Expanded polypropylene resin beads and a molded article
US6313184A · kind A · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | May 17, 2000 |
| Grant date | Nov 6, 2001 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | May 17, 2020 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC C)Chemistry; Metallurgy
- CPC primaryC08J2323/12
- WIPO fieldOther special machines
- WIPO sectorMechanical engineering
Abstract
Propylene resin beads for molding expansion molded articles having improved high temperature resistance include as base resin metallocene-catalyzed copolymers of propylene with at least one or more of ethylene and .varies.-olefins of 4 to 20 carbon atoms. The metallocene-catalyzed propylene copolymers are isotactic random copolymers characterized by a melting point higher than 140.degree. C. to 160.degree. C. and a melt flow rate (MFR) of not higher than 12 g/10 minutes, especially, 0.5 to 12 g/10 minutes. Expansion molded articles produced by expansion molding the expanded beads have a high temperature degree of deflection which is lower than that of metallocene-catalyzed propylene homopolymers and lower than that of Ziegler-Natta-catalyzed random propylene copolymers having the same comonomers and melting point.
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