Phillips Petroleum Company

Chevron Phillips Chemical Company LP

Mark K Russell

David R Battiste

William R Coutant

Joseph R Harder

A polyolfin composition having high resistance to degradation is formed of at least one polyolefin component, bis(2,4dicumylphenyl)pentaerythritol diphosphite, triisopropanolamine, a hydrotalcite component, and at least one phenol component.

Phosphite additives in polyolefins

The whiteness and stability of a polyolefin have been found to be improved upon addition of a first phosphite, an arylalkyl diphosphite, and a second phosphite selected from a second arylalkyl disphosphite or a triarylphosphite. In addition, the addition of a triarylphosphite with an arylalkyl disphoshite has been found to improve the hygroscopic nature and the hydrolytic stability of the arylalkyl disphosphite.

Hydroxyalkylamines can, in addition to imparting antistatic properties, significantly improve the color, i.e., the whiteness, of polyolefin resins produced with chromium-based catalysts and metallocene catalysts. Additionally, such compounds can impart improved whiteness at a loading significantly lower than that required to impart antistatic properties. Surprisingly, the discovered improvement in whiteness is not, however, observed in resins produced using other types of catalysts.

Process for imparting improved whiteness to polyolefin resins

A polyolefin composition having high resistance to degradation, said composition formed by combining components comprising at least one polyolefin component produced from a transition metal halide catalyst, bis(2,4-dicumylphenyl)pentaerythritol diphosphite, triisopropanolamine, a hydrotalcite component, and at least one phenol component.

The whiteness and stability of a polyolefin have been found to be improved upon addition of a first phosphite, an arylalkyl diphosphite, and a second phosphite selected from the group consisting of a second arylalkyl diphosphite and a triarylphosphite. In addition, the addition of a triarylphosphite with an arylalkyl diphosphite has as been found to improve the hygroscopic nature and the hydrolytic stability of the arylalkyl diphosphite.

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Mark K Russell