Borealis Ag

Total Petrochemicals Research Feluy

Centre National De La Recherche Scientifique

Centre National De La Research Scientifique (cnrs)

Total Petrochemicals Research Feluy Seneffe

Floran Prades

John Jamieson

Jari-Jussi Ruskeeniemi

Jingbo Wang

Klaus Bernreitner

Katja Ellen Klimke

Noureddine Ajellal

Sabine Sirol

Jouni Purmonen

Tua Sundholm

Andreas Albrecht

Abbas Razavi

Roger Spitz

Daniela Mileva

Markku Vahteri

Christophe Boisson

Claudia Kniesel

Tanja Piel

Jarmo Kela

Jari Aarila

Angelica Maëlle Delphine Legras

Abdelkrim El Kadib

Karine Molvinger

Daniel Brunel

Carl-Gustaf Ek

Petar Emilov Doshev

Susanne Kahlen

Magnus Palmlöf

Jeroen Oderkerk

Joseph Thorman

Thomas Hjertberg

Yi Liu

Christelle Grein

Ravindra Tupe

Dusan Jeremic

Anh Tuan Tran

Denis Yalalov

Oscar Prieto

Cornelia Kock

Alexandra Romina Albunia

Pavel Shutov

Willem De Wever

Jari Äärilä

Udo Wahner

Stefan Hellström

Ricardo Godoy-Lopez

Anil Sönmez

Joy Cheng

Angelica Legras

Willem Wever

Carl-Gustav Ek

Ola Fagrell

Peter NIEDERSÜSS

Stefan Hellstrom

Ola (deceased) Fagrell

The present invention relates to an adhesive polyethylene composition comprising (A) from 60 to 90 wt % of a non-elastomeric polyethylene; (B) from 9.0 to 38 wt % of an ethylene based elastomer being a copolymer of ethylene and alpha-olefin comonomer units having from 4 to 12 carbon atoms; wherein onto component (A) or components (A) and (B) an acid grafting agent (C) has been grafted in an amount of from 0.01 to 3.0 wt %, all based on the total weight of the adhesive polyethylene composition, a multi-layer structure comprising said adhesive polyethylene composition and the use of said adhesive polyethylene composition for the production of a multi-layer structure.

Adhesive polyethylene composition

Process for producing a polymer composition, a polymer composition obtainable by said process and the use of said polymer composition as adhesive polymer composition and for the production of a multilayer structure, such as a three-layer metal pipe coating, with improved peel strength.

Process for producing a polymer composition

The present invention relates to a polymer composition comprising (A) from 60 to 90 wt % of a non-elastomeric polyethylene; (B) from 9.0 to 38 wt % of an elastomer; wherein onto component (A) or components (A) and (B) an acid grafting agent (C) has been grafted in an amount of from 0.01 to 3.0 wt %, all based on the total weight of the polymer composition, and wherein the polymer composition has two distinct peaks and a valley between said peaks in the GPC curve and a Z value, determined from the areas below the two peaks of the GPC curve, of at least −0.3, wherein the Z-value is determined according to formula (I) Z=s/Abs(B−A) (I) wherein Abs(B−A) is the absolute value of (B−A); A=the area, between the tangent parallel to the MW axis going through log M (Min) and the LS15 signal, from log M of 5.1 to log M value where the LS signal is minimum log M (Min), in the log M range between 5.1 and 6; B=the area, between the tangent parallel to the MW axis going through log M (Min) and the LS 15 signal, from log M(Min) to the point where the LS signal is crossed again; and s is the slope between the two peaks of the GPC curve, defined at log M of 5.1 and 6, wherein the GPC curve is defined as the concentration normalized LS 15 signal along the molecular weight of conventional GPC, obtained from the GPC-VISC-LS analysis, a multi-layer structure such as a coated metal pipe, comprising one layer comprising said polymer composition and the use of said polymer composition as adhesive polymer composition and for the production of a multi-layer structure.

Polymer composition

Articles comprising a polymer composition, wherein the polymer composition is obtainable by grafting an ethylene copolymer with comonomer units comprising hydrolysable silane groups, wherein the polymer composition shows high gel content and low compression set at −25° C. These articles have applications in automotive weather-stripping, such as sealing systems for doors, trunks and hoods.

Cross-linked plastomers as a replacement for rubber

The invention relates to a polypropylene composition (C) comprising: (i) 62 to 85 wt.-%, based on the total weight of the polypropylene composition (C), of a heterophasic propylene copolymer (HECO1) with a melt flow rate MFR(230&#xb0; C.) measured according to ISO 1133 in the range of 6.0 to 50.0 g/10 min; (ii) 10 to 30 wt.-%, based on the total weight of the polypropylene composition (C), of a heterophasic propylene copolymer (HECO2) with a melt flow rate MFR(230&#xb0; C.) measured according to ISO 1133 in the range of 0.1 to 5.5 g/10 min; (iii) 5 to 30 wt.-%, based on the total weight of the polypropylene composition (C), of an inorganic filler (F); wherein (a) the xylene cold soluble (XCS) fraction of the heterophasic propylene copolymer (HECO1) has a lower amount [in mol %] of Cand/or Cto C&#x3b1;-olefin derived comonomer units than the xylene cold soluble (XCS) fraction of the heterophasic propylene copolymer (HECO2); (b) the xylene cold soluble (XCS) fraction of the heterophasic propylene copolymer (HECO1) has a lower the intrinsic viscosity (IV) than the xylene cold soluble (XCS) fraction of the heterophasic propylene copolymer (HECO2); and (c) the xylene cold soluble (XCS) fraction of the heterophasic propylene copolymer (HECO2) has an intrinsic viscosity (IV) in the range of 6.0 to 15.0 dl/g.

Polypropylene composition with excellent paint adhesion

The present invention relates to a film comprising at least one layer which comprises a polymer composition comprising (a) a multimodal polymer of ethylene.

Film layer

The present invention provides a process of producing a modified polymer composition, which composition comprises a free-radical polymeriseable monomer grafted to a polyolefin backbone. The process comprises contacting, in an extruder, an olefin polymer and the free-radical polymeriseable monomer in the presence of a stable radical in an extruder and extruding the composition.

Process for producing graft copolymers on polyolefin backbone

The present invention relates to a polymer composition, to the use of the polymer composition in film applications and to a film comprising the polymer composition of the invention.

Polyethylene composition for a film layer

Polymer composition comprising at least one polypropylene homopolymer and/or random copolymer, up to 15 wt % of at least one polyethylene, optionally at least one elastomer in an amount of 8 to 40 wt % and optionally fillers and/or additives in an amount of up to 45 wt % based on the total weight of the final polymer composition with the at least one polyethylene having a density of higher than 940 kg/m3, a content of hexane hot extractables of below 0.80 wt % preferably below 0.60 wt %, most preferably below 0.40 wt % and a copolymer/homopolymer (COHO) ratio measured by Temperature Rising Elution Fraction (TREF) up to 6%.

Low EFO polypropylene composition

Polypropylene composition having a melt flow rate MFR(230&#xb0; C.) of equal or above 15 g/10 min comprising: (a) a crystalline polypropylene matrix; (b) an elastomeric propylene copolymer phase having a propylene content in the range of 40 to 80 wt.-%, and an intrinsic viscosity in the range of more than 0.7 to less or equal 2.5 dl/g; (c) a first polyethylene having a density in the range 905 to 925 kg/m3 and melt flow rate MFR(190&#xb0; C.) of below 30 g/10 min; (d) a second polyethylene having a density of above 915 kg/m, and a melt flow rate MFR(190&#xb0; C.) of equal or above 30 g/10 min.

High flow and stiff polymer material with good transparency and impact properties

A process for polymerizing ethylene in the presence of a polymerization catalyst by copolymerizing ethylene with a comonomer selected from the group of C4-C10 alpha-olefins in three polymerization stages. The polymers produced in the three stages have different melt flow rates. The polymer composition produced by the process has good mechanical properties and can be used for making pipes. The process has a good productivity and provides a stable and economic operation.

Multistage process for producing polyethylene compositions

The invention is directed to a use of a polymer composition comprising an ethylene polymer for producing a crosslinked article, a process for producing a crosslinked article and to a crosslinked article comprising a crosslinked polymer composition which comprises a crosslinked ethylene polymer.

Polymer composition for crosslinked articles

The present invention discloses an active supported catalyst system comprising: It also discloses a method for preparing said active support and its use in the polymerisation of polar and non polar monomers.

Transition metal complexes supported on activating support

The present invention discloses a method for preparing an activating support and its use to activate metallocene or post-metallocene catalyst component for use in the oligomerization and polymerization of ethylene and alpha-olefins.

Preparation of activating supports

The present invention relates to the covalent anchorage of non-coordinating anions on mineral supports to prepare activating supports for the polymerisation of ethylene and alpha-olefins and wherein the activating species is provided by a phosphonium-borate or phosphonium alane pair. The invention also discloses the concomitant covalent anchorage of zwitterionic systems containing both the non-coordinating anion and the counter cation parts of the activating supports.

Activating supports based on phosphonium complexes

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Floran Prades