Dow Global Technolgoies LLC

Union Carbide Chemicals & Plastics Technology Corporation

Other

Univation Technologies, LLC

Dow Global Technologies LLC and Dow Brasil S.a.

Michael D Turner

Mehmet Demirors

Robert J Jorgensen

Pradeep Jain

Stephanie M Whited

Michael A Kinnan

Burkhard Eric Wagner

Shrikant Dhodapkar

Michael Joseph Zogg, Jr

Joshua B Gaubert

Jorge Rubalcaba

Remi A Trottier

Laszlo L Ban

Mridula Babli Kapur

Sarat Munjal

Jorge Caminero Gomes

Nicolas Cardoso Mazzola

Yijian Lin

Brian W Kolthammer

Mustafa Bilgen

Gagan Saini

Harold W Boone

Alec Y Wang

Timothy Wayne Gambrel

Douglas S Ginger

Curvel Hypolite

Maria Pollard

Kyle E Hart

Patrick Brady Auell

Mridula (Babli) Kapur

George W Haun, Jr

Daniel S Rynearson

Intan M Hamdan

Melissa Auell

Konanur Manjunath

Jain Pradeep

Robert Bellair

Jr Michael J Zogg

Jr George W Haun

Disclosed herein too is a method comprising charging to a reactor system a feed stream comprising a catalyst, a monomer and a solvent; reacting the monomer to form a polymer; where the polymer is contained in a single phase polymer solution; transporting the polymer solution to a pre-heater to increase the temperature of the polymer solution; charging the polymer solution to a liquid-liquid separator; reducing a pressure of the polymer solution in the liquid-liquid separator and separating a polymer-rich phase from a solvent-rich phase in the liquid-liquid separator; transporting the polymer-rich phase to a plurality of devolatilization vessels located downstream of the liquid-liquid separator, where each devolatilization vessel operates at a lower pressure than the preceding devolatilization vessel; and separating the polymer from volatiles present in the polymer rich phase.

Solution polymerization process

Hand rake

A process to form coated polymer particles comprising polymer particles formed from a polymer composition comprising an olefin-based polymer, and a coating formed from a coating composition comprising an aqueous metal acid dispersion and an aqueous polysiloxane emulsion, said process comprising the following: mixing together the aqueous metal acid dispersion and the aqueous polysiloxane emulsion to form a dispersion/emulsion mixture; applying the dispersion/emulsion mixture to a portion of the surfaces of the polymer particles to form wet-coated polymer particles; drying the wet-coated polymer particles to form the coated polymer particles. The aqueous metal acid dispersion and the aqueous polysiloxane emulsion may also be applied, individually, in separate steps.

Coated olefin-based polymers with reduced blocking

A method of producing bimodal ethylene-based polymer includes reacting ethylene monomer and C-C&#x3b1;-olefin comonomer in the presence of a first catalyst in an agitated reactor to produce a first polymer fraction, and outputting effluent from the agitated reactor. A second catalyst is added to the effluent downstream of the agitated reactor and upstream from a non-agitated reactor, the second catalyst facilitates production of a second polymer fraction having a density and melt index (I) different from the first polymer fraction. The second catalyst and effluent are mixed in at least one mixer. The second catalyst, second polymer fraction, and the first polymer fraction are passed to the non-agitated reactor; and additional ethylene monomer, additional C-C&#x3b1;-olefin comonomer, and solvent are passed to the non-agitated reactor to produce more second polymer fraction and thereby the bimodal ethylene-based polymer.

Process for the production of bimodal ethylene-based polymers having high molecular weight high density fractions

Embodiments of methods for producing a trimodal polymer in a solution polymerization process comprise three solution polymerization reactors organized in parallel or in series.

Multimodal ethylene-based polymer processing systems and methods

A composition is provided that comprises at least the following: polymer particles comprising a coating on at least a portion of the total surface of the polymer particles, and wherein the coating is formed from a powder composition comprising at least one inorganic powder, and at least one organic powder selected from a metal stearate and/or a polymer powder, and wherein the weight ratio of the total amount of the inorganic powder to the total amount of the organic powder is from 3.0 to 50.0.

Polymer coatings compositions with reduced ignition sensitivity

The instant invention provides a polyolefin composition suitable for sealant applications, sealant compositions, method of producing the same, and films and multilayer structures made therefrom. The polyolefin composition suitable for sealant applications according to the present invention comprises: an ethylene/&#x3b1;-olefin interpolymer composition having a Comonomer Distribution Constant (CDC) in the range of from 40 to 110, vinyl unsaturation of less than 0.1 vinyls per one thousand carbon atoms present in the backbone of the ethylene-based polymer composition; a zero shear viscosity ratio (ZSVR) in the range of from 1.01 to 2.0; a density in the range of from 0.908 to 0.922 g/cm, a melt index (Iat 190&#xb0; C./2.16 kg) in the range of from 0.5 to 5.0 g/10 minutes, a molecular weight distribution (defined as the weight average molecular weight divided by the number average molecular weight, M/M) in the range of from 2.0 to 4.0, and tan delta at 0.1 radian/second, determined at 190&#xb0; C., in the range of from 5 to 50.

Sealant composition

A Ziegler-Natta procatalyst composition in the form of solid particles and comprising magnesium, halide and transition metal moieties, said particles having an average size (D50) of from 10 to 70 &#x3bc;m, characterized in that at least 5 percent of the particles have internal void volume substantially or fully enclosed by a monolithic surface layer (shell), said layer being characterized by an average shell thickness/particle size ratio (Thickness Ratio) determined by SEM techniques for particles having particle size greater than 30 &#x3bc;m of greater than 0.2.

Robust spray-dried ziegler-natta procatalyst and polymerization process employing same

The present invention is a film having a thickness greater than 100 microns comprising from 10 to 100 percent by weight of a polyethylene polymer made by the process of a) selecting a target polyethylene resin having a density, as determined according to ASTM D792, in the range of from 0.90 g/cm3 to 0.955 g/cm3, and a melt index, as determined according to ASTM D1238(2.16 kg, 190 C), in the range of from 0.01 g/10 min to 10 g/10 min; b) reacting said target polyethylene with an alkoxy amine derivative in an amount less than 900 parts derivative per million parts by weight of total polyethylene resin under conditions sufficient to increase the melt strength of the target polyethylene resin; and c) forming a thick film from the modified target resin. The present films include those which can achieve similar processability as those containing unmodified linear polyethylene despite having at least 10% less LDPE resins in the formulation.

Thick blown films

The invention provides compositions for blow molding applications and other applications, where such compositions comprise a high molecular weight ethylene interpolymer and a low molecular weight ethylene polymer, and where the high molecular weight ethylene interpolymer has a density from 0.920 g/cmto 0.950 g/cm, and an Ifrom 0.05 to 1 dg/min, and where the low molecular weight ethylene polymer has density from 0.965 g/cmto 0.985 g/cm, and an Ifrom 600 to 2000 dg/min. The composition has a density from 0.950 g/cmto 0.970 g/cm, and comprises greater from 45 to 80 weight percent of the high molecular component, and from 20 to 55 weight percent of the low molecular weight component, based on the sum weight of the high molecular weight component and the low molecular weight component. The invention also provides for methods of preparing said compositions and for articles prepared from the same.

Polyolefin compositions, articles made therefrom and methods for preparing the same

A gas phase polymerization process comprising: (1) preparing a solution of a catalyst precursor comprising a mixture of magnesium and titanium compounds, an electron donor and a solvent; (2) adding a filler to the solution from step (1) to form a slurry; (3) spray drying the slurry from step (2) at a temperature of 100 to 140&#xb0; C. to form a spray dried precursor, (4) slurring the spray dried precursor from step (3) in mineral oil, (5) partially or fully pre-activating the catalyst precursor by contacting the slurry of (4) with one or more Lewis Acids, and (6) transferring the partially or fully activated precursor from step (5) into a gas phase reactor in which an olefin polymerization reaction is in progress.

Process for control of polymer fines in a gas-phase polymerization

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Michael D Turner