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US 5,210,139 AGranted
Thermoplastic olefin alloys and method for producing the same
AssigneeExxon Chemical Patents Inc.
InventorsTerrence Huff, James J. McAlpin
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Abstract
A thermoplastic olefin comprising an alloy of an olefin copolymer elastomer and a propylene/comonomer random copolymer is provided. The comonomer is selected from one or more of ethylene and C.sub.4 to C.sub.10 alpha-olefins. Polypropylene is an optional component of the alloy. The alloy may be produced by melt blending, reactor blending or a combination thereof, of the various components.
Claims2
A thermoplastic olefin alloy produced in accordance with the steps comprising:
- feeding propylene, ethylene and a catalyst to a first reactor to at least partially copolymerize said propylene and ethylene to produce a first random propylene/ethylene copolymer, thereby generating an outlet stream comprising said first random copolymer, unreacted propylene, unreacted ethylene and said catalyst;
- feeding said outlet stream, additional propylene and additional ethylene into a second reactor to produce a reactor blend of said first random copolymer with a second random propylene/ethylene copolymer which does not contain any substantial amount of block copolymerization product, said reactor blend having an ethylene content of from 3% to 8% by weight and an MFR of less than 1;
- blending from 50% to 88% by weight, based upon the weight of said alloy, of said reactor blend, from 12% to 23% by weight, based upon the weight of said alloy, of an olefin copolymer elastomer, and from 0% to 33% by weight based upon the weight of the alloy, of polypropylene;
- and increasing the MFR of said alloy by blending said alloy in the presence of an organic peroxide.
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A thermoplastic olefin alloy produced in accordance with the steps comprising:
- feeding propylene, ethylene and a catalyst to a first reactor to at least partially copolymerize said propylene and ethylene to produce a first random propylene/ethylene copolymer, thereby generating a first outlet stream comprising said first random propylene/ethylene copolymer, unreacted propylene, unreacted ethylene and said catalyst;
- feeding said first outlet stream, additional propylene and additional ethylene into a second reactor to produce a first reactor blend of said first random propylene/ethylene copolymer with a second random propylene/ethylene copolymer which does not contain any substantial amount of block copolymerization product, thereby generating a second outlet stream comprising said first reactor blend, unreacted propylene, unreacted ethylene and said catalyst, said first reactor blend having an ethylene content of from 3% to 8% by weight and an MFR of less than 1;
- feeding said second outlet stream, a monoolefin selected from one or more of C.sub.3 to C.sub.10 alpha-olefins, and ethylene into a third reactor to produce a second reactor blend of said first reactor blend with an olefin copolymer elastomer, and optionally blending said second reactor blend with polypropylene to produce an olefin alloy containing 50% to 88% of said first reactor blend, 12% to 23% olefin copolymer elastomer and 0% to 33% of polypropylene;
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- increasing the MFR of said alloy to from 1 to 35 by blending said alloy in the presence of an organic peroxide.
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