Abstract:
A blown film having a bimodal ethylene-based polymer including a high density fraction (HDF) from 3.0% to 25.0%, an I10/I2 ratio from 5.5 to 7.5, a short chain branching distribution (SCBD) less than or equal to 10 C, a zero shear viscosity ratio from 1.0 to 2.5, a density from 0.902 g/cc to 0.925 g/cc, and a melt index (I2) from 0.5 g/10 mins to 2.0 g/10 mins.
Abstract:
Mono- and multi-layer films comprising a polyethylene composition which comprises the reaction product of ethylene and optionally one or more alpha olefin comonomers in the presence of a catalyst composition comprising a multi-metallic procatalyst via a solution polymerization process in at least one reactor; wherein said polyethylene composition is characterized by one or more of the following properties: a melt index, I2, measured according to ASTM D 1238 (2.16 kg @ 190° C.), from 0.1 to 5 g/10 min; density, measured according to ASTM D-792, from 0.910 to 0.935 g/cc; melt flow ratio, I10/I2, wherein I10 is measured according to ASTM D1238 (10 kg @ 190° C.), from 6 to 7.4; and molecular weight distribution, (Mw/Mn) from 2.5 to 3.5 are provided. Also provided are articles made from the mono- and/or multi-layer films.
Abstract:
An ethylene-based polymer formed from reacting at least the following: ethylene and at least one asymmetrical polyene, and wherein the reaction takes place in the presence of at least one free-radical initiator; and wherein the at least one asymmetrical polyene is selected from Structure A, as described herein; Structure B, as described herein; or a combination of Structure A and Structure B.
Abstract:
A multilayer ethylene-based shrink films comprising a core layer comprising a polyethylene resin, and two skin layers, wherein the core layer is positioned between the two skin layers, wherein the polyethylene resin comprises greater than 50 mol. % of the units derived from ethylene and less than 30 mol. % of the units derived from one or more alpha-olefin comonomers, has greater than 50% of the copolymer fraction eluting between 75.0° C. and 95.0° C. as determined by Crystallization Elution Fractionation (CEF), and has a density ranging from 0.915 to 0.940 g/cc, and wherein the film is biaxially-oriented.
Abstract:
The invention provides a process to form a second composition comprising a modified ethylene-based polymer, the process comprising the step of contacting under thermal treatment conditions a first composition comprising a first ethylene-based polymer, and the following: (A) at least one carbon-carbon (C—C) free radical initiator; and (B) at least one free radical initiator other than a C—C free radical initiator of (A) (a non-C—C free radical initiator). The melt strength of the second composition is typically at least 15% or greater than the melt strength of the first composition. The second composition typically has a gel content less than or equal to 40.
Abstract:
The instant invention provides procatalysts and catalyst systems for olefin polymerization, olefin based polymers polymerized therewith, and process for producing the same. In one embodiment, the instant invention provides a procatalyst comprising a metal-ligand complex of formula (I):
Abstract:
The instant invention provides a polymerization process for producing ethylene based polymers.In one embodiment, the instant invention provides a polymerization process for producing ethylene based polymers comprising: polymerizing ethylene with optionally one or more α-olefins in the presence of one or more first catalyst systems and optionally one or more second catalyst systems in a single reactor, wherein first catalyst system comprises; (a) one ore more procatalysts comprising a metal-ligand complex of formula (I):
Abstract:
An ethylene-based polymer, e.g., LDPE, with a low dissipation factor is made by a process comprising the step of contacting at polymerization conditions ethylene and, optionally, one or more comonomers, e.g., an alpha-olefin, with at least one carbon-carbon (C—C) hydrocarbyl, free-radical initiator of Structure 1: wherein R1, R2, R3, R4, R5 and R6, are each, independently, hydrogen or a hydrocarbyl group and wherein, optionally, two or more R groups (R1, R2, R3, R4, R5 and R6) form a ring structure, with the provisos that at least one of R2 and R5, and at least one of R3 and R6 is a hydrocarbyl group of at least two carbon atoms, e.g., an alkaryl of at least seven carbon atoms.
Abstract:
An ethylene-based polymer, e.g., LDPE, with a low dissipation factor is made by a process comprising the step of contacting at polymerization conditions ethylene and, optionally, one or more comonomers, e.g., an alpha-olefin, with at least one carbon-carbon (C—C) hydrocarbyl, free-radical initiator of Structure 1: wherein R1, R2, R3, R4, R5 and R6, are each, independently, hydrogen or a hydrocarbyl group and wherein, optionally, two or more R groups (R1, R2, R3, R4, R5 and R6) form a ring structure, with the provisos that at least one of R2 and R5, and at least one of R3 and R6 is a hydrocarbyl group of at least two carbon atoms, e.g., an alkaryl of at least seven carbon atoms.
Abstract:
A first oriented film comprising a first polyethylene composition which comprises: from 20 to 50 wt % of a first linear low density polyethylene polymer having a density greater than 0.925 g/cc and an I2 lower than 2 g/10 min; and from 80 to 50 wt % of a second linear low density polyethylene polymer having a density lower than or equal to 0.925 g/cc and an I2 greater than or equal to 2 g/10 min; wherein the first polyethylene composition has an 12 from 0.5 to 10 g/10 min and a density from 0.910 to 0.940 g/cc is provided.