Exxonmobil Chemical Patents Inc.

Exxon Chemical Patents, Inc.

Michael Chia-Chao Chen

Chon-Yie Lin

Aspy Keki Mehta

Anthony Nicholas Speca

James John Mcalpin

Kelly Tormaschy

Rajan K Chudgar

Bernard Louis Bossaert

Susan Chia-Yu Yeh

Embodiments of the present invention include a polypropylene homopolymer synthesized from a metallocene catalyst system and methods of forming the homopolymer, the homopolymer having an aluminum and chlorine recoverables value of less than 25 ppm and a xylene solubles of less than 1 wt % relative to the total weight of the homopolymer. The resulting homopolymer has other desirable properties such as a heat deflection temperature at 0.45 MPa of from 90&#xb0; C. to 110&#xb0; C., and a MWD value of from 1.7 to 5.0. These properties make embodiments of the homopolymer desirable for films, and in particular for capacitor films.

Polypropylene polymers

This invention relates generally to films made from crystalline polypropylene polymers. Specifically, this invention relates to films comprising crystalline polypropylene polymer compositions containing both propylene homopolymers and propylene copolymers. The compositions are prepared using metallocene catalyst systems comprising at least two metallocenes in a polymerization process that involves the sequential or parallel polymerization of propylene homopolymers and copolymers using propylene with a small amount of comonomer, preferably ethylene. The resulting polymers are excellent for use in the production of biaxially oriented films. Films prepared with these propylene polymers have a significantly broader processability range and can be evenly stretched at lower temperature compared to films prepared from traditional polypropylene polymers.

Oriented films from improved propylene polymers

This invention relates generally to crystalline polypropylene polymers and methods for their production. Specifically, this invention relates to crystalline polypropylene polymer compositions comprising both propylene homopolymers and propylene copolymers. The compositions are prepared using metallocene catalyst systems comprising at least two metallocenes in a polymerization process that involves the sequential or parallel polymerization of propylene homopolymers and copolymers using propylene with a small amount of comonomer, preferably ethylene. The resulting polymers are excellent for use in the production of biaxially oriented films. Films prepared with these propylene polymers have a significantly broader processability range and can be evenly stretched at lower temperature compared to films prepared from traditional polypropylene polymers.

Propylene polymers for oriented films

This invention relates to isotactic propylene homopolymer compositions obtained from metallocene catalysis wherein the polymer has a molecular weight distribution (Mw/Mn) in the range of from about 2.5 to about 20.0. The isototic propylene homopolymer composition may be prepared in a multiple stage polymerization process using the same metallocene component in at least two stages.

Propylene homopolymers and methods of making the same

This invention relates to isotactic propylene homopolymer compositions obtained from metallocene catalysis wherein the polymer has a molecular weight distribution (Mw/Mn) in the range of from about 2.5 to about 20.0. The isotactic propylene homopolymer composition may be prepared in a multiple stage polymerization process using the same metallocene component in at least two stages.

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Michael Chia-Chao Chen