Abstract:
Disclosed is a propylene-based polymer including from 51 to 75% by weight of a propylene-ethylene random copolymer component (A) having an intrinsic viscosity [η]A, measured in tetralin at 135° C., of 5 dl/g or more and an ethylene content of not less than 8% by weight but less than 20% by weight, and from 25 to 49% by weight of a propylene-based polymer component (B) obtained by polymerizing monomers mainly including propylene, the component having an intrinsic viscosity [η]B, measured in tetralin at 135° C., of 1.2 dl/g or less, wherein said amounts of the components (A) and (B) are each based on the combined weight of these components.
Abstract:
An apparatus and method for continuous polymerization of olefin(s), and a method for transferring a polymer powder from one reactor to another in the apparatus are disclosed. The apparatus includes a plurality of serially disposed gas-phase polymerization reactors including a combination of an upstream and downstream reactors and a gas exchange vessel disposed between both reactors. The gas exchange vessel is connected to the upstream and downstream reactors by a first and second transfer conduits, respectively. The gas exchange vessel has a gas distributor plate therein which partitions the gas exchange vessel into an upper section having a gas exchange chamber and a lower section. In the gas exchange chamber, the gas transferred from the upstream reactor together with a polymer powder is exchange at least partly with fresh gas introduced through the gas distributor plate via the lower section. The polymer powder is then transferred to the downstream reactor.
Abstract:
A polypropylene random copolymer obtained by copolymerizing propylene and an &agr;-olefin or propylene, ethylene, and &agr;-olefin using a Ziegler-Natta catalyst substantially in the absence of solvent, wherein propylene content is from 92.3 to 75.0% by weight, the ethylene content (E) is from 0 to 2.7% by weight, and the &agr;-olefin content is from 5.0 to 25.0% by weight, and wherein the content (C) of 20° C. xylene-soluble components in the random copolymer satisfies following formulae (1) to (3); in the copolymer wherein the ethylene content (E) is less than 1.5% by weight, C≦12.0 (weight %) (1) in the copolymer wherein the ethylene content (E) is from 1.5% by weight to 1.8% by weight, C≦42.0−20.0×E (weight %) (2) and in the copolymer wherein the ethylene content (E) is from 1.8% by weight to 2.7% by weight, C≦6.0 (weight %) (3).
Abstract:
A polypropylene block copolymer obtained by producing an ethylene-propylene copolymer moiety as a component A having an ethylene content of 1.5 to 6.0% by weight in an amount of 40 to 85% by weight based on the total weight of components A and B in the absence of an inert solvent, substantially, in a first step, with a Ziegler-Natta catalyst, and then producing an ethylene-propylene copolymer moiety as a component B having an ethylene content of 7 to 17% by weight in an amount of 15 to 60% by weight based on an amount of the whole polymer in a gas phase in a second step, wherein an intrinsic viscosity ([&eegr;]B) of the component B is from 2.0 to 5.0 dl/g and the ratio of the intrinsic viscosity ([&eegr;]B) of the component B to an intrinsic viscosity ([&eegr;]A) of the component A is within the range of 0.5 to 1.8.
Abstract:
An apparatus and method for continuous polymerization of olefin(s), and a method for transferring a polymer powder from one reactor to another in the apparatus are disclosed. The apparatus includes a plurality of serially disposed gas-phase polymerization reactors including a combination of an upstream and downstream reactors and a gas exchange vessel disposed between both reactors. The gas exchange vessel is connected to the upstream and downstream reactors by a first and second transfer conduits, respectively. The gas exchange vessel has a gas distributor plate therein which partitions the gas exchange vessel into an upper section having a gas exchange chamber and a lower section. In the gas exchange chamber, the gas transferred from the upstream reactor together with a polymer powder is exchange at least partly with fresh gas introduced through the gas distributor plate via the lower section. The polymer powder is then transferred to the downstream reactor.
Abstract:
A polypropylene-based resin composition comprising 0.5 to 10% by weight of a propylene-based polymer component (A1) obtained by polymerizing a monomer mainly composed of propylene, having an intrinsic viscosity [&eegr;]A1 measured in tetralin at 135° C. of 5 dl/g or more and a melting peak temperature TmA1 measured by a differential scanning calorimeter of 130 to 160° C., 90 to 99.5% by weight of a propylene-based polymer component (A2) obtained by polymerizing a monomer mainly composed of propylene, intrinsic viscosity [&eegr;]2 measured in tetralin at 135° C. of less than 5 dl/g.
Abstract:
A prepolymerization catalyst for use in a gas phase polymerization of an olefin or combinations of olefins which comprises (A) a solid catalyst component comprising magnesium, halogen, titanium and an electron donor and having a weight-average particle diameter of 15 to 45 &mgr;m, (B) at least one organoaluminum compound and (C) a prepolymer of an ethylene and/or at least one &agr;-olefin, wherein the molar ratio of aluminum to titanium in the prepolymerization catalyst (Al/Ti ratio) is 3 to 11 (mol/mol), the weight ratio of the prepolymerization catalyst to the solid catalyst component (prepolymerization catalyst/solid catalyst component) is 2 to 35 (g/g), the content of volatile materials (VM) in the prepolymerization catalyst is 2.0% by weight or less, and the intrinsic viscosity [&eegr;] measured in tetralin at 135° C. is 2.0 dl/g or less, and a process for a production thereof. According to the present invention, a prepolymerization catalyst for gas phase polymerization of olefins showing a high activity in gas phase polymerization, not forming aggregates and coarse particles markedly at the time of prepolymerization, having a high bulk density and an excellent fluidity, not causing a marked entraining of prepolymerization catalyst and product powder out of the fluidized bed and nearly completely free from a formation of aggregates, at the time of gas phase polymerization, and giving an olefin polymer having a low content of cold xylene-soluble fraction can be provided.
Abstract:
An olefin polymer characterized by having (A) a density of from 0.850 to 0.940 g/cm3, (B) a melt flow rate (MFR) of from 0.1 to 200 g/10 minutes, and (C) a relation between the melt flow rate (MFR) and an intrinsic viscosity [&eegr;] measured in tetralin at 135° C. satisfying the range of the following equation (1): −4.04 log [&eegr;]+0.6≦log MFR≦−4.04 log [&eegr;]+0.96 (1) and its a film or sheet, and a method for producing an olefin polymer characterized by homopolymerizing an olefin or copolymerizing two or more olefins, with a catalyst for olefin polymerization, comprising: (A) a transition metal complex represented by the general formula [I] below; (B) at least one aluminum compound selected from (B1) to (B3); and/or (C) at least one boron compound selected from (C1) to (C3), at a temperature of at least 130° C. under a pressure of at least 300 kg/cm2G.
Abstract:
Crystalline polypropylene excellent in rigidity, heat resistance and surface hardness is disclosed, having a ratio of weight average molecular weight (Mw) to number average molecular weight (Mn) (Mw/Mn) of 10 or more, an intrinsic viscosity [.eta.] of from 0.8 to 5.0 dl/g as measured in tetralin at 135.degree. C., a cold xylene-soluble content (CXS) of not more than 4% by weight, a density (d) of 0.910 g/cm.sup.3 or more as measured at 23.degree. C., and a long period (L) (.ANG.) as measured at 25.degree. C. by a small-angle X-ray scattering method satisfying relationship:L.ltoreq.LC=6667d-5894wherein d is a density at 23.degree. C.; and Lc is a value (.ANG.) obrained by equation:Lc=6667d-5894.A crystalline polypropylene composition containing the foregoing crystalline polypropylene, which is excellent in rigidity and heat resistance, is also disclosed.
Abstract:
The polypropylene stretched film of the present invention is prepared by stretching a composition comprising a crystalline propylene polymer and 0.1 ppm by weight to 10% by weight of a nucleating agent, the composition having a melting point of 160.degree. C. or more, a crystallization temperature of 128.degree. C. or more and a 20.degree. C. xylene soluble portion of 3.0% by weight or less. The film has a high rigidity and a beautiful appearance as well as the characteristic properties inherent to crystalline propylene polymers. The film can be suitably used for food packaging and textile packaging.