send the output data to a host controller with the host controller electronic connected and configured to receive data from the sensor-collector and configured to store the data for later access and using fiber optic cabling for connections between the controller and at least one sensor collector for transmission and data handling between the sensor- collector and the host controller data processing storage device.
Abstract:
A composition for use in forming a multi-block copolymer, said copolymer containing therein two or more segments or blocks differing in chemical or physical properties, a polymerization process using the same, and the resulting polymers, wherein the composition comprises the admixture or reaction product resulting from combining: (A) a first metal complex olefin polymerization catalyst, (B) a second metal complex olefin polymerization catalyst capable of preparing polymers differing in chemical or physical properties from the polymer prepared by catalyst (A) under equivalent polymerization conditions, and (C) a chain shuttling agent.
Abstract:
A composition for use in forming a multi-block copolymer, said copolymer containing therein two or more segments or blocks differing in chemical or physical properties, a polymerization process using the same, and the resulting polymers, wherein the composition comprises the admixture or reaction product resulting from combining: (A) a first metal complex olefin polymerization catalyst, (B) a second metal complex olefin polymerization catalyst capable of preparing polymers differing in chemical or physical properties from the polymer prepared by catalyst (A) under equivalent polymerization conditions, and (C) a chain shuttling agent.
Abstract:
The subject invention pertains to homogeneous liquid low molecular weight ethylene/alpha-olefin polymers having a number average molecular weight (Mn) as determined by gel permeation chromatography, of less than 25, 000, a total crystallinity, as measured by DSC, of less than 10 %, and a pour point, as measured by ASTM D97, of less than 50°C. The subject invention also pertains to homogeneous gel-like low molecular weight ethylene/alpha-olefin polymers having a number average molecular weight (Mn) as determined by gel permeation chromatography, of less than 25, 000, a total crystallinity, as measured by DSC, of less than 50%, and a pour point, as measured by ASTM D97, of less than 90°C.
Abstract:
A method of nucleating a propylene homo- or copolymer, the method comprising contacting the propylene polymer with a semi-crystalline branched or coupled polymeric nucleating agent under nucleation conditions. In one embodiment, the propylene homopolymer is characterized as having 13C NMR peaks corresponding to a regio-error at about 14.6 and about 15.7 ppm, the peaks of about equal intensity. In another embodiment, the copolymer is characterized as comprising at least about 60 weight percent (wt%) of units derived from propylene, and as having at least one of the following properties: (i) 13 C NMR peaks corresponding to a regio-error at about 14.6 and about 15.7 ppm, the peaks of about equal intensity, (ii) a B-value greater than about 1.4 when the comonomer content, i.e., the units derived from ethylene and/or the unsaturated comonomer(s), of the copolymer is at least about 3 wt%, (iii) a skewness index, Six, greater than about -1.20, (iv) a DSC curve with a Tme that remains essentially the same and a Tmax that decreases as the amount of comonomer, i.e., the units derived from ethylene and/or the unsaturated comonomer(s), in the copolymer is increased, and (v) an X-ray diffraction pattern that reports more gamma-form crystals than a comparable copolymer prepared with a Ziegler-Natta (Z-N) catalyst.
Abstract translation:一种使丙烯均聚物或共聚物成核的方法,该方法包括在成核条件下将丙烯聚合物与半结晶支链或偶联的聚合物成核剂接触。 在一个实施方案中,丙烯均聚物的特征在于具有对应于约14.6和约15.7ppm的区域误差的13 C NMR峰,约等于强度的峰。 在另一个实施方案中,共聚物的特征在于包含至少约60重量%(wt%)衍生自丙烯的单元,并具有至少一个以下性质:(i)对应于区域误差的13 C NMR峰 约14.6和约15.7ppm,约等于强度的峰,(ii)当共聚单体含量(即衍生自乙烯和/或不饱和共聚单体的单元)的B值大于约1.4时,B值大于约1.4, 共聚物为至少约3重量%,(iii)偏度指数为6,大于约-1.20,(iv)具有保持基本相同的Tme的DSC曲线和随着共聚单体数量减少的Tmax,即 ,共聚物中衍生自乙烯和/或不饱和共聚单体的单元增加,和(v)比用齐格勒 - 纳塔(Ziegler-Natta)制备的可比共聚物报告更多的γ型晶体的X射线衍射图 ZN)催化剂。
Abstract:
A combinatorial method for identifying a catalyst composition for use in the homogeneous addition polymerization of an olefin monomers, said catalyst composition comprising a transition metal compound, a cocatalyst and a polymerization modifier, as well as catalyst compositions and improved olefin polymerization processes resulting therefrom.