Abstract:
A polyolefin composition comprising: A) from 19 wt% to 50 wt% of a propylene ethylene copolymer having an ethylene derived units content ranging from 1.5 wt% to 6.0 wt% B) from 50 wt% to 81 wt% of a propylene ethylene 1-butene terpolymer having an ethylene derived units content ranging from 1.5 wt% and 6.0 wt% and 1-butene derived units content of between 4.8 wt% and 12.4 wt%; the sum of the amount of component A) and B) being 100; the composition being characterized by the following features: - molecular weight distribution (MWD), expressed in terms of Mw/Mn, greater than 4.0; - the creep and recovery curve measured on the polymer fuse at 200°C measured accordingto the procedure reported in the characterizing section shows a maximum value between 600 and 200 seconds lower than 53x10-4 1/Pa.
Abstract:
A solid catalyst component for olefin polymerization, and in particular for the preparation of LLDPE, comprising Mg, Ti, halogen and an electron donor compound (ID) belonging to cyclic ethers having 3-6 carbon atoms, characterized by having the molar ratio Mg/Ti higher than 5, the molar ratio Mg/ID lower than 3, and by a specific X-ray diffraction spectrum.
Abstract:
Catalyst components for the polymerization of olefins CH 2 =CHR wherein R is hydrogen or a hydrocarbon radical having 1-12 carbon atoms, comprising Mg, Ti, Cl and a lactone.
Abstract:
Catalyst components for the polymerization of olefins comprising Mg, Ti, halogen and 1,3- diethers as internal donors having an improved balance of properties in terms of activity and morphological stability are obtained by a process comprising: (A) A first step comprising reacting an adduct of formula MgC12(ROH)n, where R is a C1-C10 alkyl group, and n is from 0.5 to 6, with a titanium compound having at least a Ti-C1 bond at a reaction temperature ranging from 0°C to 80°C; (B) A subsequent step comprising contacting the solid product obtained in (A) with an electron donor ED selected from 1,3 diethers with a titanium compound having at least a Ti-C1 bond at a temperature higher than 80°C; and (C) A subsequent step comprising reacting the solid product coming from (B) with a titanium compound having at least a Ti-C1 bond at a temperature higher than 80°C.
Abstract:
A process for preparing a diether-based catalyst component in which: a) a slurry is obtained by contacting a solid support comprising a magnesium halide or a precursor thereof, one or more 1,3-diethers and a liquid phase containing a titanium compound, and b) the obtained slurry is then subjected to a solid/liquid separation step in order to isolate a diether-based catalyst component; said separation step b) being characterized in that the ratio between the solid/liquid separation velocity and the final amount of separated solid must be higher than 0.5 liter/(min.Kg).
Abstract:
A process for preparing crystalline ethylene (co)polymers comprising (co)polymerizing ethylene in the presence of carried out in the presence catalyst system comprising (a) a solid catalyst component comprising Ti, Mg, halogen, ORI groups, where RI is a C1-C12 hydrocarbon group optionally containing heteroatoms, having ORI/Ti molar ratio of at least 0.5, an amount of titanium, with respect to the total weight of said solid catalyst component, higher than 4% by weight, and showing a specific pattern of the SS-NMR; and (b) an aluminum alkyl compound as a cocatalyst. The process allows to obtain in good yelds ethylene polymers with narrow MWD.
Abstract:
Butene-1 (co)polymers characterized by the following properties: content of butene-1 units in the form of isotactic pentads (mmmm) from 25 to 55%; intrinsic viscosity [η] measured in tetraline at 135°C from 1 to 3dL/g; content of xylene insoluble fraction at 0°C from 3 to 60%; and a ratio ES2/ES1≥1, where ES1 is the boiling diethyl ether soluble fraction determined on the polymer as such and ES2 is the boiling diethyl ether soluble fraction determined after milling the polymer. The butene-1 (co)polymers show a good balance between processability and elastomeric behavior.
Abstract:
The present invention relates to butene-1 homopolymers, or copolymers containing up to 20 % by weight of alpha olefins having from 2 to 10 carbon atoms other than butene-1, characterized by the following properties: (i) a Molecular Weight Distribution (MWD) in terms of Mw/Mn, measured by GPC analysis according to the method specified, of lower than 6; and (ii) a melt strength (measured according to the method specified below) higher than 2.8.
Abstract:
A process for preparing a catalyst component, comprising a Mg compound a Ti compound and an electron donor compound (ED) selected from alcohol, glycols, esters, ketones, amines, amides, nitriles, alkoxysilanes and aliphatic ethers as essential compounds, comprising two or more steps of reaction involving the use of at least one of said essential compounds as fresh reactant alone or in a mixture in which it constitutes the main component, said process being characterized by the fact that in the last of said one or more reaction steps the essential compound used as a fresh reactant is the ED compound.