Borealis Polymers Oy

Arne Syre

Aimo Sahila

Rune Nygaard

Svein Eggen

Ilka Vaara

Kristen Kjeldsen

A method of compounding a multimodal, preferably a bimodal polymer composition comprising a low molecular weight ethylene polymer and a high molecular weight ethylene polymer is described. The composition is compounded during a relatively long time at a low temperature which lies in a narrow temperature range including the melting point of the low molecular weight ethylene polymer. More particularly, the polymer composition is compounded, without addition of a beat transfer medium, in a temperature range from about 10.degree. C. below to about 10.degree. C. above the melting point of the low molecular weight ethylene polymer during a time of more than 10 seconds. The viscosity ratio between the ethylene polymers in said temperature range preferably is from about 5:1 to about 1:5.

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