Alpha-olefin homo- or copolymer compositions

a technology of alpha-olefin and copolymer, which is applied in the field of new compositions of alpha-olefin homoor copolymer, can solve the problems of reducing the molecular weight distribution of polymers, and affecting the composition of polymers

Inactive Publication Date: 2011-02-10
BOREALIS TECH OY
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Benefits of technology

The approach results in polymer compositions with reduced taste, odor, and fogging issues, enabling broader end application windows while minimizing the risk of composition alteration during oligomer reduction, and allowing for direct use in high-quality applications without additional processing steps.

Problems solved by technology

Such volatiles contribute also to the so called “fogging” problem, i.e. these compounds tend to separate, e.g. evaporate, from the polymer material and cause fogging on the surrounding surfaces e.g. on car windows.
Thus in certain end applications the presence of the very LMW tail, particularly of the oligomers, in the polymer composition may not be desirable.

Method used

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example 1

[0234]All raw materials were essentially free from water and air and all material additions to the reactor and the different steps were done under inert conditions in nitrogen atmosphere. The water content in propylene was less than 5 ppm.

[0235]The catalyst was a highly active and stereo specific Ziegler Natta catalyst (ZN catalyst) prepared according to patent W003 / 000754, example 7, and had Ti content 3.37 w-%.

[0236]The polymerisation was done in a 5 litre reactor, which was heated, vacuumed and purged with nitrogen before taken into use. 553 μl TEA (triethyl aluminum, from Witco), 81 μl donor (cyclohexyl methyl dimethoxy silane, from Wacker, dried with molecular sieves) and 20 ml pentane (dried with molecular sieves and purged with nitrogen) were mixed and allowed to react for 5 minutes. Half of the mixture was added to the reactor after which the reactor was charged with 70 mmol hydrogen and 1400 g propylene. The other half of the mixture was mixed with 23.0 mg ZN catalyst in a ...

example 2

[0240]This example was done in accordance with example 1, with the exception that the hydrogen amount was 800 mmol. The details and results are seen in table 1.

example 3

[0243]This example was done in accordance with example 1, with the exception that as the donor dicyclopentyl dimethoxy silane with Al / Do ratio 50 was used and that the hydrogen amount was 600 mmol. The details and results are seen in table 1.

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Abstract

The invention is directed an alpha-olefin homo- or copolymer composition comprising at least one (i) alpha-olefin homo- or copolymer component, wherein the alpha-olefin homo- or copolymer composition comprises a decreased amount of C6-C15-oligomers.

Description

REFERENCE TO RELATED APPLICATION[0001]This is a continuation application of Ser. No. 11 / 919,594, filed Jan. 9, 2008.BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION[0002]The invention relates to new compositions of alpha-olefin homo- or copolymer as well as to the preparation method thereof. The invention further relates to the use of the alpha-olefin homo- or copolymer composition i.a. in end applications, wherein any taste and / or odor of the polymers are undesired.[0003]It is well known that a polymer composition obtained from a polymerisation reaction comprises a mixture of polymer molecules with varying chain lengths having different molecular weights (Mw). It is also known that the molecular weight distribution (MWD) of a composition may be tailored to be broad or narrow and the profile may have e.g. one or more maximas.[0004]The MWD curve has typically a low molecular weight (LMW) “tail” comprising very short chain molecules and a high molecular weight (HMW) “tail” comprising very long chain molec...

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Patent Type & AuthorityApplications(United States)
IPC IPC(8): C08F10/14
CPCC08F10/00C08F110/06C08L23/02C08L23/04C08L23/10C08L2205/02C08L2205/025C08L2666/06C08F2500/12
InventorVESTBERG, TORVALDDENIFL, PETERLEINONEN, TIMO
OwnerBOREALIS TECH OY