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Use and production of polypropylene

US6727332B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Filing dateAug 24, 2001
Grant dateApr 27, 2004
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Expiry dateNov 7, 2021

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

Abstract

Use of isotactic polypropylene homopolymers or copolymers in processes in which the polypropylene solidifies from a melt, wherein for enhanced speed of solidification of the polypropylene the polypropylene has a melt temperature and a crystallisation temperature not more than 50° C. less than the melt temperature resulting from the polypropylene having been produced using a metallocene catalyst component having the general formula: R″(CpR1R2R3)(Cp′Rn′)MQ2. Cp and Cp′ are a substituted cyclopentadienyl ring, and a sybstituted or unsubstituted fluorenyl ring, respectively. R″ is a structural bridge; R1 is a substituent on the cyclopentadienyl ring distal to the bridge. The distal substituent comprises a bulky group of the formula XR*a; X is chosen from Group IVA. M is a Group IVB transition metal or vanadium and each Q is hydrocarbyl having 1 to 20 carbon atoms or is a halogen.

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