Ethylene copolymer compositions, film and polymerization processes
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United States(US) Patent
등록
국제특허분류(IPC7판)
B32B-027/32
C08F-210/16
C08F-004/6592
C08F-210/14
C08F-004/659
출원번호
US-0797518
(2015-07-13)
등록번호
US-9388261
(2016-07-12)
우선권정보
CA-2780508 (2012-06-21); CA-2798855 (2012-12-14)
발명자
/ 주소
Ker, Victoria
Lam, Patrick
Jiang, Yan
Hoang, Peter Phung Minh
Carter, Charles Ashton Garret
Morrison, Darryl J
출원인 / 주소
NOVA Chemicals (International) S.A.
대리인 / 주소
Heinrich, Julie L.
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초록
Ethylene copolymers having a relatively high melt flow ratio and a multimodal profile in a temperature rising elution fractionation (TREF) plot are disclosed. The copolymers can be made into film having good dart impact values and good stiffness properties under decreased extruder pressures.
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1. An ethylene copolymer comprising ethylene and an alpha olefin having 3-8 carbon atoms, the ethylene copolymer having a density of from about 0.916 g/cm3 to about 0.936 g/cm3, a melt index (I2) of from about 0.1 g/10 min to about 2.0 g/10 min, a melt flow ratio (I21/I2) of from about 30 to about 5
1. An ethylene copolymer comprising ethylene and an alpha olefin having 3-8 carbon atoms, the ethylene copolymer having a density of from about 0.916 g/cm3 to about 0.936 g/cm3, a melt index (I2) of from about 0.1 g/10 min to about 2.0 g/10 min, a melt flow ratio (I21/I2) of from about 30 to about 55, a molecular weight distribution (Mw/Mn) of from about 3.6 to about 6.5, a reverse comonomer distribution profile as determined by GPC-FTIR, a multimodal TREF profile, a composition distribution breadth index CDBI50 of from about 40 wt % to about 75 wt % as determined by TREF, and satisfying at least one of the following relationships: (Mw/Mn)≧72[(I21/I2)−1+10−6(Mn)];δXO≦80.7−(CDBI50)/(Mw/Mn) at a δXO of from about 55° to about 70°; andδXO≦83.0−1.25(CDBI50)/(Mw/Mn);wherein δXO is the phase angle at which the complex modulus (G*) and the complex viscosity (η*) are numerically equivalent in a plot of phase angle vs complex modulus and complex viscosity as determined by dynamic mechanical analysis. 2. The ethylene copolymer of claim 1 wherein the ethylene copolymer has a melt flow ratio (I21/I2) of from about 32 to about 50. 3. The ethylene copolymer of claim 1 wherein the ethylene copolymer has a CDBI50 of from about 50 wt % to about 75 wt %. 4. The ethylene copolymer of claim 1 wherein the ethylene copolymer has a density of from about 0.917 g/cm3 to about 0.927 g/cm3. 5. The ethylene copolymer of claim 1 wherein the ethylene copolymer has a molecular weight distribution (Mw/Mn) of from about 4.0 to about 6.0. 6. The ethylene copolymer of claim 1 wherein the copolymer has a multimodal TREF profile comprising two intensity maxima occurring at elution temperatures T(low) and T(high); wherein T(low) is from about 65° C. to about 85° C. and T(high) is from about 90° C. to about 98° C. 7. The ethylene copolymer of claim 1 wherein the alpha-olefin is 1-hexene. 8. The ethylene copolymer of claim 1 wherein the ethylene copolymer has a Z-average molecular weight distribution (Mz/Mw) of from about 2.0 to about 4.0. 9. The ethylene copolymer of claim 1 wherein the ethylene copolymer has a T(75)−T(25) of from about 5° C. to about 20° C. as determined by TREF. 10. An olefin polymerization process to produce an ethylene copolymer, the process comprising contacting ethylene and at least one alpha olefin having from 3-8 carbon atoms with a polymerization catalyst system in a single gas phase reactor; the ethylene copolymer having a density of from about 0.916 g/cm3 to about 0.936 g/cm3, a melt index (I2) of from about 0.1 g/10 min to about 2.0 g/10 min, a melt flow ratio (I21/I2) of from about 30 to about 55, a molecular weight distribution (Mw/Mn) of from about 3.6 to about 6.5, a reverse comonomer distribution profile as determined by GPC-FTIR, a multimodal TREF profile, a composition distribution breadth index CDBI50 of from about 40 wt % to about 75 wt % as determined by TREF, and satisfying at least one of the following relationships: (Mw/Mn)≧72[(I21/I2)−1+10−6(Mn)];δXO≦80.7−(CDBI50)/(Mw/Mn) at a δXO of from about 55° to about 70°; andδXO≦83.0−1.25(CDBI50)/(Mw/Mn);wherein δXO is the phase angle at which the complex modulus (G*) and the complex viscosity (η*) are numerically equivalent in a plot of phase angle vs complex modulus and complex viscosity as determined by dynamic mechanical analysis; wherein the polymerization catalyst system comprises a single transition metal catalyst, a support, a catalyst activator, and a catalyst modifier; and wherein the single transition metal catalyst is a group 4 organotransition metal catalyst. 11. The olefin polymerization process of claim 10 wherein the group 4 organotransition metal catalyst is a group 4 phosphinimine catalyst. 12. The olefin polymerization process of claim 11 wherein the group 4 phosphinimine catalyst has the formula: (1-R2-Indenyl)Ti(N═P(t-Bu)3)X2;wherein R2 is a substituted or unsubstituted alkyl group, a substituted or an unsubstituted aryl group, or a substituted or unsubstituted benzyl group, wherein substituents for the alkyl, aryl or benzyl group are selected from alkyl, aryl, alkoxy, aryloxy, alkylaryl, arylalkyl and halide substituents; and wherein X is an activatable ligand. 13. The olefin polymerization process of claim 10 wherein the catalyst activator is an alkylaluminoxane. 14. The olefin polymerization process of claim 10 wherein the catalyst modifier comprises at least one long chain amine compound. 15. A film layer having a dart impact of greater than about 200 g/mil, a 1% MD secant modulus of greater than about 140 MPa, a 1% TD secant modulus of greater than about 175 MPa and a ratio of MD tear to TD tear of about 0.75 or less, wherein the film layer comprises an ethylene copolymer having a density of from about 0.916 g/cm3 to about 0.936 g/cm3, a melt index (I2) of from about 0.1 g/10 min to about 2.0 g/10 min, a melt flow ratio (I21/I2) of from about 30 to about 55, a molecular weight distribution (Mw/Mn) of from about 3.6 to about 6.5, a reverse comonomer distribution profile as determined by GPC-FTIR, a multimodal TREF profile, a composition distribution breadth index CDBI50 of from about 40 wt % to about 75 wt % as determined by TREF, and satisfying at least one of the following relationships: (Mw/Mn)≧72[(I21/I2)−1+10−6(Mn)];δXO≦80.7−(CDBI50)/(Mw/Mn) at a δXO of from about 55° to about 70°; andδXO≦83.0−1.25(CDBI50)/(Mw/Mn);wherein δXO is the phase angle at which the complex modulus (G*) and the complex viscosity (η*) are numerically equivalent in a plot of phase angle vs complex modulus and complex viscosity as determined by dynamic mechanical analysis. 16. The film layer of claim 15, wherein the film layer has a ratio of MD tear to TD tear of about 0.45 or less. 17. The film layer of claim 15, wherein the film layer has a dart impact of greater than about 400 g/mil.
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