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Bill Gustafsson

Annika Smedberg

Ruth Dammert

Ola Fagrell

Jan-Ove Bostrom

Ulf Nilsson

Magnus Palmlöf

Thomas Hjertberg

Jeroen Oderkerk

Markku Vahteri

Mats Bäckman

Arild Follestad

Siw Bodil Fredriksen

Perry Nylander

Oscar Prieto

Daniel Nilsson

Hans Eklind

Anneli Pakkanen

Jari Aarila

Udo Jegelka

Petri Rekonen

Tore Dreng

Arja Lehtinen

Lena Lindbom

Claes Broman

Remko Van Marion

Erik Van Praet

Jochen Kirchhoff

Jussi Laurell

Christian Piel

Nigel Hampton

Jari Hatonen

Bernt-ANGke Sultan

Philipp Walter

Sune Olsson

Johan Linner

Jan-Ove Bostr&ouml;m

Bo Friman

Peter Rydin

Kari Alha

Torbj Orn Magnusson

Lars Hojer

Karl Isak Skau

Mats Baeckman

Siw Fredrikson

Oskar Prieto

Jari Hätonen

A crosslinkable polymer composition includes an unsaturated polyolefin having a total amount of carbon-carbon double bonds/1000 carbon atoms of at least 0.1, at least one scorch retarder, and at least one crosslinking agent.

Scorch-retarding polymer composition

The present invention relates to a semiconductive polymer composition comprising: &#x2014;an ethylene copolymer (A) comprising methyl(meth)acrylate co-monomer units, wherein the ethylene copolymer (A) has a melt temperature of 80&#xb0; C. or below, and&#x2014;carbon black, wherein the ethylene copolymer (A) is produced in a autoclave high pressure reactor or in a multi-feed tubular reactor; to a semiconductive polymer composition comprising&#x2014;an ethylene copolymer (A) comprising methyl(meth)acrylate, comonomer units; and&#x2014;carbon black, wherein ethylene copolymer (A) is characterized in that the fraction obtained in the first fractionation step (fraction 1) in the fractionation method of ethylene copolymer (A) as described herein, is present in an amount of not more than 40 wt. % based on the total amount of the ethylene copolymer (A); and to a cable comprising a semiconductive layer comprising the semiconductive polymer composition and to the use of the semiconductive polymer composition in the preparation of a semiconductive layer of a power cable.

Semiconductive polymer composition comprising polar copolymer

A peroxide crosslinked ethylene polymer pressure pipe and a method for the preparation thereof are described. The pipe is characterized in that it comprises an ethylene polymer with a density of less than 950 kg/mobtained by polymerization with a single-site catalyst and having a shear thinning index, SHIof less than 20 and a MWD of &#x3c;10. The method is characterized in that it comprises polymerizing ethylene, optionally together with at least one comonomer, with a single-site catalyst to provide the above defined ethylene polymer, forming the ethylene polymer into a pipe by extrusion and crosslinking it.

Peroxide crosslinked ethylene polymer pressure pipe and a method for the preparation thereof

The present inventions relates to a process for producing polyethylene compositions comprising polymerizing polyethylene resins in a cascaded multi-stage reaction in which the reaction steps are performed in at least two slurry phase reactors (A) and (B) and at least one gas phase reactor (C) which are arranged in series in any order wherein in reactor (A) a low molecular weight ethylene homo- or copolymer fraction having a MFRof 100 to 2000 g/10 min, in reactor (B) a low molecular weight ethylene homo- or copolymer fraction having an MFRof 100 to 2000 g/10 min, and in reactor (C) a high molecular weight ethylene copolymer fraction are polymerized, and further comprising a compounding step after polymerization, wherein the final polyethylene composition has a MFRof 3 to 50 g/10 min, the melt flow rates being determined according to ISO 1133.

Multi-stage process for producing polyethylene with lowered gel formation

A crosslinkable polymer composition of an unsaturated polyolefin having a total amount of carbon-carbon double bonds/1000 carbon atoms of at least 0.38, and at least one crosslinking agent being a carbon-carbon initiator that is free of peroxide groups and capable of thermally decomposing into carbon-based free radicals by breaking at least one carbon-carbon single bond, such as 3,4-dimethyl-3,4-diphenylhexane.

Cross-linking agent

The present invention relates to a polyethylene resin comprising A) a first ethylene homo- or copolymer fraction, and B) a second ethylene homo- or copolymer fraction, wherein fraction (A) has a lower molecular weight than fraction (B), characterized in that the polymer resin powder obtained directly after the final polymerisation step has a particle size distribution PSDequal to or smaller than 12. Furthermore, the invention relates to a process for the production of a polymer composition comprising: (i) a step in which ethylene monomers, and optionally further alpha-olefin-comonomers, are polymerised in liquid phase in the presence of a polymerisation catalyst, (ii) a step in which ethylene monomers, and optionally further alpha-olefin comonomers, are polymerised in the gas phase in the presence of a polymerisation catalyst, and (iii) obtaining a polymer resin powder after the final polymerisation step wherein the powder has a particle size distribution PSDequal to or smaller than 12.

Polyethylene resin with narrow particle size distribution

The present invention relates to a stabilizing agent for polymers or copolymers which is a copolymer of ethylene or propylene (A) and a vinyl compound (B) having the formula:

Stabilizing agent

An insulating composition for an electric power cable, and an electric power cable that includes a conductor surrounded by an inner semiconducting layer, an insulating layer, and an outer semiconducting layer, where the insulating layer consists of said insulating composition. The insulating composition is characterized in that the ethylene polymer is a multimodal ethylene copolymer obtained by coordination catalyzed polymerization of ethylene and at least one other alpha-olefin in at least one stage, said multimodal ethylene copolymer having a density of 0.890-0.940 g/cm , a MFR of 0.1-10 g/10 min, a MWD of 3.5-8, a melting temperature of at most 125&deg; C., and a comonomer distribution as measured by TREF, such that the fraction of copolymer eluted at a temperature higher than 90&deg; C. does not exceed 10% by weight, and the multimodal ethylene copolymer includes an ethylene copolymer fraction selected from (a) a low molecular weight ethylene copolymer having a density of 0.900-0.950 g/cm and a MFR of 25-500 g/10 min, and (b) a high molecular weight ethylene copolymer having a density of 0.870-0.940 g/cm and a MFR of 0.01-3 g/10 min.

Insulation composition for an electric power cable

Electric cable and a method for the production thereof

A cable comprising an electrical conductor with insulating and protecting layers surrounding the conductor is described. The cable is characterised in that at least one layer selected from said insulating and protecting layers consists of a crosslinked ethylene-alkyl (meth)acrylate-unsaturated silane terpolymer composition wherein the alkyl (meth)acrylate comonomer comprises more than 5 mole % and the terpolymer composition has a tensile modulus, determined according to ISO 527-2 (1 mm/min) of less than 100 MPa. Preferably, the crosslinked ethylene-alkyl (meth)acrylate polymer is a moisture curable ethylene-alkyl (meth)acrylate-vinyl trialkoxysilane terpolymer, wherein the trialkoxysilan termonomer comprises 0.2-5% by weight of the polymer composition. The polymer composition may include from 0 up to 50% by weight of a plasticiser, up to 60% by weight of a filler, and up to 10% by weight of an additive.

Electric cable

A composition for an insulating layer of an electric cable wherein the composition contains an ethylene plastic as the base resin and further contains up to about 5% by weight of additives including antioxidant, and peroxide cross-linking agent. The composition is characterised in that the antioxidant additive includes a compound of the formula (V): R (&mdash;(C&plus;O)O&mdash;)k(CH ) &mdash;S&mdash;(CH ) (&mdash;OO(C&boxH;O)&mdash;) R where R and R , which are the same of different, are C -C alkyl, C -C alkenyl, R &mdash;Ar&mdash;, Ar&mdash;R &mdash;, or AR&mdash;, where R is C -C alkyl and Ar is c -c aryl; k and n, which are the same of different, are 0 or 1, l and m, which are the same or different, are integers &gE;0; with the proviso that the compound is free from phenolic groups; and that the compositions is free from compounds having the formula (VI): R&mdash;O&mdash;(C&boxH;O)&mdash;CH CH SCH CH &mdash;(C&boxH;O)&mdash;O&mdash;R where R is a C -C alkyl group.

Composition for electric cables comprising thiodiol fatty acid diesters

A semiconducting composition for the inner semiconducting layer of an electric cable, an electric cable incorporating the composition, and a method of producing a cross-linked inner semiconducting layer of an electric cable are disclosed. The semiconducting composition comprises, based on the total weight of the composition, (a) 30-90% by weight of an ethylene copolymer, (b) carbon black in an amount at least sufficient to make the composition semiconducting, (c) 0-8% by weight of a peroxide cross-linking agent, (d) 0-8% by weight of conventional additives, characterized in that said ethylene copolymer (a) is an ethylene-methyl (meth)acrylate copolymer, preferably comprising 5-25% by weight of methyl(meth)acrylate, based on the weight of the copolymer.

Electric cable and a method and composition for the production thereof

A process for the reduction of reactor fouling at radical initiated high pressure polymerisation of ethylene (co)polymers is described. The process is characterised in that an adhesion reducing silicon containing compound is added to the polymerisation reactor, preferably in an amount of 0.001-3% by weight, based on the amount of polymer produced. Preferably the silicon containing compound is hexadecyl trimethoxy silane.

Process for the reduction of reactor fouling

A composition for electric cables is described. The composition comprises an ethylene copolymer which includes a (poly)alkylene glycol mono(meth)acrylate of formula (I) wherein R.sub.1 =H or CH.sub.3 ; R.sub.2 =H or CH.sub.3 ; n=1-20. The composition may be used as an insulating layer or a semiconducting layer of an electric cable.

Composition for electric cables

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