Dow Global Technologies LLC

The Dow Chemical Company

Rohm and Haas Company

Georgia Tech Research Corporation

Dow Silicones Corporation

Bharat Indu Chaudhary

Jeffrey Morris Cogen

Abhijit Ghosh-Dastidar

Manish K Mundra

Chung Poo Park

Russell P Barry

Lawrence S Hood

Mohamed Esseghir

Martin J Guest

John O Osby

Peter C Dreux

Yunwa Wilson Cheung

Kalyan Sehanobish

Sarat Munjal

Thomas Oswald

Yichi Zhang

Rajen M Patel

Michael J Mullins

Thoi H Ho

Eric P Wasserman

Johan A Thoen

Saurav S Sengupta

Christopher R Eddy

Yang Cheng

Manish Talreja

Jose Ortega

Hayley A Brown

Gary Robert Marchand

H Craig Silvis

Morgan Mark Hughes

Clark H Cummins

Chester J Kmiec

Robert F Eaton

John Klier

Andrew N Paquet

Juan C Tuberquia

John J Gathers

Rene Broos

Charles L Liotta

Michael B Biscoglio

Xindi Yu

Teresa Plumley Karjala

Otto J Berbee

Timothy James Person

Colin Li Pi Shan

Philip P Fontaine

Arkady L Krasovskiy

Jeffrey D Weinhold

Stefan Hinrichs

Seema V Karande

Ronald P Markovich

Gerald Lawrence Witucki

Daniel D Imeokparia

Jinder Jow

Prashant Anil Tatake

Karl M Seven

Anny L Flory

Dachao Li

Edward O Madenjian

Raymond M Collins

Suzanne M Guerra

Francis J Timmers

Roger L Kuhlman

Hongyu Chen

Brian W Walther

David A Babb

Charles F Diehl

Kyung W Suh

Yabin Sun

Chao He

Dane Chang

Jeffrey C Munro

Yushan Hu

Rongjuan Cong

Tao Han

Susan J Babinec

Lin Fu

Yong Chen

Paul J Caronia

Satoru Moriya

Laurence Herbert Gross

Bruce A Malone

Gangwei Sun

Neil W Dunchus

Yunfeng Yang

Hong Yang

Martin H Tusim

Santosh S Bawiskar

Andrew T Heitsch

Brian W S Kolthammer

Che-I Kao

Weiming Ma

Robert S Cardwell

Andre J Uzee

Robert H Terbrueggen

Paul J Brigandi

Patrick M Russell

Norman M Chin

A catalyst system comprising a combination of a tin-based moisture-cure catalyst, a titanium(IV) compound that is titanium dioxide or a titanium alkoxide, and zinc oxide. A catalyst masterbatch comprising the catalyst system and a carrier resin. A moisture-curable prepolymer formulation comprising the catalyst masterbatch and a (hydrolyzable silyl group)-functional polyolefin prepolymer. Methods of making and using same. Cured polymer products made therefrom. Articles containing or made from same.

Catalyst system

The present disclosure provides a composition. The composition includes a silane functionalized polyolefin; a flame retardant; and a hindered amine light stabilizer (HALS) having a Mw greater than 5,000 Dalton. The present disclosure also provides a coated conductor. The coated conductor includes a conductor and a coating on the conductor, the coating including a composition. The coating composition includes a silane functionalized polyolefin; a flame retardant; and a hindered amine light stabilizer (HALS) having a Mw greater than 5,000 Dalton.

Polymeric composition containing a light stabilizer

The present disclosure provides a composition. The composition includes (i) an ethylene-based polymer; (ii) an organic peroxide, (iii) a triorganoaminophosphine, and (iv) a protic acid-source compound ('PASC') selected from a protic acid, a protic acid-generator compound (“PAGC”), and combinations thereof. The present disclosure also provides a coated conductor. The coated conductor includes a conductor and a coating on the conductor, the coating containing a composition including (i) an ethylene-based polymer; (ii) an organic peroxide, (iii) a triorganoaminophosphine, and (iv) a protic acid-source compound (“PASC”) selected from a protic acid, a protic acid-generator compound (“PAGC”), and combinations thereof.

Ethylene-based polymer composition containing a triorganoaminophosphine

The present disclosure provides a composition. The composition includes (i) an ethylene-based polymer; (ii) an organic peroxide, (iii) a phosphine oxide, and (iv) a protic acid-source compound ('PASC') selected from a protic acid, a protic acid-generator compound (“PAGC”), and combinations thereof. The present disclosure also provides a coated conductor. The coated conductor includes a conductor and a coating on the conductor, the coating containing a composition including (i) an ethylene-based polymer; (ii) an organic peroxide, (iii) a phosphine oxide, and (iv) a protic acid-source compound (“PASC”) selected from a protic acid, a protic acid-generator compound (“PAGC”), and combinations thereof.

Ethylene-based polymer composition containing a phosphine oxide

The present disclosure provides a composition. The composition includes (A) an ethylene-based polymer and (B) from 5 wt % to 15 wt % of a metal hydroxide component, based on the total weight of the composition. The metal hydroxide component includes a metal hydroxide having an aspect ratio greater than, or equal to, 10. The composition has a thermal conductivity greater than 0.52 W m−K−and a density less than, or equal to 1.02 g/cc. The present disclosure also provides a coated conductor including a non-metal conductor and a coating on the conductor, the coating containing the composition.

Coated conductor

A copolymer of ethylene and hydrolysable silane includes from 0.1 wt % to 5.0 wt % hydrolysable silane groups and has a Mz(abs)/Mw(abs) of less than or equal to 9.5; a ratio of Mz(abs)/Mw(abs) to polydispersity of less than or equal to 1.5; a polydispersity of 6.6 or greater; a Density×Polydispersity of 6.0 or greater; or an Amorphous Content at Room Temperature×Polydispersity of 360 or greater. Methods for forming a moisture-crosslinkable polymer composition include forming a copolymer of ethylene and hydrolysable silane at a polymerization temperature of greater than or equal to 180° C. to less than or equal to 400° C. at a pressure from 5,000 psi to 50,000 psi; and adding a silanol condensation catalyst to the copolymer of ethylene and hydrolysable silane.

Moisture crosslinkable copolymers of ethylene and hydrolysable silane

An encapsulant film is made from a composition comprising (A) a non-polar ethylene-based polymer having a density of 0.850 g/cc to 0.890 g/cc; (B) an organic peroxide; (C) a silane coupling agent; and (D) a co-agent comprising triallyl phosphate.

Non-polar ethylene-based compositions with triallyl phosphate for encapsulant films

A method of making a homogeneous mixture of polyolefin solids and liquid additive without melting the polyolefin solids during the making. The method comprises applying acoustic energy at a frequency of from 20 to 100 hertz to a heterogeneous mixture comprising the polyolefin solids and the liquid additive for a period of time sufficient to substantially intermix the polyolefin solids and the liquid additive together and while maintaining temperature of the heterogeneous mixture above the freezing point of the at least one liquid additive and below the melting temperature of the polyolefin solids, thereby making the homogeneous mixture without melting the polyolefin solids.

Method of making a homogeneous mixture of polyolefin solids and liquid additive

A method of making a homogeneous mixture of polyolefin solids and a particulate solid additive without melting the polyolefin solids or the particulate solid additive during the making. The method comprises applying acoustic energy at a frequency of from 20 to 100 hertz to a heterogeneous mixture comprising the polyolefin solids and the particulate solid additive for a period of time sufficient to substantially intermix the polyolefin solids and the particulate solid additive together and while maintaining temperature of the heterogeneous mixture below the melting point of the at least one particulate solid additive and below the melting temperature of the polyolefin solids, thereby making the homogeneous mixture without melting the polyolefin solids or the at least one particulate solid additive.

Method of making a homogeneous mixture of polyolefin solids and solid additive

The present application relates to a composition comprising the following components: A) at least one ethylene/alpha-olefin interpolymer; B) a peroxide; C) at least one filler selected from one or more carbon black samples, MgO, or a combination thereof; and optionally, at least one filler selected from silica, ZnO, CaCO, Al (OH), Mg (OH), or a combination thereof; D) a calculated P content from 0.010 wt % to 0.300 wt %, based on the weight of the composition, and wherein the calculated P content is the calculated content the phosphorus element present in one or more phosphate compounds selected from Structure 1 below: O═P (OR1) (OR2) (OR3) (Structure 1), wherein R1, R2 and R3 are each, independently, selected from i) a non-aromatic hydrocarbon or ii) a non-aromatic hydrocarbon comprising at least one heteroatom, excluding P.

Phosphate enhanced, heat resistant ethylene/alpha-olefin interpolymer compositions

A moisture-curable polyethylene formulation comprising a (hydrolyzable silyl group)-functional polyethylene copolymer and a condensation cure catalyst. The formulation is designed to be rapidly moisture curable under ambient conditions. Also methods of making and using same; cured polymer products made therefrom; and articles containing or made from same.

Rapidly moisture-curable polyethylene formulation

An insulated wire or cable is made by a process comprising the steps of:

Process for making crosslinked cable insulation using high melt strength ethylene-based polymer made in a tubular reactor and optionally modified with a branching agent

The composition includes: (i) an ethylene-based polymer; (ii) an organic peroxide, (iii) a triorganophosphine, and (iv) a protic acid-source compound ('PASC') selected from a protic acid, a protic acid-generator compound ('PAGC'), and combinations thereof. The triorganophosphine has the Structure (1):

Ethylene-based polymer composition containing a triorganophosphine

Rheology-modified, additive-containing ethylenic polymer compositions are prepared in a continuously operated extruder comprising first, second and third zones by a process comprising the steps of: mixing in the second zone of the extruder an ethylenic polymer and a high-temperature decomposing peroxide at a temperature such that the half-life of the peroxide is equal to or greater than one minute and for a sufficient period of time to modify the rheology of the ethylenic polymer to produce a rheology-modified, melted ethylenic polymer for transfer to the third zone of the extruder; and adding to the third zone one or more additives to the rheology-modified, melted ethylenic polymer to produce the rheology-modified, additive-containing ethylenic polymer.

Continuous extruder process for manufacturing rheology-modified polyolefin for cable insulation layer, and related products

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Bharat Indu Chaudhary