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US 11,078,351 B2Granted
Ethylene interpolymers having improved color
AssigneeNOVA Chemicals (International) S.A.
InventorsFazle Sibtain, Christopher John Brooke Dobbin, Kenneth Edward Taylor, Hamidreza Khakdaman, P Scott Chisholm
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Abstract
This disclosure relates to a continuous solution polymerization process where ethylene interpolymer products having an improved color index; for example, products having higher whiteness (Whiteness Index (WI)) and lower yellowness (Yellowness Index (YI)). Product color was improved by adjusting selected solution polymerization reaction conditions. The disclosed ethylene interpolymer products have improved color relative to comparative polyethylene compositions.
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An ethylene interpolymer product comprising:
- greater than 2.5 ppm of a first total catalytic metal and having (i) and/or (ii):
- (i) an improved (decreased) Yellowness index (YI);
- (ii) an improved (increased) Whiteness Index (WI);
- wherein improved is relative to a polyethylene composition having less than 2.5 ppm of a second total catalytic metal;
- wherein Yellowness Index and Whiteness Index are measured according to ASTM E313-10;
- wherein said ethylene interpolymer product comprises:
- (i) from about 15 weight percent to about 60 weight percent of a first ethylene interpolymer having a melt index from about 0.01 dg/minute to about 200 dg/minute and a density from about 0.855 g/cm3 to about 0.975 g/cm3;
- (ii) from about 30 weight percent to about 85 weight percent of a second ethylene interpolymer having a melt index from about 0.3 dg/minute to about 1000 dg/minute and a density from about 0.89 g/cm3 to about 0.975 g/cm3;
- (iii) optionally from about 0 weight percent to about 30 weight percent of a third ethylene interpolymer having a melt index from about 0.5 dg/minute to about 2000 dg/minute and a density from about 0.89 g/cm3 to about 0.975 g/cm3;
- wherein weight percent is the weight of said first, or said second, or said third ethylene polymer divided by the total weight of said ethylene interpolymer product;
- wherein said first ethylene interpolymer is synthesized using a single site catalyst formulation, said second ethylene interpolymer is synthesized using a first heterogeneous catalyst formulation and said optional third ethylene interpolymer is synthesized using a second heterogeneous catalyst formulation.
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