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The Procter Gamble Company

Rextac, LLC

Nick Fowler

Andres Sustic

Enrico Buenacosa

John Passmore

Steve Oetting

Steve McHaney

William L Bunnelle

Torsten Lindner

Robert Haines Turner

Holger Beruda

Ekaterina Anatolyevna Ponomarenko

Matthias Morand

Benjamin John Kutay

Jon Fagerness

Bill Turner

J J DeCair

John Joseph DeCair

Deborah Lawrence

James Haselman

Steven Oetting

Mitchell Arnold

Jj DeCAIR

Described herein is an absorbent article. The absorbent article includes an assembly of components and an adhesive composition joining at least two of the assembly of components together. The adhesive composition includes from about 50 wt. % to about 80 wt. % of one or more copolymers and a blend of one or more heterophase copolymers. The one or more copolymers include from about 30 mole % to about 70 mole % of monomer units selected from ethylene. 1-butene, and mixtures thereof. The one or more copolymers also include from about 30 mole % to about 70 mole % of propene monomer units. The adhesive composition is free of polyisobutylene and has a viscosity of from about 2,000 mPa·s to about 11,500 mPa·s at 150° C.

Absorbent article comprising an adhesive composition

Described herein is an adhesive composition including a copolymer. The adhesive composition has a viscosity of from about 2,000 mPa&#xb7;s to about 11,500 mPa&#xb7;s at 150&#xb0; C. The adhesive composition has a Storage Modulus at 37&#xb0; C. of from about 3 MPa to 9.5 MPa. The adhesive composition has a Yield Stress at 37&#xb0; C. of from about 0.8 MPa to about 1.45 MPa.

Adhesive composition for absorbent articles

Described herein is an adhesive composition including (a) from about 70 wt. % to about 90 wt. % of one or more copolymers, and (b) from about 10 wt. % to about 30 wt. % of one or more heterophase copolymers. The one or more copolymers include (i) from about 30 mole % to about 70 mole % of monomer units selected from the group consisting of ethylene, 1-butene, and mixtures thereof; and (ii) from about 30 mole % to about 70 mole % of propene monomer units. The adhesive composition is free of polyisobutylene. The adhesive composition has a viscosity of from about 2,000 mPa&#xb7;s to about 11,500 mPa&#xb7;s at 150&#xb0; C. The one or more heterophase copolymers includes a first heterophase copolymer and a second heterophase copolymer.

A continuous process for pre-contacting coordination polymerization catalyst components with each other before they are introduced into a polymerization reactor at 130 degrees Fahrenheit to 200 degrees Fahrenheit, where the activated coordination catalyst is contacted with at least one monomer to produce amorphous poly alpha olefin (APAO), the process involving blending a Ziegler-Natta pro-catalyst with a liquid carrier forming a Ziegler-Natta pro-catalyst slurry and flowing a co-catalyst mixture into the Ziegler-Natta pro-catalyst slurry continuously in a pre-contacting device, forming an activated Ziegler-Natta catalyst; continuously injecting the activated Ziegler-Natta catalyst into the heated polymerization reactor while simultaneously, and continuously, injecting propylene monomer and any other alpha-olefin monomers, and hydrogen gas for molecular weight control, initiating an exothermic reaction forming a monomer-polymer-catalyst slurry then continuously stirring the monomer-polymer-catalyst slurry forming an amorphous poly alpha olefin with a saturated backbone.

Process for pre-contacting catalyst components ex-reactor to produce amorphous poly alpha-olefins

A hot-melt formulation includes a butene-1-co-hexene-1 copolymer formed from butene-1 and hexene-1 monomers synthesized using a supported Ziegler-Natta catalyst reacted with an organometallic cocatalyst, a styrenic block copolymer with less than 15 percent bound styrene, a high melt viscosity metallocene catalyzed polyolefin, a high melt viscosity polypropylene with a melt viscosity above 18,000 cps, and a low molecular weight polyethylene wax, wherein the melt viscosity of the wax is less than 1,000 centipoise at a temperature of 350 degrees Fahrenheit.

Low molecular weight butene-1-co-hexene-1 amorphous poly alpha olefins for hot-melt adhesives with enhanced properties

A method to make a hot-melt polymer formulation with from 50 wt % to 100 wt % of a propylene-co-butene-1-co-hexene-1 terpolymer or a propylene-co-hexene-1 copolymer, each polymer made using a metal chloride supported Ziegler-Natta catalyst, at a process temperature between about 130 degrees Fahrenheit and about 200 degrees Fahrenheit and at a reactor pressure sufficient to maintain the propylene in a liquid phase without solvent; using 1 wt % to 20 wt % of at least one of: a metallocene-catalyst made polymer; a homopolymer of propylene with 0.1%-5% functionality; and a styrene block copolymer; and wherein the melt viscosity of the terpolymer or copolymer formulation is controlled by addition of hydrogen gas as a chain transfer agent.

Method for making hexene-1 containing amorphous poly alpha olefins for improved hot-melt adhesives

A hot-melt adjuvant-free formulation includes a butene-1-co-hexene-1 copolymer formed from butene-1 and hexene-1 monomers with a supported Ziegler-Natta catalyst, a styrenic block copolymer with less than 15 percent styrene, a high melt flow index metallocene, a high melt flow rate polypropylene with a melt flow above 18000 cps, and a low molecular weight polyethylene wax, wherein the molecular weight is less than 1000 centipoise at a temperature of 350 degrees Fahrenheit.

Low molecular weight butene-1-co-hexene-1 amorphous poly alpha olefins for hot melt adhesives with enhanced properties

A substantially zero carbon emission process for making amorphous poly alpha olefins including, converting alkanes to olefin monomers ethylene, propylene, and 1-butene or combinations thereof using renewable electric power in an oxidative-coupling of methane plant including the steps of passing alkanes through an ethylene plant while adding oxygen, passing the first polymerization grade ethylene through a 2-butene plant, passing a first of the two 2-butene streams and one of the polymerization grade ethylene through a propylene plant, and passing a second of the two 2-butene streams through a 1-butene plant. The next step in the process for making amorphous poly alpha olefins includes polymerizing at least one of the polymerization grade alkenes which includes applying a temperature of 130 degrees Fahrenheit to 175 degrees Fahrenheit to at least one of the polymerization grade alkenes and scrubbing at least one boiler stack gases.

Integrated process for poly olefin production with reduced greenhouse gas emission

A hot melt adhesive formulation includes 60 to 99 wt. % of an amorphous propylene-co-hexene-1 polymer component based on the total weight of the hot melt adhesive without the use of flammable solvents, 20 to 80 wt % of hexene-1 co-monomer based on the total weight of the amorphous propylene-co-hexene-1 copolymer component, 20 to 80 wt. % of a propylene co-monomer based on the total weight of the amorphous propylene-co-hexene-1 copolymer component, and from 1 to 40 wt. % of a co-adjuvant based on the total weight of the hot melt adhesive. The hot melt adhesive formulation has rolling ball tack from 2 to 50 centimeters at ambient temperature after conditioning at ambient temperatures for 24 hours. The hexene-1 monomer to propylene monomer ratios are from 4:1 to 1:4.

Amorphous hexene-1 based polymeric hot melt adhesive

A process for reducing unreacted monomers and condensable and non-condensable hydrocarbon fractions in an APAO which includes introducing molten APAO into heated and insulated jacketed pipe while injecting a stripping agent based on the total weight of the contents of the jacketed pipe; maintaining the stripping agent with the molten APAO stream from ten seconds to ten minutes, forming a flowable heated mixture at 250 to 450 degrees Fahrenheit in the heated and jacketed pipe forming a flowing heated mixture; and passing the flowing heated mixture through a thin film evaporator assembly, while maintaining the temperature of the flowing heated mixture, stripping the organoleptic species and acids and volatile organic components from the flowing heated mixture and removing and recovering a condensable fuel fraction and a non-condensable hydrocarbon gas with energy, while simultaneously forming an odor-reduced, cleaned molten APAO-based HMA.

Amorphous poly alpha olefins of low acid and organoleptic properties and a process for producing same

Amorphous poly-alpha-olefins (APAOs) such as propylene-co-hexene-1-co-butene-1 and propylene-hexene-1 are used as tackifiers in hot melt adhesive formulations.

Propylene-based amorphous poly-alpha-olefins (APAOs) formulated with hexene-1 monomer containing amorphous poly-alpha-olefins for use in hot melt adhesives

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