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The present invention relates to articles made from plasticized polyolefin compositions comprising a polyolefin and a non-functionalized hydrocarbon plasticizer.

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We claim: 1. An article comprising a plasticized polyolefin composition comprising one or more polyolefins and one of more non-functionalized plasticizers where the non-functionalized plasticizer comprises C20 to C1500 paraffins having a kinematic viscosity of 10 cSt or more at 100° C., a specific

We claim: 1. An article comprising a plasticized polyolefin composition comprising one or more polyolefins and one of more non-functionalized plasticizers where the non-functionalized plasticizer comprises C20 to C1500 paraffins having a kinematic viscosity of 10 cSt or more at 100° C., a specific gravity of 0.700 to 0.860, and a viscosity index of 120 or more, wherein the non-functionalized plasticizer is present in the composition from 1 wt % to 50 wt % based upon the weight of the polyolefin and the non-functionalized plasticizer and wherein elastomers are substantially absent from the composition and polyethylene or polyethylene copolymers having a molecular weight of 500 to 10,000 g/mol are not purposefully added in any amount to the polyolefin, wherein the polyolefin is a polypropylene having a melting point of 30 to 185° C. 2. An article comprising plasticized polyolefin composition comprising one or more ployolefins and one of more non-functionalized plasticizers where the non-functionalized plasticizer comprises oligomers of C5 to C14 olefins having a kinematic viscosity of 10 cSt or more at 100° C., a specific gravity of 0.700 to 0.860, and a viscosity index of 120 or more, wherein the non-functionalized plasticizers is present in the composition from 1 wt % to 50 wt % based upon the weight of the polyolefin and the non-functionalized plasticizer and wherein elastomers are substantially absent from the composition and polyethylene or polyethylene copolymers having a molecular weight of 500 to 10,000 g/mol are not purposefully added in any amount to the polyolefin, wherein the polyolefin is a polypropylene having a melting point of 30 to 185° C. 3. An article comprising plasticized polypropylene compositions comprising polypropylene having a melting point of 30 to 185° C. and one or more non-functionalized plasticizers where the non-functionalized plasticizer comprises oligomers of C6 to C14 olefins having viscosity index of 120 or more, wherein the non-functionalized plasticizer is present in the composition from 1 wt % to 50 wt % based upon the weight of the polyolefin and the non-functionalized plasticizer provided that when the plasticized composition comprises between 4 and 10 weight % of polyalphaolefin that is a hydrogenated, highly branched dimer of an alpha olefin having 8-12 carbon atoms, the composition does not comprises between 18 and 25 weight percent of a linear low density polyethylene having a density of 0.912 to 0.935 g/cc. 4. An article comprising plasticized polypropylene compositions comprising polypropylene having a melting point of 30 to 185° C. and one or more non-functionalized plasticizers where the non-functionalized plasticizer comprises oligomers of C6 to C14 olefins having viscosity index of 120 or more, wherein the non-functionalized plasticizer is present in the composition from 1 wt % to 50 wt % based upon the weight of the polyolefin and the non-functionalized plasticizer provided that the composition does not comprise an impact copolymer of polypropylene and 40-50 weight % of an ethylene propylene rubber or provided that the composition does not comprise a random copolymer of propylene and ethylene. 5. An article comprising plasticized polyolefin composition comprising a ployolefin and a non-functionalized plasticizer where the plasticizer comprises a mineral oil having a saturates levels of 90% or more, sulfur contents of 0.03 % or less, and VI of 120 or more, wherein the polyolefin is a polypropylene having a melting point of 30 to 185° C. 6. The article of claim 2 wherein the non-functionalized plasticizer comprises an oligomer of decene having a carbon number of 40-200. 7. An article comprising a plasticized polyolefin composition comprising one or more polyolefins and one or more non-functionalized plasticizers where the non-functionalized plasticizer comprises a linear or branched paraffinic hydrocarbon composition having a number aferage molecular weight of 500 to 20,000, having less than 10% sidechains having 4 or more carbons, and having at least 1 or 2 carbon branches present at 15 weight % or more, and where the NFP comprises less than 2 weight % cyclyc paraffins, wherein the polyolefin is a polypropylene having a melting point of 30 to 185° C. 8. The article of claim 1 wherein the where the article decreases less than 1% in weight when stored at 70° C. for 312 hours in a dry oven. 9. The article of claim 5 or 7 where the non-functionalized plasticizer comprises 0.1 weight % or less of functional groups selected from hydroxide, aryls and substituted aryls, halogens, alkoxys, carboxylates, esters, carbon unsaturation, acrylates, oxygen, nitrogen, and carboxyl, based upon the weight of the NFP. 10. The article of claim 9 where the non-functionalized plasticizer has a glass transition temperature (Tg) that cannot be determined or if it can be determined than the Tg is less than 30° C. 11. The article of claim 9 where the non-functionalized plasticizer has a distillation range havin a difference between the upper temperature and the lower temperature of 20° C. or less. 12. The article of claim 9 where the non-functionalized plasticizer has an Initial boiling poit greater than 110° C. 13. The article of claim 9 where the non-functionalized plasticizer has a pour point of-15° C. or less. 14. The article of claim 9 where the non-functionalized plasticizer has a specific gravity of less than 0.86. 15. The article of claim 9 where the non-functionalized plasticizer has a specific gravity from 0.70 to 0.86. 16. The article of claim 9 where the non-functionalized plasticizer has a final boiling point of from 115° C. to 500° C. 17. The article of claim 9 where the non-functionalized plasticizers has a weight average molecular weight between 2,000 and 100 g/mol. 18. The article of claim 9 where the non-functionalized plasticizer has a flash point of-30 to 350° C. 19. The article of claim 9 where the non-functionalized plasticizers has a dielectric constant at 20° C. of less than 3.0. 20. The article of claim 9 where the non-functionalized plasticizers has a density of from 0.70 to 0.83 g/cm3. 21. The article of claim 9 where the non-functionalized plasticizer has a kinematic viscosity of from 10 to 20 cSt at 25° C. 22. The article of claim 9 where the non-functionalized plasticizer has a carbon number of from 6 to 150. 23. The article of claim 9 where the non-functionalized plasticizer has a carbon number of from 7 to 100. 24. The article of claim 9 where the non-functionalized plasticizers has a carbon number of from 10 to 30. 25. The article of claim 9 where the non-functionalized plasticizers has a carbon number of from 12 to 25. 26. The article of claim 9 where the plasticized composition has a single glass transition temperature that is below that of the polyolefin itself. 27. The article of claim 9 where the Tg of the plasticized composition is at least 4° C. lower than that of the neat polyolefin. 28. The article of claim 9 where in that the Tg of the plasticized composition is at least 10° C. lower than that of the neat polyolefin. 29. The article of claim 9 where the Tg of the plasticized composition is at least 15° C. lower than that of the neat polyolefin. 30. The article of claim 9 where the peak melting temperature of the neat polyolefin is within 1 to 4° C. of the plasticized polyolefin. 31. The article of claim 9 where the crystallization temperature of the neat Polyolefin is within 1 to 4° C. of the plasticized polyolefin. 32. The article of claim 5 or 7 wherein the polyolefin comprises polypropylene having a heat fusion between 20 to 150 J/g. 33. The article of claim 32 where the polyolefin comprises isotactic polypropylene. 34. The article of claim 32 where the polyolefin comprises syndiotactic polypropylene. 35. The article of claim 32 where the polyolefin comprises highly isotactic polypropylene. 36. The article of claim 32 where the polyolefin comprises a random copolymer of propylene and up to 5 weight % of ethylene. 37. The article of claim 32 where the polyolefin comprises an impact copolymer. 38. The article of claim 32 where the polyolefin further comprises a plastomer. 39. The article of claim 32 where the polyolefin has an Mw of 30,000 to 1,000,000 g/mol. 40. The article of claim 32 where the polyolefin has an Mw/Mn of 1.6 to 10. 41. The article of claim 32 where the polyolefin has a crystallinity of 5 to 80%. 42. The article of claim 32 where the polyolefin has a heat of fusion between 20 to 150 J/g. 43. The article of claim 32 where the polyolefin has a Gardner impact strength, tested on 0.125 inch disk at 23° C. of 20 in-lb to 1000 in-lb. 44. The article of claim 32 where the polyolefin has a 1% secant flexural modulus of from 100 MPa to 2300Mpa. 45. The article of claim 32 where the polyolefin has a melt flow rate from 0.3 to 500 dg/min. 46. The article of claim 32 where the polyolefin comprises a copolymer of propylene and from 0.5 to 30 weight % of one or more comonomers selected from the group consisting of ethylene, butene, pentene, hexene, heptene, octene, nonene, decene, dodecene, 4-methyl-pentene-1, 3-methyl pentene-1, 5-ethyl-1-nonene, and 3,5,5-trimethyl-hexene-1. 47. The article of claim 32 wherein the polyolefin comprises propylene, from 0 to 5 weight % of a diene, and from 2 wt% to 25 wt % ethylene, based on the total weight of the polymer and has a narrow compositional distribution; a melting point (Tm) of from 25° C. to 120° C.; a heat of fusion of from 50 J/g to 3 J/g; an Mw/Mn of from 1.5 to 5; and a melt index (MI) of less than 20 dg/min. 48. The article of claim 32 where the polyolefin has a tacticity index of 4 to 12. 49. The article of claim 32 where the polyolefin is present at 50 to 99.99 weight %, based upon the weight of the polyolefin and the non-functionalized plasticizer. 50. The article of claim 32 where non-functionalized plasticizer is present at 0.5 to 35 weight %, based upon the weight of the polyolefin and the non-functionalized plasticizer. 51. The article of claim 32 where non-functionalized plasticizer is present at 1 to 15 weight %, based upon the weight of the polyolefin and the non-functionalized plasticizer. 52. The article of claim 32 wherein polyethylene having a weight average molecular weight of from 500 to 10,000 is substantially absent and or wherein phthalates, adipates, trimellitate esters, and polyesters are substantially absent. 53. The article of claim 32 where the article is a molded article. 54. The article of claim 32 where the article is packaging material. 55. The article of claim 32 where the article is a package. 56. The article of claim 32 where the article is a film. 57. The article of claim 32 where the article is a sheet. 58. The article of claim 32 where the article is extruded. 59. The article of claim 32 where the article is thermoformed. 60. The article of claim 32 where the article is blow molded. 61. The article of claim 32 where the article is injection molded. 62. The article of claim 32 where the article is selected from the group consisting of: cookware, storageware, toys, medical devices, sterilization containinrs, sheets, crates, containers, packaging, wire and cable jacketing, pipes, geomembranes, sporting equipment, chair mats, tubing, profiles instrumentation sample holders, sample windows, outdoor furniture, playground equipment automotive, boat and water craft components. 63. The article of claim 32 where the article is selected from the group consisting of: bumpers, grills, trim parts, dashboards, instrument panels, exterior door and hood components, spoiler, wind screen, hub caps, mirror housing, body panel, and protective side molding. 64. An article comprising polyolefin selected from polypropylene having a melting point of 30 to 185° C. and a non-functionalized plasticizer where the non-functionalized plasticizer comprises C6 to C1500 paraffins having a kinematic viscosity of 5 cSt or more at 100° C., a specific gravity of 0.700 to 0.860, and a viscosity index of 120 or more, wherein the non-functionalized plasticizer is present in the composition from 1 wt % to 50 wt % based upon the weight of the polyolefin and the non-functionalized plasticizer and wherein elastomers are substantially absent from the composition. 65. The article of claim 64 wherein the non-functionalized plasticizer has a kinematic viscosity of 10 cSt or more at 100° C. 66. The article of claim 64 wherein the non-functionalized plasticizer comprises oligomers of C5 to C14 olefins. 67. The article of claim 64 wherein the non-functionalized plasticizer has a pour point of-50° C. or less. 68. The article of claim 64 wherein the non-functionalized plasticizer comprises oligomers of C8 to C12 olefins. 69. The article of claim 64 wherein the non-functionalized plasticizer comprises oligomers of two or more different olefins. 70. The article of claim 64 wherein the non-functionalized plasticizer comprises oligomers of C8, C10 and C12 olefins. 71. The article of claim 64 wherein the non-functionalized plasticizer has an Mn of 500 to 10,000. 72. The article of claim 64 wherein the non-functionalized plasticizer comprises an oligomer of decene having a carbon number of 40-200. 73. The article of claim 64 wherein the non-functionalized plasticizer comprises a mineral oil having a saturates levels of 90% or more, and sulfur content of 0.03% or less. 74. The article of claim 64 wherein the non-functionalized plasticizer comprises a mineral oil having a saturates levels of 98% or more, and sulfur content of 0.01% or less. 75. The article of claim 64 wherein the non-functionalized plasticizer has a viscosity index of 130 or more. 76. The article of claim 64 wherein the non-functionalized plasticizer comprises a linear or branched paraffinic hydrocarbon composition having a number average molecular weight of 500 to 20,000, having less than 10% sidechains having 4 or more carbons, and having at least 1 or 2 carbon branches present at 15 weight % or more, and where the NFP comprises less than 2 weight % cyclic paraffins. 77. The article of claim 64 wherein the non-functionalized plasticizers is present at 0.01 to 60 weight %, based upon the weight of the polyolefin and the non-functionalized plasticizer. 78. The article of claim 64 wherein the non-functionalized plasticizers is present at 3 to 50 weight %, based upon the weight of the ployolefin and the non-functionalized plasticizer. 79. The article of claim 64 wherein the non-functionalized plasticizer is present at 5 to 20 weight %, based upon the weight of the polyolefin and the non-functionalized plasticizer. 80. The article of claim 64 wherein the polyolefin comprises a random copolymer comprising propylene and at least one other alpha-olefin. 81. The article of claim 64 wherein the polyolefin comprises a random copolymer comprising propylene and at least one other alpha-olefin selected from the group consisting of ethylene, butene, hexene, and octene. 82. The article of claim 64 wherein the polyolefin comprises homopolypropylene. 83. The article of claim 64 wherein the polyolefin comprises polypropylene having a weight average molecular weight of from 10,000 to 400,000 and a molecular weight distribution of from 1 to 9. 84. The article of claim 64 wherein the polyolefin comprises polypropylene having a weight average molecular weight of from 40,000 to 300,000 and a molecular weight distribution of from 1 to 6. 85. The article of claim 64 wherein the polyolefin comprises polypropylene having a weight average molecular weight of from 50,000 to 200,000 and a molecular weight distribution of from 1 to 4. 86. The article of claim 64 wherein the non-functionalized plasticizer has an Mn of 500 to 21,000. 87. The article of claim 64 wherein the non-functionalized plasticizer has a dielectric constant at 20° C. of less than 3.0. 88. The article of claim 64 wherein the non-functionalized plasticizer has a specific gravity of less than 0.920. 89. The article of claim 64 wherein-said article is a film. 90. The article of claim 64 wherein said article is packaging material. 91. The article of claim 64 where the article is a molded article. 92. The article of claim 64 where the article is a package. 93. The article of claim 64 where the article is a sheet. 94. The article of claim 64 where the article is extruded. 95. The article of claim 64 where the article is thermoformed. 96. The article of claim 32 where the article is blow molded. 97. The article of claim 64 where the article is injection molded. 98. The article of claim 64 where the article is selected from the group consisting of: cookware, storageware, toys, medical devices, sterilization containers, sheets, crates, containers, packaging, wire and cable jacketing, pipes, geomembranes, sporting equipment, chair mats, tubing, profiles, instrumentation sample holders, sample windows, outdoor furniture, playground equipment, automotive, boat and water craft components. 99. The article of claim 64 where the article is selected from the group consisting of: bumpers, grills, trim parts, dashboards, instrument panels, exterior door and hood components, spoiler, wind screen, hub caps, mirror housing, body panel, and protective side molding. 100. An article comprising polypropylene and a non-functionalized plasticizer where the non-functionalized plasticizer comprises oligomers of C5 to C14 olefins having a kinematic viscosity of 5 cSt or more at 100° C., a specific gravity of 0.700 to 0.860, and a viscosity index of 120 or more, wherein the non-functionalized plasticizers is present in the composition from 1 wt % to 50 wt % based upon the weight of the polyolefin and the non-functionalized plasticizer and wherein elastomers are substantially absent from the composition, wherein the polyolefin is a polypropylene having a melting point of 30 to 185° C. 101. The article of claim 100 wherein said article is a film. 102. The article of claim 100 wherein said article is packaging material. 103. The article of claim 100 where the article is a molded article. 104. The article of claim 100 where the article is a package. 105. The article of claim 100 where the article is a sheet. 106. The article of claim 100 where the article is extruded. 107. The article of claim 100 where the article is thermoformed. 108. The article of claim 100 where the article is blow molded. 109. The article of claim 100 where the article is injection molded. 110. The article of claim 100 where the article is selected from the group consisting of: cookware, storageware, toys, medical devices, sterilization containers, sheets, crates, containers, packaging, wire and cable jacketing, pipes, geomembranes, sporting equipment, chair mats, tubing, profiles, instrumentation sample holders, sample windows, outdoor furniture, playground equipment, automotive, boat and water craft components. 111. The article of claim 100 where the article is selected from the group consisting of: bumpers, grills, trim parts, dashboards, instrument panels, exterior door and hood components, spoiler, wind screen, hub caps, mirror housing, body panel, and protective side molding. 112. A method to make an article of manufacture comprising subjecting the composition of claim 1 or 2, to one or more of: injection molding, compression molding, transfer molding, casting, extruding, thermoforming, blow molding, meltblowing, laminating, pultrusion, draw reduction, rotational molding, or a combination thereof. 113. A method to make an article of manufacture comprising subjecting the composition of claim 64 to one or more of: injection molding, compression molding, transfer molding, casting, extruding, thermoforming, blow molding, meltblowing, laminating, pultrusion, draw reduction, rotational molding, or a combination thereof. 114. A method to make an article of manufacture comprising subjecting the composition of claim 100 to one or more of: injection molding, compression molding, transfer molding, casting, extruding, thermoforming, blow molding, meltblowing, laminating, pultrusion, draw reduction, rotational molding, or a combination thereof. 115. The article of claim 100 where the article is a syringe and the NFP has a kinematic viscosity of 6 cSt or more at 100° C. and is present at 3 to 10 weight %. 116. The article of claim 100 further comprising nucleating agent. 117. The article of claim 116 wherein the nucleating agent is selected from the group consisting of sodium benzoate, sodium 2,2'-methylenebis(4,6-di-tert-butylphenyl)phosphate, aluminum 2,2'-methylenebis(4,6-di-tert-butylphenyl)phosphate, dibenzylidene sorbitol, di(p-totylidene)sorbitol, di(p-ethylbenzylidene)sorbitol, bis(3,4-dimethylbenzylidene)sorbitol, and N', N'-dicyclohexyl-2,6-naphthalenedicarboxamide, bis-4-methylbenzylidene sorbitol, bis-3,4,-dimethylbenzylidene sorbitol and salts of disproportionated rosin esters. 118. The article of claim 116 wherein the nucleating agent comprises bis-3,4,-dimethylbenzylidene sorbitol. 119. The article of claim 1 wherein the plasticizer has a specific gravity of 0.700 to 0.860. 120. The article of claim 9 wherein the plasticizer has a specific gravity of 0.700 to 0.860. 121. The article of claim 1 where the ployolefin comprises an impact copolymer that is a reactor blend. 122. The article of claim 1 where the polyolefin is a polypropylene having a crystallinity of 10 to 70%. 123. The article of claim 1 where the polyolefin is a polypropylene having a heat of fusion between 20 to 150 J/g. 124. The article of claim 1 where the polyolefin is a polypropylene having a Gardner impact strength, tested on 0.125 inch disk at 23° C, of 20 in-lb to 1000 in-lb. 125. The article of claim 1 where the polyolefin is polypropylene having a 1% secant flexural modulus of from 100 MPa to 2300 Mpa. 126. The article of claim 1 where the polyolefin comprises a copolymer of propylene and from 0.5 to 30 weight % of one or more comonomers selected from the group consisting of ethylene, butene, pentene, hexene, heptene, octene, nonene, decene, dodecene, 4-methyl-pentene-1, 3-methyl pentene-1, 5-ethyl-1-nonene, and 3,5,5-trimethyl-hexene-1.