Mitsui Petrochemical Industries, Ltd.

Mitsui Chemicals, Inc.

Hidekuni Oda

Hirokazu Kajiura

Syuji Minami

Akiyoshi Shimizu

Tatuo Kinoshita

Akira Matsuda

Kazuhiko Murata

Yohzoh Yamamoto

Hiroshi Inoue

Hideaki Yamaguchi

Takao Ohno

Kiyoshi Honma

Yozo Yamamoto

Tatsuo Yasutake

A copolymer of ethylene and an alpha-olefin having an ethylene content of from 30 to 90 mole %, a number average molecular weight of from 300 to 30,000 and a molecular weight distribution defined by a Q value (the ratio of the weight average molecular weight to the number average molecular weight of not more than 3 and a Z value (the ratio of the maximum value of the molecular weight to the minimum value of the molecular weight when the molecular weight is measured by gel permeation chromatography) of from 15 to 200. The said copolymer can be produced by a process comprising copolymerizing ethylene with an alpha-olefin in the liquid phase in the presence of a polymerization catalyst composed of a combination of a soluble vanadium compound and an organoaluminum compound in the co-presence of hydrogen, characterized in that

Process for producing ethylene/alpha-olefin copolymer

A copolymer of ethylene and an alpha-olefin having an ethylene content of from 30 to 90 mole %, a number average molecular weight of from 300 to 30,000 and a molecular weight distribution defined by a Q value (the ratio of the weight average molecular weight to the number average molecular weight) of not more than 3 and a Z value (the ratio of the maximum value of the molecular weight to the minimum value of the molecular weight when the molecular weight is measured by gel permeation chromatography) of from 15 to 200. The said copolymer can be produced by a process comprising copolymerizing ethylene with an alpha-olefin in the liquid phase in the presence of a polymerization catalyst composed of a combination of a soluble vanadium compound and an organoaluminum compound in the co-presence of hydrogen, characterized in that

Ethylene/alpha-olefin copolymer

A random copolymer characterized in that (A) the copolymer comprises polymerized units from ethylene and polymerized units from at least one cycloolefin, (B) the mole ratio of the polymerized units from the cycloolefin to the polymerized units from ethylene is from 3:97 to 60:40, (C) the cycloolefin is incorporated in the polymer chain without ring opening, (D) the copolymer has an intrinsic viscosity of 0.01 to 20 dl/g, (E) the copolymer has a molecular weight distribution (Mw/Mn) of not more than 4, and (F) the copolymer has a crystallinity of 0 to 10%. The random copolymer may be grafted by (a) alpha, beta-unsaturated carboxylic acids and/or their derivatives, (b) styrenes, (c) organic silicon compounds having an olefinically unsaturated bond and a hydrolyzable group, or (d) unsaturated epoxy monomers. The random copolymer is produced by continuously copolymerizing ethylene with at least one cycloolefin in a hydrocarbon medium in the presence of a catalyst formed from a soluble vanadium compound and an organoaluminum compound while maintaining the atomic ratio of vanadium atoms to aluminum atoms in the reaction system, V/Al, at 2 or higher.

Random copolymer, and process and production thereof

Random copolymer, and process for production thereof

A random copolymer characterized in that (A) the copolymer comprises polymerized units from ethylene and polymerized units from at least one cycloolefin, (B) the mole ratio of the polymerized units from the cycloolefin to the polymerized units from ethylene is from 3:97 to 60:40, (C) the cycloolefin is incorporated in the polymer chain without ring opening, (D) the copolymer has an intrinsic viscosity of 0.01 to 20 dl/g, (E) the copolymer has a molecular weight distribution (Mw/Mn) of not more than 4, and (F) the copolymer has a crystallinity of 0 to 10%. The random copolymer may be grafted by (a) alpha, beta-unsaturated carboxylic acids and/or their derivatives, (b) styrenes, (c) organic silicon compounds having an olefinically unsaturated bond and a hydrolyzable group, or (d) unsaturated epoxy monomers. The random copolymer is produced by continuously copolymerizing ethylene with at least one cycloolefin in a hydrocrbon medium in the presence of a catalyst formed from a soluble vanadium compound and an organoaluminum compound while maintaining the atomic ratio of vanadium atoms to aluminum atoms in the reaction system, V/Al, at 2 or higher.

A rubbery copolymer of ethylene, 1-butene and a polyene, characterized by having (A) an ethylene/1-butene mole ratio of from 86/14 to 95/5, (B) an iodine value of from 2 to 40, (C) an intrinsic viscosity [.eta.], measured in decalin at 135.degree. C., of from 0.8 to 4 dl/g, and (D) a weight average molecular weight/number average molecular weight ratio (Mw/Mn) of less than 3; and a process for the production thereof.

Process for production of rubbery ethylene/1-butene/polyene copolymers

An ethylene-alpha-olefin-polyene random copolymer rubber comprising ethylene, an alpha-olefin having 3 to 10 carbon atoms and a polyene, wherein (A) a molar ratio of ethylene/alpha-olefin is 55/45 to 95/5, (B) the polyene is a mixture of 5-ethylidene-2-norbornene (ENB) and 5-vinyl-2-norbornene (VNB) in a molar ratio of ENB/VNB of 1/1 to 20/1, (C) an iodine value of the copolymer rubber is 2 to 40, (D) an intrinsic viscosity [.eta.] of the copolymer rubber is 1.0 to 6.0 dl/g measured in decalin at 135.degree. C., and (E) g.sub..eta. * defined by a ratio of the intrinsic viscosity [.eta.] to an intrinsic viscosity [.eta.]l of a linear ethylene-propylene random copolymer having an ethylene content of 70 mole % and the same weight-average molecular weight determined by a light-scattering method as that of the copolymer rubber is 0.2 to 0.9. Also a process for preparing this random copolymer rubber and vulcanizate derived from the same are also disclosed. This random copolymer rubber has an excellent extrudability and a fast cure rate and provides a vulcanizate having high tensile strength.

Ethylene-alpha-olefin-polyene random copolymer rubber

A rubbery copolymer of ethylene, an .alpha.-olefin having 3 to 10 carbon atoms and a polyene, characterized by having (A) an ethylene/.alpha.-olefin mole ratio of from 50/50 to 95/5, (B) an iodine value of from 5 to 50, (C) an intrinsic viscosity [.eta.], measured in decaline at 135.degree. C., of from 1.0 to 6.0 dl/g, (D) a weight average molecular weight/number average molecular weight ratio (Mw/Mn) of from 3 to 15, and (E) an iodine value index .alpha..sub.1 for the lower molecular weight components and an iodine value index .alpha..sub.2 for the higher molecular weight components, said .alpha..sub.1 and .alpha..sub.2 falling within the ranges -30.ltoreq..alpha..sub.1 .ltoreq.0 and 0&lt;.alpha..sub.2 .ltoreq.30. Said copolymer can be obtained by copolymerizing ethylene, the .alpha.-olefin having 3 to 10 carbon atoms and polyene at a temperature of from about 40.degree. C. to about 100.degree. C. in the presence of a catalyst composed of (a) a vanadium compound of the formula VO(OR).sub.n X.sub.3-n in which R represents a hydrocarbon group, X represents a halogen atom, and n is a positive number within the range of 0&lt;n.ltoreq.3, and (b) an organoaluminum compound of the formula R'.sub.m AlX'.sub.3-m in which R' represents a hydrocarbon group, X' represents a halogen atom, and m is a positive number within the range of 1&lt;m.ltoreq.1.25, the Al/V mole ratio being 2 to less than 5.

Ethylene-.alpha.-olefin-polyene rubbery terpolymer and process for

A free expandable rubbery composition comprising an ethylene/.alpha.-olefin copolymer or terpolymer, a blowing agent and a crosslinking agent, said ethylene/.alpha.-olefin co- or terpolymer simultaneously meeting the following requirements (A), (B) and (C):

Free-expandable rubbery composition

A random copolymer consisting essentially of 40 to 90 mole% of propylene and 60 to 10 mole% of 1-butene, and having (A) a boiling n-heptane-insoluble content of not more than 5% by weight based on the weight of the copolymer, (B) a boiling methyl acetate-soluble content of not more than 2% by weight based on the weight of the copolymer, (C) a melting point, determined by differential thermal analysis, of 40 to 140.degree. C., (D) an intrinsic viscosity, determined in decalin at 135.degree. C., of 0.5 to 6 dl/g, (E) an elongation at break, measured by JIS K6301, of at least 300%, (F) a tensile strength at break, measured by JIS K6301, of at least 50 kg/cm.sup.2, and (G) a haze, measured by JIS K6714, of not more than 40%. The above copolymer has superior properties for production of various kinds of melt-shaped articles such as films, sheets, vessels and tubes, and can be obtained by copolymerizing propylene and 1-butene in the presence of a catalyst prepared from a solid complex containing magnesium, titanium and halogen, an organometal compound of a metal of Groups I to III of the periodic table, and an electron donor.

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