Union Carbide Chemicals & Plastics Technology Corporation

Union Carbide Corporation

Elkem Metals Company

George E Ealer

William James Michie, Jr

Guylaine St Jean

George A Salensky

Kuldip S Chopra

Gary S Cieloszyk

William D Heitz

Michael William Tilston

Sandra A Kupperblatt

Charles J Sakevich

Diane J Rickman-Davis

A blend comprising a mixture of two ethylene/alpha-olefin copolymers, said blend having a flow index in the range of about 5 to about 50 grams per 10 minutes; a melt flow ratio in the range of about 10 to about 50; a density in the range of 0.900 to 0.940 gram per cubic centimeter; a molecular weight in the range of about 98,000 to about 190,000; and an Mw/Mn ratio in the range of about 2 to about 8, said blend having been prepared by mixing first and second copolymers having about equal molecular weights, each copolymer being a copolymer of ethylene and an alpha-olefin having 3 to 8 carbon atoms, the first copolymer having a flow index in the range of about 5 to about 75 grams per 10 minutes; a melt flow ratio in the range of about 10 to about 50; a density in the range of 0.860 to 0.930 gram per cubic centimeter; a molecular weight in the range of about 87,000 to about 190,000; and an Mw/Mn ratio in the range of about 2 to about 4 and the second copolymer having a flow index in the range of about 5 to about 75 grams per 10 minutes; a melt flow ration in the range of about 10 to about 50; a density in the range of 0.935 to 0.970 gram per cubic centimeter; a molecular weight in the range of about 87,000 to about 190,000; and an Mw/Mn ratio in the range of about 2 to about 4, the weight ratio of the first copolymer to the second copolymer being in the range of about 70:30 to about 30:70.

High strength polyethylene film

A film comprising a blend of copolymers, which has been extruded (i) to a film having a gauge of less than about 1.8 mils; a dart impact strength of at least about 80 grams per mil at a density of 0.926 gram per cubic centimeter; and a dart impact strength of at least about 480 grams per mil at a density of 0.918 gram per cubic centimeter and/or (ii) to a film having a gauge of less than about 5 mils, and a blocking force of less than about 120 grams and a COF in the range of about 0.2 to about 0.5, said blend having been produced in situ by contacting ethylene and at least one alpha-olefin comonomer with a magnesium/titanium based catalyst system in each of two reactors connected in series, under polymerization conditions, wherein the polymer formed in the high molecular weight reactor has a flow index in the range of about 0.01 to about 30 grams per 10 minutes and a density in the range of about 0.860 to about 0.940 gram per cubic centimeter and the polymer formed in the low molecular weight reactor has a melt index in the range of about 50 to about 3000 grams per 10 minutes and a density in the range of about 0.900 to about 0.970 gram per cubic centimeter, the weight ratio of high molecular weight reactor polymer to low molecular weight reactor polymer being in the range of about 0.5:1 to about 2:1 with the proviso that for film (i), 1-butene is at least one of the comonomer(s) used in the low molecular weight reactor and is present in the in situ blend in a weight ratio of 1-butene to the other comonomer(s) in the range of about 0.001:1 to about 1.3:1, and for film (ii), the film is essentially free of antiblock and slip agents.

Film extruded from an in situ blend of ethylene copolymers

A method for producing film having high tensile impact and dart drop properties by introducing a very low density ethylene alpha olefin copolymer having a melt index of less than 0.1 gm/10 min. a melt flow ratio of about 14-18 and a dispersity greater than 10 into a stalk extrusion apparatus and thereafter forming a film from said resin.

Blown film extrusion

A process for preparing a low haze molded article includes adding a nucleating agent to a polypropylene homopolymer or copolymer to form prenucleated polypropylene having a molecular weight of at least about 20,000 and an isotactic index of at least about 60 percent, and forming a molding composition by mixing the prenucleated polypropylene with linear low density polyethylene having a melt index of at least about 120 grams per 10 minutes, in an amount of about 1 to 5 percent by weight based on the total weight of the polyethylene and the polypropylene. This mixture is then introduced into an injection molding zone where it is molded at a temperature below the melting point of the polypropylene.

Process for injection molding

A method for reducing the incidence of lensing in films formed from a granular linear low density ethylene hydrocarbon copolymer resin by substituting silica alumina ceramic microspheres for all or part of the inorganic antiblock agent normally used in said compositions.

Reduction elimination of bubble formation when extruding granular

Manganomanganic oxide fume or a material containing manganomanganic oxide fume as its principle ingredient is used as a color pigment in the production of thermoplastic articles and particularly thermoplastic films.

Color pigment for use in the production of thermoplastic articles

An ethylene polymer film forming composition comprising an ethylene polymer and from about 450 to about 6000 ppm preferably 500 to 5000 ppm of metal salt of a fatty acid having from 7 to 22 carbon atoms and from about 300 to 7000 ppm preferably 500 to 4000 ppm of an antiblocking agent.

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Whitehouse Station, NJ, United States of America

George E Ealer