Fina Technology, Inc.

Ben Hicks

Tim J Coffy

Gerhard Guenther

Jay Nguyen

Ronald Tharappel

Lea Ann Nairn

Curt D Clark

John Ashbaugh

Vincent Henri Barre

Michael Allen McLeod

Cyril Chevillard

Juan Aguirre

Aiko Hanyu

Ruby Curtis

Rodolfo Mier

Raleigh McBride

Polymer articles and processes of forming the same are described herein. The processes generally include providing an ethylene based polymer, blending the ethylene based polymer with a modifier to form modified polyethylene and forming the modified polyethylene into a polymer article, wherein the polymer article exhibits a haze that is at least about 10% less than a polymer article prepared with a similarly modified polyethylene.

Articles formed from nucleated polyethylene

Blown films and blow molded objects may be prepared using a polyethylene composition comprising a unimodal metallocene catalyzed polyethylene copolymer. The polyethylene copolymer has high melt fow rate and good melt strength allowing it to be useful in both extrusion and injection blow molding. Blown film prepared therewith has a high level of clarity.

Polyethylene useful for blown films and blow molding

A method of processing polyethylene for use as an extruded blow molding resin to improve the properties and processability thereof is accomplished by modifying a polyethylene resin having a molecular weight distribution (Mw/Mn) of less than about 10. The modification is carried out by the addition of a free radical initiator to the resin during extrusion of the resin to increase the rheological breadth of the polyethylene from about 10% to about 60% compared to unmodified polyethylene resin extruded under similar conditions. In another aspect of the invention, a polyethylene resin having higher melt index is processed to provide a desired final melt index by the addition of a free radical initiator where it would otherwise be necessary to utilize a resin having lower melt flow, and which is more difficult to process. Improvements in color can also be obtained.

Method of producing polyethylene resins for use in blow molding

A multilayer polyolefin film of the type suitable for packaging application in which heat seals are formed, and in its preparation the multilayer film comprises a flexible substrate layer formed of a crystalline thermoplastic polymer having an interface surface. A heat-sealable surface layer is bonded to the interface surface of the substrate layer and is formed of a syndiotactic propylene polymer effective to produce a heat seal with itself at a sealing temperature of less than 110&deg; C. The surface layer has a thickness which is less than the thickness of the substrate layer. The heat-seal layer can be formed of syndiotactic polypropylene polymerized in the presence of a syndiospecific metallocene catalyst and having a melt flow index of less than 2 grams/10 minutes. The multilayer film can take the form of a a biaxially-oriented film. In the production of the multilayer film incorporating a substrate layer and a heat-sealable surface layer, a crystalline thermoplastic polymer is extruded and formed into a substrate layer film. A second polymer comprising a syndiotactic propylene polymer which is effective to form a heat-sealable surface layer is extruded to form a surface layer that is bonded to the interface of the substrate layer at a temperature within the range of 150-260&deg; C.

Heat-sealable films

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