High impact visbroken polymeric blends
AssigneeNorthern Petrochemical Company
InventorJames F. Ross
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Abstract
A high melt flow rate, high impact, visbroken polymeric material is disclosed which comprises a first component which is selected from the group consisting of block copolymers of propylene and ethylene, reactor-made intimate mixtures of propylene and randomly oriented copolymers of propylene and ethylene, and blends of polypropylene and randomly oriented copolymers of propylene and ethylene, and the second component which is selected from the group consisting low density polyethylene, ethylene-vinyl acetate copolymers, acrylate-modified polyethylenes, high density polyethylene, ethylene-propylene rubber (EPR or EPDM), and blends thereof. The two components are first blended and then visbroken.
Claims10
A high melt flow rate, high impact, visbroken polymeric composition comprising a a high propylene content first polymeric component which is selected from the group consisting of block copolymers of propylene and ethylene, reactor-made intimate mixtures of polypropylene and randomly oriented copolymers of propylene and ethylene, and blends of polypropylene and randomly oriented copolymers of propylene and ethylene and a second polymeric component having a higher impact than said first component, and which is selected from the group consisting of low density polyethylene, ethylene-vinyl acetate copolymers, acrylate-modified polyethylenes, high density polyethylene, ethylene-propylene rubber (EPR or EPDM), and blends thereof, wherein the two components are first blended and then visbroken.
A method for producing a high melt flow rate, high impact polymeric material which comprises the steps of:
- (a) blending a a high propylene content first polymeric component selected from the group consisting of block copolymers of propylene and ethylene, reactor-made intimate mixtures of polypropylene and randomly oriented copolymers of propylene and ethylene, and blends of polypropylene and randomly oriented copolymers of propylene and ethylene with a second polymeric component having a higher impact than said first component, and selected from the group consisting of low density polyethylene, ethylene-vinyl acetate copolymers, acrylate-modified polyethylenes, high density polyethylene, ethylene-propylene rubber (EPR or EPDM), and blends thereof, and
- (b) visbreaking the resulting blend.
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