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Propylene polymers incorporating macromers

US6197910A · kind A · utility

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Filing dateFeb 6, 1998
Grant dateMar 6, 2001
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Expiry dateFeb 6, 2018

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  • Technology area (CPC Y)Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
  • CPC primaryY10S526/943
  • WIPO fieldMacromolecular chemistry, polymers
  • WIPO sectorChemistry

Abstract

A polyolefin composition is provided which consists essentially of isotactic polypropylene and, optionally, repeating units of one or more comonomers, wherein the total comonomer repeating unit content of the polyolefin composition is from 0 to 20 mole percent, and further, wherein the weight average branching index g' for the lower molecular weight region of the polyolefin composition is less than 0.93. Additionally, a process is provided for producing a polyolefin composition comprising: PA1 a) contacting, in solution, at a temperature from about 90.degree. C. to about 120.degree. C., propylene monomers with a catalyst composition comprising a first chiral, stereorigid transition metal catalyst compound capable of producing isotactic polypropylene; PA1 b) copolymerizing the product of a) with propylene and, optionally, one or more copolymerizable monomers, in a polymerization reactor under suitable polypropylene polymerization conditions using a second chiral, stereorigid transition metal catalyst capable of producing isotactic polypropylene; and PA1 c) recovering a branched olefin polymer.

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