Mitsubishi Petrochemical Company Limited

Hironori Todaka

Masaki Fujii

Mitsutaka Miyabayashi

Satoru Hattori

Yoshihiro Ishizaki

A propylene copolymer, which comprises units of (A) propylene, (B) a monomer selected from the group consisting of branched alpha-olefins (i.e. 4-methyl-1-pentene), styrene and styrene derivatives (e.g. methyl styrene), and (C) an optional monomer selected from the group consisting of straight-chain alpha-olefins of 2 to 12 carbon atoms other than propylene (e.g. ethylene), and which is defined by its thermal analysis data on a differential scanning calorimeter; and a process for producing the copolymer. Block copolymers are preferable.

Block copolymers of propylene and 4-methyl-1-pentene

A new propylene copolymer comprises a propylene homopolymer block and a terpolymeric random copolymer block of propylene, ethylene, and hexene-1 and is further characterized in that: (a) the proportion therein of the propylene homopolymer block is 97 to 80 percent by weight; (b) the terpolymeric random copolymer block has been so copolymerized that the contents therein of the propylene, ethylene, and hexene-1 based on their respective monomers are 80 to 98 percent, 5 to 1 percent, and 15 to 1 percent, respectively, all percentages being by weight; and (c) the intrinsic viscosity thereof in a decalin solution at 135.degree. C. is 0.3 to 15 dl/g.

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