Polymer composition for adhesive application
OwnerOla Fagrell, Denis Yalalov +4inventors
InventorsOla Fagrell, Denis Yalalov, Carl-Gustaf Ek, Klaus Bernreitner, Floran Prades, Anil Sonmez
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Abstract
The present invention relates to an ethylene polymer composition for use in adhesive applications, to an article comprising the ethylene polymer composition and to a process for producing said article.
Claims21
An ethylene polymer composition for adhesive applications which comprises a polymer blend of
- (a) a copolymer of ethylene which is selected from
- (a1) a copolymer of ethylene with silane group(s) containing comonomer;
- or
- (a2) a copolymer of ethylene with one or more polar comonomer(s) selected from (C1-C6)-alkyl acrylate or (C1-C6)-alkyl (C1-C6)-alkylacrylate comonomer(s), which copolymer (a2) bears silane group(s) containing units and which copolymer (a2) is different from the copolymer (a1);
- and
- (b) an ethylene polymer which is different from copolymer (a1) and copolymer (a2);
- and which polymer composition further comprises
- (c) additive(s);
- and
- one or more, or all, of the components (d) to (g), in any combination:
- (d) a tackifying resin;
- (e) a plasticizer;
- (f) a further component(s) other than components (d), (e) and (g);
- and/or
- (g) a crosslinking agent;
- wherein the components (d) to (g) are different from the components (a) to (c).
The polymer composition according to any of the preceding claims, wherein polymer blend of a copolymer of ethylene (a) and an ethylene polymer (b) has one or two, or both, preferably both,
- a Permanent deformation (%) at 160° C. Hot-Set oven of 4% or less, and/or
- a Permanent deformation (%) at 200° C. Hot-Set oven of 5% or less.
The polymer composition according to any of the preceding claims, wherein polymer blend of a copolymer of ethylene (a) and an ethylene polymer (b) has one or two, or both, preferably both,
- an Elongation (%) at 160° C. Hot-Set oven (elongation (%) after 15 min, load 20 N/cm2) of 200% or less, preferably 0 to 200%, and/or
- an Elongation (%) at 200° C. Hot-Set oven (elongation (%) after 15 min, load 20 N/cm2) of 60% or less, preferably 0 to 60%.
The polymer composition according to any of the preceding claims, wherein polymer blend of a copolymer of ethylene (a) and an ethylene polymer (b) has one or two, or both, preferably both,
- a Tensile strength at break (MPa) at 23° C. of 5 MPa or more, preferably of 7 or more, preferably of 7 to 50, MPa when measured from Dumbbell specimens consisting of a crosslinked polymer blend (ISO 527-2/5A/250, crosslinked at 90° C. in water bath for 16 hrs), and/or
- a Tensile strength at break (MPa) at 95° C. of 1 MPa or more, preferably of 1.5 or more, preferably of 2 to 30, MPa when measured from Dumbbell specimens consisting of a crosslinked polymer blend (ISO 527-2/5A/250, crosslinked at 90° C. in water bath for 16 hrs).
The polymer composition according to any of the preceding claims, wherein polymer blend of a copolymer of ethylene (a) and an ethylene polymer (b) has one or two, or both, preferably both,
- an Elongation at break (%) at 23° C. of 100% or more, preferably 150 or more, preferably of 40 to 600, % when measured from Dumbbell specimens consisting of a crosslinked polymer blend (ISO 527-2/5A/250, crosslinked at 90° C. in water bath for 16 hrs) and/or
- an Elongation at break (%) at 95° C. of 20% or more, preferably 40 or more, preferably of 20 to 500, % when measured from Dumbbell specimens consisting of a crosslinked polymer blend (ISO 527-2/5A/250, crosslinked at 90° C. in water bath for 16 hrs).
The polymer composition according to any of the preceding claims, comprising
- 10.0 to 80.0 wt % of a polymer blend;
- wherein the blend comprises, based on the combined amount (100 wt %) of copolymer (a) and polymer (b),
- at least 55 wt %, preferably 55 to 95 wt %, of a copolymer of ethylene (a);
- and
- less than 45 wt %, preferably 5 to 45 wt %, of an ethylene polymer (b), preferably a copolymer of ethylene (b);
- and wherein the polymer composition (100 wt %) further comprises:
- 0.01 to 5.0 wt %, preferably 0.05 to 4.0 wt %, of additive(s) (c);
- 0 to 70 wt % of a tackifying resin (d);
- 0 to 50 wt % of a plasticizer (e);
- 0 to 50 wt % of a further component(s) (f) other than the polymer of ethylene (a), ethylene polymer (b), additive (c), tackifying resin (d) and plasticizer (d);
- and/or
- 0 to 0.1, preferably 0.00001 to 0.1, mol/(kg polymer of ethylene (a)) of a crosslinking agent (g).
The polymer composition according to any of the preceding claims which comprises a tackifying resin (d), preferably the amount of the tackifying resin (d) is 5 to 70 wt % based on the total amount (100 wt %) of the polymer composition.
The polymer composition according to any of the preceding claims which comprises a plasticizer (e), preferably the amount of the plasticizer (e) is 2.0 to 50 wt % based on the total amount (100 wt %) of the polymer composition.
The polymer composition according to any of the preceding claims, wherein polar comonomer of the polymer of ethylene (a2) is selected from one or more (C1-C6)-alkyl acrylate comonomer, preferably from (C1-C6)-alkyl acrylate comonomer, preferably from methyl acrylate, ethyl acrylate or butyl acrylate comonomer.
The polymer composition according to any of the preceding claims, wherein the polar comonomer is present in the copolymer of ethylene (a2) in an amount of 2.5 to 18 mol %, preferably the polar comonomer is selected from (C1-C6)-alkyl acrylate comonomer, more preferably from methyl acrylate, ethyl acrylate or butyl acrylate comonomer.
The polymer composition according to any of the preceding claims, wherein the ethylene polymer (b) is a copolymer of ethylene with one or more alpha-olefin comonomer(s), preferably with one or more of (C3-C12)-alpha-olefin comonomer(s), preferably with one or more (C4-C10)-alpha-olefin comonomer(s), preferably octene comonomer.
The polymer composition according to any of the preceding claims, wherein the ethylene polymer (b) has preferably one or all, preferably all, of the below properties
- a density of 860 to 970 kg/m3,
- MFR2 of 0.1 to 2000 g/10 min, and/or
- melting temperature (Tm) of 130 or less, preferably of 85 to 130° C.
The polymer composition according to any of the preceding claims, wherein the silane comonomer of copolymer of ethylene (a1) or the silane group(s) containing unit of copolymer of ethylene (a2) is a hydrolysable unsaturated silane compound represented by the formula (I):
- R1SiR2qY3-q (I)
- wherein
- R1 is an ethylenically unsaturated hydrocarbyl, hydrocarbyloxy or (meth)acryloxy hydrocarbyl group,
- each R2 is independently an aliphatic saturated hydrocarbyl group,
- Y which may be the same or different, is a hydrolysable organic group and
- q is 0, 1 or 2;
- preferably the amount of silane group(s) containing comonomer present in the copolymer of ethylene (a1) or the amount of silane group(s) containing units present in the copolymer of ethylene (a2) is of at least 0.06 to 2 mol %;
- preferably the silane group(s) containing unit of copolymer of ethylene (a2) is a silane group(s) containing comonomer, i.e. silane group(s) containing units (b) of copolymer (a2) are present in the copolymer of ethylene (a2) as a comonomer;
- preferably the copolymer of ethylene (a1) and the copolymer of ethylene (a2) are produced by polymerisation in a high pressure polymerisation process using a radical initiator.
The polymer composition according to any of the preceding claims, wherein the optional crosslinking agent (g) is selected from a silanol condensation catalyst (SCC), which is preferably selected from the group C of carboxylates of metals, such as tin, zinc, iron, lead and cobalt;
- from a titanium compound bearing a group hydrolysable to a Bronsted acid, from organic bases;
- from inorganic acids;
- and from organic acids;
- suitably from carboxylates of metals, such as tin, zinc, iron, lead and cobalt, from titanium compound bearing a group hydrolysable to a Bronsted acid as defined above or from organic acids, suitably from dibutyl tin dilaurate (DBTL), dioctyl tin dilaurate (DOTL);
- titanium compound bearing a group hydrolysable to a Bronsted acid as defined above;
- or an aromatic organic sulphonic acid, which is suitably an organic sulphonic acid which comprises the structural element:
- Ar(SO3H)x (II)
- wherein Ar is an aryl group which may be substituted or non-substituted, and if substituted, then suitably with at least one hydrocarbyl group up to 50 carbon atoms, and x is at least 1;
- or a precursor of the sulphonic acid of formula (II) including an acid anhydride thereof or a sulphonic acid of formula (II) that has been provided with a hydrolysable protective group(s), e.g. an acetyl group that is removable by hydrolysis.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.