Lg Chem, Ltd

Hyun Jin Ju

Choong Hoon Lee

Eun Jung Lee

In Sung Park

Sang Eun Park

Jin Sam Gong

Jung Ho Jun

Rae Keun Gwak

Kyung Bok Bae

Seung Hwan Jung

Tae Su Kim

An olefin-based polymer and method of making the same is disclosed herein. In some embodiments, the olefin-based polymer has multiple crystallinity and satisfies the following: (1) two or more peaks in a temperature range of −20° C. to 120° C. when measured by cross-fractionation chromatography (CFC), and T(90)−T(50)<8.0° C., (2) a soluble fraction (SF) of 1 wt % or less at −20° C. in CFC, (3) 15° C.<elution temperature (Te)<50° C., and Te has a linear correlation with a density (d) of the polymer, and satisfies the following Equation 1, Te=1,220×d−A, wherein 1,031≤A≤1,039. The olefin-based polymer according to the present invention is an olefin-based polymer having relatively increased the ratio of high crystal regions, and exhibits excellent mechanical properties such as improved tensile strength, tear strength, and flexural modulus.

Olefin-based polymer

The present invention relates to a polypropylene-based composite material having improved physical properties including impact strength at low temperature and at room temperature, flexural strength, flexural modulus, etc., and a method for preparing the same.

Polypropylene-based composite material and method for preparing the same

The present invention relates to an olefin-based copolymer of which soluble fraction at a low temperature has a high weight average molecular weight, and which has high flowability and improved physical properties of hardness, flexural strength, tearing strength, etc., and a method for preparing the same.

Olefin-based copolymer and method for preparing the same

An olefin-based copolymer and method of making the same are disclosed herein. In some embodiments, the olefin-based copolymer includes a repeating unit derived from an alpha-olefin, wherein the alphas-olefin is present in the copolymer at 15 wt % to 45 wt %, wherein the copolymer has a density (d) of 0.85 to 0.89 g/cc, a melt index (MI), measured at 190&#xb0; C. and 2.16 kg load, of 15 g/10 min to 100 g/10 min, and a hardness defined by Equation 1. The olefin-based copolymer has improved hardness and is highly flowable, and may show improved physical properties of tensile strength, elongation rate and flexural modulus.

The present invention provides an ethylene/alpha-olefin copolymer having narrow molecular weight distribution together with a low density and an ultra low molecular weight, having minimized number of unsaturated functional groups, and having uniform crystallinity, thereby showing excellent physical properties, and a method for preparing the same.

Ethylene/alpha-olefin copolymer and method for preparing the same

The present invention provides an ethylene/alpha-olefin copolymer having narrow molecular weight distribution together with a low density and an ultra low molecular weight, minimized number of unsaturated functional groups, and particularly a small amount of vinylidene among the unsaturated functional groups to show excellent physical properties, and a method for preparing the same.

An olefin-based copolymer and a method of making the same are disclosed herein. In some embodiments, an olefin-based copolymer has a density (d) of 0.85 to 0.89 g/cc, a melt index (MI), measured at 190&#xb0; C. and 2.16 kg load, of 15 g/10 min to 100 g/10 min, a number of unsaturated functional groups (total V) per 1,000 carbon atoms of 0.8 or less, a vinylene content, and a vinyl content, wherein the vinylene content, the vinyl content and the total V satisfy (a) vinylene content/total V=0.1 to 0.7 and (b) vinylene content/vinyl content=0.8 to 1.6. The olefin-based copolymer has controlled content and kind of an unsaturated functional group in the olefin-based copolymer and thus, has high flowability, and may show improved physical properties of hardness, flexural strength and tensile strength.

The present invention relates to an olefin-based polymer, which has (1) a density (d) ranging from 0.85 to 0.90 g/cc, (2) a melt index (MI, 190&#xb0; C., 2.16 kg load conditions) ranging from 0.1 g/10 min to 15 g/10 min, (3) the density (d) and the melt temperature (Tm) satisfying Tm (&#xb0; C.)=a&#xd7;d&#x2212;b of Equation 1 (2,350&#x3c;a&#x3c;2,500, and 1,900&#x3c;b&#x3c;2,100), and (4) a ratio (hardness/Tm) of the hardness (shore A) to the melt temperature (Tm) in a range of 1.0 to 1.3. The olefin-based polymer according to the present invention exhibits excellent anti-blocking properties due to having improved hardness as a low-density olefin-based polymer.

The present invention relates to an olefin-based polymer, which has (1) a density (d) ranging from 0.850 to 0.865 g/cc, (2) a melt index (MI, 190&#xb0; C., 2.16 kg load conditions) ranging from 0.1 g/10 min to 3.0 g/10 min, and (3) a soluble fraction (SF) of 10 wt % or more at &#x2212;20&#xb0; C. in cross-fractionation chromatography (CFC), in which a weight average molecular weight (Mw) of the soluble fraction is in a range of 50,000 g/mol to 500,000 g/mol. The olefin-based polymer according to the present invention exhibits improved anti-blocking properties as a low-density olefin-based polymer.

The present invention provides an ethylene/alpha-olefin copolymer having narrow molecular weight distribution together with a low density and an ultra low molecular weight, and minimized number of unsaturated functional groups, and in which a comonomer is uniformly present to show excellent physical properties, and a method for preparing the same.

The present invention relates to an olefin-based polymer, which has (1) a density (d) ranging from 0.85 to 0.90 g/cc, (2) a melt index (MI, 190&#xb0; C., 2.16 kg load conditions) ranging from 0.1 g/10 min to 15 g/10 min, (3) a molecular weight distribution (MWD) in a range of 1.0 to 3.0, and (4) a number average molecular weight (Mn) and a Z+1 average molecular weight (Mz+1) satisfying the Equation 1, {Mn/(Mz+1)}&#xd7;100&#x3e;15. The olefin-based polymer according to the present invention is a low-density olefin-based polymer and exhibits excellent tensile strength due to having improved molecular weight as compared to the flow index.

The present invention relates to an olefin-based polymer, which has (1) a density (d) ranging from 0.850 g/cc to 0.865 g/cc, (2) a melt index (MI, 190&#xb0; C., 2.16 kg load conditions) ranging from 0.1 g/10 min to 3.0 g/10 min, (3) a melt temperature (Tm) of 10&#xb0; C. to 100&#xb0; C., and (4) a hardness (H, Shore A), the density (d) and the melt temperature (Tm) satisfying Equation 1, and Equation 2 or 3. The olefin-based polymer according to the present invention has low hardness and improved foaming properties, and exhibits improved impact strength at compounding.

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