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US 9,428,623 B2Granted
Polyethylene composition having high swell ratio
AssigneeBasell Polyolefine GmbH
InventorsIakovos Vittorias, Jens Wiesecke, Bernd Lothar Marczinke, Gerhardus Meier, Ulf Schüller, Volker Dolle, Johannes-Friedrich Enderle, Dieter Lilge, Barbara Gall
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Abstract
Polyethylene composition with improved swell ratio and mechanical properties, particularly suited for preparing blow-molded articles, said composition having the following features: 1) density from 0.945 to less than 0.952 g/cm3; 2) ratio MIF/MIP from 15 to 30; 3) Shear-Induced Crystallization Index SIC from 2.5 to 5.5.
Claims11
A manufactured article comprising a polyethylene composition having the following properties:
- 1) a density from 0.945 to less than 0.952 g/cm3, determined according to ISO 1183 at 23° C.;
- 2) a MIF/MIP ratio from 15 to 30, wherein the MIF is the melt flow index at 190° C. with a load of 21.60 kg, and the MIP is the melt flow index at 190° C. with a load of 5 kg, both determined according to ISO 1133;
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- 3) a SIC Index from 2.5 to 5.5;
- wherein the SIC Index is the Shear-Induced Crystallization Index as determined according to the following relation:
- SIC Index=(tonset,SIC@1000×tonset,quiescent)/(HLMI)*100
- where tonset,SIC@1000 is measured in seconds and is the time required for crystallization onset under a shear rate of 1000 s−1, the tonset, quiescent is measured in seconds and is the crystallization onset time at a temperature of 125° C. under no shear, as determined in isothermal mode by differential scanning calorimetry;
- and HLMI is the melt flow index determined at 190° C. with a load of 21.6 kg, according to ISO 1133.
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