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Adhesive blend compositions having significantly improved adhesion to metals at elevated temperatures are provided. The compositions are blends of one or more polyolefin base resins, an acid or acid derivative modified polyolefin and silane modified polyolefin. A low level of adhesion promotor is op

Adhesive blend compositions having significantly improved adhesion to metals at elevated temperatures are provided. The compositions are blends of one or more polyolefin base resins, an acid or acid derivative modified polyolefin and silane modified polyolefin. A low level of adhesion promotor is optionally included in the blend.

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1. An adhesive composition comprising:(a) 65 to 95.5 wt. % polyolefin base resin having a melt index of 0.1 to 100 g/10 min. and selected from the group consisting of ethylene homopolymers, copolymers of ethylene with C3-8 α-olefins, vinyl carboxylates and alkyl acrylates, terpolymers of ethylene an

1. An adhesive composition comprising:(a) 65 to 95.5 wt. % polyolefin base resin having a melt index of 0.1 to 100 g/10 min. and selected from the group consisting of ethylene homopolymers, copolymers of ethylene with C3-8 α-olefins, vinyl carboxylates and alkyl acrylates, terpolymers of ethylene and propylene with diene monomers, polyisobutylene, and copolymers of isobutylene and isoprene; (b) 2.5 to 25 wt. % modified polyolefin grafted with 0.5 to 4 wt. % ethylenically unsaturated carboxylic acid or acid derivative and having a melt index from 0.5 to 50 g/10 min; and (c) 2 to 20 wt. % modified ethylene polymer having from 0.1 to 20 wt. % vinyltri-C1-4 alkoxysilane copolymerized or grafted and having a melt index from 0.1 to 50 g/10 min. 2. The composition of claim 1 wherein the modified polyolefin (b) is an ethylene or propylene homopolymer or copolymer grafted with maleic anhydride.3. The composition of claim 2 wherein the modified polyolefin (b) is polyethylene grafted with maleic anhydride.4. The composition of claim 3 wherein the modified polyolefin (b) is HDPE having a density greater than 0.94 g/cm3 grafted with 1 to 3 wt. % maleic anhydride.5. The composition of claim 3 wherein the modified polyolefin (b) is LLDPE having a density up to 0.939 g/cm3 grafted with 1 to 3 wt. % maleic anhydride.6. The composition of claim 1 wherein the base resin (a) is a mixture of a highly crystalline polyolefin resin and an elastomeric polyolefin resin present at a weight ratio of from 15:1 to 1:1.7. The composition of claim 6 wherein the crystalline polyolefin resin is polyethylene resin.8. The composition of claim 8 wherein the crystalline polyolefin is LLDPE, HDPE or a mixture thereof.9. The composition of claim 6 wherein the elastomeric polyolefin resin is EPR or EPDM.10. The composition of claim 6 wherein the elastomeric polyolefin resin is polyisobutylene.11. The composition of claim 1 wherein the alkoxysilane is vinyltrimethoxysilane.12. The composition of claim 1 wherein the alkoxysilane is vinyltriethoxysilane.13. The composition of claim 1 wherein the modified ethylene polymer (c) is HDPE grafted with 0.5 to 7.5 wt. % vinyltrimethoxysilane.14. The composition of claim 1 wherein the modified ethylene polymer (c) is HDPE grafted with 0.5 to 7.5 wt. % vinyltriethoxysilane.15. The composition of claim 1 wherein the modified ethylene polymer (c) is a copolymer of ethylene and 0.5 to 7.5 wt. % vinyltrimethoxysilane.16. The composition of claim 1 wherein the modified ethylene polymer (c) is a copolymer of ethylene and 0.5 to 7.5 wt. % vinyltriethoxysilane.17. The composition of claim 1 additionally containing 50 to 10000 ppm of an adhesion promotor selected from the group consisting of organic bases, carboxylic acids and organometallic compounds.18. The composition of claim 17 wherein the adhesion promotor is a carboxylate of a metal selected from the group consisting of lead, cobalt, iron, nickel, zinc and tin.19. The composition of claim 18 wherein the adhesion promotor is a tin carboxylate.20. The composition of claim 19 wherein the adhesion promotor is dibutyltin dilaurate.21. The composition of claim 17 wherein the adhesive blend contains 75 to 92 wt. % base resin (a), 4 to 20 wt. % modified polyolefin (b), 4 to 12 wt. % modified ethylene polymer (c) and 100 to 3000 ppm adhesion promotor.22. The composition of claim 21 wherein the base resin (a) is a mixture of polyethylene and an elastomeric resin selected from the group consisting of EPR, EPDM and polyisobutylene, the weight ratio of polyethylene to elastomeric resin in the range from 10:1 to 1.5:1, the modified polyolefin (b) is polyethylene grafted with 1 to 3 wt. % maleic anhydride, the modified ethylene polymer (c) has 0.5 to 7.5 wt. % vinyltrimethoxysilane copolymerized or grafted and the adhesion promoter is dibutyltin dilaurate.23. An adhesive composition comprising:(a) 65 to 95.5 wt. % polyolefin base resin having a melt index of 0.1 to 100 g/10 min. and selected from the group consisting of ethylene homopolymers, copolymers of ethylene with C3-8 α-olefins, vinyl carboxylates and alkyl acrylates, terpolymers of ethylene and propylene with diene monomers, polyisobutylene, and copolymers of isobutylene and isoprene; (b) 2.5 to 25 wt. % modified HDPE or LLDPE grafted with 0.5 to 4 wt. % maleic anhydride and having a melt index from 0.5 to 50 g/10 min; and (c) 2 to 20 wt. % modified ethylene polymer having a melt index from 0.1 to 50 and selected from the group consisting of HDPE grafted with 0.5 to 7.5 wt. % vinyltrimethoxysilane or vinyltriethoxysilane and copolymers of ethylene and 0.5 to 7.5 wt. % vinyltrimethoxysilane or vinyltriethoxysilane. 24. The adhesive composition of claim 23 which contains 75 to 92 wt. % base resin (a), 4 to 20 wt. % modified HDPE or LLDPE (b), 4 to 12 wt. % modified ethylene polymer (c) and 100 to 3000 ppm dibutyltin dilaurate.