Patent application number | Description | Published |
20080221273 | High-Density Polyethylene Compositions, Method of Making the Same, Articles Made Therefrom, and Method of Making Such Articles - The instant invention is a high-density polyethylene compositions, and method of making the same. The high-density polyethylene composition of the instant invention includes a first component, and a second component. The first component is a high molecular weight ethylene alpha-olefin copolymer having a density in the range of 0.915 to 0.940 g/cm | 09-11-2008 |
20100003439 | POLYETHYLENE COMPOSITIONS, METHODS OF MAKING THE SAME, AND ARTICLES PREPARED THEREFROM - The invention is related to compositions suitable for the fabrication of pipes, and other articles, with excellent performance properties. The invention provides a composition, comprising a blend, wherein said blend comprises a high molecular weight ethylene-based interpolymer and a low molecular weight ethylene-based interpolymer, and the high molecular weight ethylene-based interpolymer is a heterogeneously branched linear or a homogeneously branched linear ethylene-based interpolymer, and has a density from 0.922 g/cc to 0.929 g/cc, and a high load melt index (I21) from 0.2 g/10 min to 1.0 g/10 min, and the low molecular weight ethylene-based interpolymer is heterogeneously branched linear or a homogeneously branched linear ethylene-based interpolymer, and has a density from 0.940 g/cc to 0.955 g/cc, and a melt index (I2) from 6 g/10 min to 50 g/10 min. The blend has a single peak in an ATREF profile eluting above 30° C., and has a coefficient of viscosity average molecular weight (CM?) less than −0.0032 in the log(calculated Mv) versus elution temperature, said CMv calculated in the range of elution temperatures from 70° C. to 90° C. The Mv is the viscosity average molecular weight. | 01-07-2010 |
20100069574 | ETHYLENE/ALPHA-OLEFINS BLOCK INTERPOLYMERS - Embodiments of the invention provide a class of ethylene/α-olefin block interpolymers. The ethylene/α-olefin interpolymers are characterized by an average block index, ABI, which is greater than zero and up to about 1.0 and a molecular weight distribution, M | 03-18-2010 |
20100087606 | HIGH PRESSURE LOW DENSITY POLYETHYLENE RESINS WITH IMPROVED OPTICAL PROPERTIES PRODUCED THROUGH USE OF HIGHLY ACTIVE CHAIN TRANSFER AGENTS - Disclosed is an ethylene-based polymer with a density from about 0.90 to about 0.94 in grams per cubic centimeter, with a molecular weight distribution (M | 04-08-2010 |
20100168330 | LONG CHAIN BRANCHED (LCB), BLOCK OR INTERCONNECTED COPOLYMERS OF ETHYLENE IN COMBINATION WITH ONE OTHER POLYMER - An ethylenic polymer comprising amyl groups from about 0.1 to about 2.0 units per 1000 carbon atoms as determined by Nuclear Magnetic Resonance and both a peak melting temperature, T | 07-01-2010 |
20110021713 | LONG CHAIN BRANCHED (LCB), BLOCK OR INTERCONNECTED COPOLYMERS OF ETHYLENE IN COMBINATION WITH ONE OTHER POLYMER - An ethylenic polymer comprising amyl groups from about 0.1 to about 2.0 units per 1000 carbon atoms as determined by Nuclear Magnetic Resonance and both a peak melting temperature, T | 01-27-2011 |
20110178253 | HIGH PRESSURE LOW DENSITY POLYETHYLENE RESINS WITH IMPROVED OPTICAL PROPERTIES PRODUCED THROUGH USE OF HIGHLY ACTIVE CHAIN TRANSFER AGENTS - Disclosed is an ethylene-based polymer with a density from about 0.90 to about 0.94 in grams per cubic centimeter, with a molecular weight distribution (M | 07-21-2011 |
20110239746 | APPARATUS FOR METHOD FOR POLYMER CHARACTERIZATION - Apparatus for GPC/TREF and TREF/GPC characterization of a polymer sample. The apparatus provides for the automated and integrated use of multiple TREF columns and a GPC system employing a multiple flow through detectors. In addition, a method for TREF/GPC characterization of a polymer sample by GPC analysis of TREF fractions at increasing TREF elution temperatures from multiple TREF columns operated in a coordinated and synchronized temperature cycle for increased sample throughput. Also, a method for GPC/TREF characterization of a polymer sample by GPC fractionation followed by TREF fractionation of the GPC fractionations. | 10-06-2011 |
20120245287 | LONG CHAIN BRANCHED (LCB), BLOCK, OR INTERCONNECTED COPOLYMERS OF ETHYLENE IN COMBINATION WITH ONE OTHER POLYMER - An ethylenic polymer comprising amyl groups from about 0.1 to about 2.0 units per 1000 carbon atoms as determined by Nuclear Magnetic Resonance and both a peak melting temperature, T | 09-27-2012 |
20130061662 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR POLYMER CHARACTERIZATION - Apparatus for GPC/TREF and TREF/GPC characterization of a polymer sample. The apparatus provides for the automated and integrated use of multiple TREF columns and a GPC system employing a multiple flow through detectors. In addition, a method for TREF/GPC characterization of a polymer sample by GPC analysis of TREF fractions at increasing TREF elution temperatures from multiple TREF columns operated in a coordinated and synchronized temperature cycle for increased sample throughput. Also, a method for GPC/TREF characterization of a polymer sample by GPC fractionation followed by TREF fractionation of the GPC fractionations. | 03-14-2013 |
20130137828 | POLYETHYLENE COMPOSITIONS, METHODS OF MAKING THE SAME, AND ARTICLES PREPARED THEREFROM - The invention is related to compositions suitable for the fabrication of pipes, and other articles, with excellent performance properties. The invention provides a composition, comprising a blend, wherein said blend comprises a high molecular weight ethylene-based interpolymer and a low molecular weight ethylene-based interpolymer, and the high molecular weight ethylene-based interpolymer is a heterogeneously branched linear or a homogeneously branched linear ethylene-based interpolymer, and has a density from 0.922 g/cc to 0.929 g/cc, and a high load melt index (I21) from 0.2 g/10 min to 1.0 g/10 min, and the low molecular weight ethylene-based interpolymer is heterogeneously branched linear or a homogeneously branched linear ethylene-based interpolymer, and has a density from 0.940 g/cc to 0.955 g/cc, and a melt index (I2) from 6 g/10 min to 50 g/10 min. The blend has a single peak in an ATREF profile eluting above 30° C., and has a coefficient of viscosity average molecular weight (CMv) less than −0.0032 in the log (calculated Mv) versus elution temperature, said CMv calculated in the range of elution temperatures from 70° C. to 90° C. The Mv is the viscosity average molecular weight. | 05-30-2013 |
20130144019 | ETHYLENE/ALPHA-OLEFIN INTERPOLYMER SUITABLE FOR USE IN SHRINKAGE FILM APPLICATIONS, AND ARTICLES MADE THEREFROM - The instant invention provides an ethylene/alpha-olefin interpolymer suitable for use in shrinkage film applications, and articles made therefrom. The ethylene/alpha-olefin interpolymer according to the present invention has a CDBI of less than 60%, and comprises at least two fractions in crossfractionation of the ethylene/alpha-olefin interpolymer, eluting from 85° C. to 90° C. and from 90° C. to 95° C., comprising a weight fraction ratio of >0.68 and a molecular weight homogeneity index of greater than 0.65; wherein the weight fraction ratio is the ratio of the weight of polymer in each fraction divided by the weight of polymer eluting between 95° C. and 100° C. and the molecular weight homogeneity index is the ratio of the weight average molecular weight of the polymer in the fraction divided by the weight average molecular weight of the polymer eluting between 95° C. and 100° C., and wherein the ethylene/alpha-olefin interpolymer has a density in the range of 0.920 to 0.940 g/cm | 06-06-2013 |
20130190465 | ETHYLENE/ALPHA-OLEFIN INTERPOLYMER SUITABLE FOR USE IN FIBER APPLICATIONS, AND FIBERS MADE THEREFROM - The instant invention provides an ethylene/alpha-olefin interpolymer suitable for use in fiber applications, and fibers made therefrom. The ethylene/alpha-olefin interpolymer according to the present invention has a CDBI of less than 60%, and comprises at least two fractions in crossfractionation of the ethylene/alpha-olefin interpolymer, eluting from 85° C. to 90° C. and from 90° C. to 95° C., comprising a weight fraction ratio of >0.68 and a molecular weight homogeneity index of greater than 0.65; wherein the weight fraction ratio is the ratio of the weight of polymer in each fraction divided by the weight of polymer eluting between 95° C. and 100° C. and the molecular weight homogeneity index is the ratio of the weight average molecular weight of the polymer in the fraction divided by the weight average molecular weight of the polymer eluting between 95° C. and 100° C., and wherein the ethylene/alpha-olefin interpolymer has a density in the range of from 0.920 to 0.965 g/cm | 07-25-2013 |
20130237670 | HIGH-DENSITY POLYETHYLENE COMPOSITIONS AND METHOD OF MAKING THE SAME - The instant invention is a high-density polyethylene composition, method of producing the same, articles made therefrom, and method of making such articles. The high-density polyethylene composition of the instant invention includes a first component, and a second component. The first component is a high molecular weight ethylene alpha-olefin copolymer having a density in the range of 0.915 to 0.940 g/cm | 09-12-2013 |
20140024775 | LONG CHAIN BRANCHED (LCB), BLOCK OR INTERCONNECTED COPOLYMERS OF ETHYLENE IN COMBINATION WITH ONE OTHER POLYMER - An ethylenic polymer comprising amyl groups from about 0.1 to about 2.0 units per 1000 carbon atoms as determined by Nuclear Magnetic Resonance and both a peak melting temperature, T | 01-23-2014 |
20140090453 | CHROMATOGRAPHY OF POLYMERS - The invention provides an apparatus for polymer chromatography, comprising at least one column that comprises a first stationary phase comprising one of the following: A) a material comprising at least one non-carbon atom, excluding glass or a metal, selected from molybdenum sulfide MoS2, tungsten sulfide WS2, silicon carbide SiC, boron nitride BN, or combinations thereof, or B) glass, or a metal, or combinations thereof, and a material comprising at least one non-carbon atom selected from molybdenum sulfide MoS2, tungsten sulfide WS2, silicon carbide SiC, boron nitride BN, or combinations thereof. The invention also provides a method for polymer chromatography, comprising introducing a solution, comprising a polymer, into a liquid flowing through a first stationary phase, and wherein the first stationary phase comprises one of foregoing materials (A) or (B). | 04-03-2014 |
20140135459 | HIGH PRESSURE LOW DENSITY POLYETHYLENE RESINS WITH IMPROVED OPTICAL PROPERTIES PRODUCED THROUGH USE OF HIGHLY ACTIVE CHAIN TRANSFER AGENTS - Disclosed is an ethylene-based polymer with a density from about 0.90 to about 0.94 in grams per cubic centimeter, with a molecular weight distribution (M | 05-15-2014 |
20140213735 | LONG CHAIN BRANCHED (LCB), BLOCK, OR INTERCONNECTED COPOLYMERS OF ETHYLENE IN COMBINATION WITH ONE OTHER POLYMER - An ethylenic polymer comprising amyl groups from about 0.1 to about 2.0 units per 1000 carbon atoms as determined by Nuclear Magnetic Resonance and both a peak melting temperature, T | 07-31-2014 |
20140256883 | HIGH-DENSITY POLYETHYLENE COMPOSITIONS, METHOD OF MAKING THE SAME - The instant invention is a high-density polyethylene composition, method of producing the same, articles made therefrom, and method of making such articles. The high-density polyethylene composition of the instant invention includes a first component, and a second component. The first component is a high molecular weight ethylene alpha-olefin copolymer having a density in the range of 0.915 to 0.940 g/cm | 09-11-2014 |