Ethylene interpolymer products having intermediate branching

An ethylene interpolymer product comprising:

• (i) a first ethylene interpolymer;
• (ii) a second ethylene interpolymer, and;
• (iii) optionally a third ethylene interpolymer;
• wherein said second ethylene interpolymer is characterized by an intermediate branching, wherein said intermediate branching is characterized by a Non-Comonomer Index Distribution, NCIDi, having a value characterized by Eq. (1a) and Eq. (1b);
• NCIDi≤1.000−0.00201(log Mi−log M0+4.93)+0.00137(log Mi−log Mo+4.93)2−0.00034(log Mi−log M0+4.93)3 Eq. (1a)
• NCIDi≥0.730−0.00388(log Mi−log M0+4.93)+0.00313(log Mi−log Mo+4.93)2−0.00069(log Mi−log M0+4.93)3 Eq. (1b)
• wherein, Mo is a peak molecular weight that characterizes a molecular weight distribution of said second ethylene interpolymer when fit to a log normal distribution and Mi is an incremental molar mass that characterizes said molecular weight distribution;
• wherein a first derivative of said NCIDi,
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• has a value of ≤- 0.0001, coefficients β0, β1, β2, and β3 are generated by fitting said NCIDi of said second ethylene interpolymer to a third order polynomial, Eq. (3),
• NCIDi=β0+β1(log Mi−log Mo+4.93)+β2(log Mi−log Mo+4.93)2+β(log Mi−log Mo+4.93)3 Eq. (3)
• wherein said NCIDi of said second ethylene interpolymer is obtained by deconvoluting an experimentally measured Non-Comonomer Index Distribution of said ethylene interpolymer product;
• wherein said ethylene interpolymer product does not contain long chain branching as characterized by a dimensionless Long Chain Branching Factor, LCBF, having a value of <0.001.