Abstract: A process for production of a polyethylene blend in situ comprising contacting ethylene and at least one alpha-olefin with a magnesium/titanium based catalyst system including a partially activated precursor and a cocatalyst in each of two fluidized bed reactors connected in series, one of the provisos being that the precursor is formed by contacting an alkylaluminum halide with a solid reaction product prepared from a magnesium alkoxide, a titanium tetraalkoxide, and a solubility enhancing agent.

Abstract: A flame retardant composition comprising (A) about 50 to about 95 percent by weight of at least one ethylene co-polymer selected from an ethylene/vinyl ester copolymer; ethylene/alpha, beta unsaturated carboxylate copolymer; and very low density ethylene/alpha-olefin copolymer; and (B) about 5 to about 50 percent by weight of an ethylene/alpha-olefin copolymer having been prepared with a single site catalyst, and, for each 100 parts by weight of component (A) and component (B) combined, (C) about 2 to about 50 parts by weight of a polyethylene modified with a functional group containing compound; (D) about 5 to about 250 parts by weight of a metal hydrate; (E) about 1 to about 12 parts by weight of a triazine ring containing compound; and (F) about 0.5 to about 5 parts by weight of a flame retardant compound selected from the group consisting of a boron compound, a molybdenum compound, and a silicone.

Abstract: A moisture curable polyolefin composition comprising: (a) a polyolefin, and for each 100 parts by weight of component (a), (b) 0.1 to 10 parts by weight of an unsaturated alkoxy silane; (c) 0.01 to 2 parts by weight of an organic peroxide; (d) 0.01 to 2 parts by weight of a silanol condensation catalyst; (e) 0.02 to 2 parts by weight of a hindered amine stabilizer; (f) 0.01 to 1 part by weight of a hindered phenol antioxidant; and (g) 0.01 to 1 part by weight of an arylamine antioxidant.

Abstract: A composition comprising: polyethylene; as a scorch inhibitor, 2,4-diphenyl-4-methyl-1-pentene; as a cure booster, 3,9-divinyl-2,4,8,10-tetra-oxaspiro[5.5]undecane; and an organic peroxide.

Abstract: A composition comprising polyethylene and, for each 100 parts by weight of polyethylene, about 0.1 to about 3 parts by weight of the reaction product of (i) an aliphatic diacid anhydride or a polymer or copolymer thereof wherein the anhydride has 4 to 20 carbon atoms; and (ii) a polymer selected from the group consisting of a polycaprolactone, a polyalkylene glycol, a monoalkyl ether of a polyalkylene glycol, and a mixture of two or more of said polymers, the weight ratio of component (ii) to component (i) being in the range of about 0.05:1 to about 1:1.

Abstract: A masterbatch composition comprising: (a) a copolymer of ethylene and 1-octene prepared with a metallocene catalyst; (b) as a scorch inhibitor, a substituted hydroquinone; 4,4′-thiobis(2-methyl-6-t-butylphenol); 4,4′-thiobis(2-t-butyl-5-methylphenol); or mixtures thereof; (c) as a cure booster, triallyl trimellitate; 3,9-divinyl-2,4,8,10-tetra-oxaspiro[5.5]undecane; triallylcyanurate; triallyl isocyanurate; or mixtures thereof; and (d) an organic peroxide.

Abstract: A composition comprising: (a) polyethylene; (b) as a first antioxidant, a thiobisphenol; (c) as a second antioxidant, a compound containing 3-(3,5-di-t-butyl-4-hydroxyphenyl)propionate in the molecule; (d) as a third antioxidant, distearyl thiodipropionate; and (e) an organic peroxide, with the proviso that each antioxidant is present in an amount of about 0.01 to the about 0.2 part by weight and the organic peroxide is present in an amount of about 0.5 to about 3 parts by weight, all per 100 parts by weight of polyethylene.

Abstract: A composition comprising: (a) polyethylene; (b) as a scorch inhibitor, [1,3,5-tris(4-tert-butyl-3-hydroxy-2,6-dimethylbenzyl)-1,3,5-triazine-2,4,6-(1H,3H,5H)-trione]; and (c) an organic peroxide.

Abstract: In a process for the in situ blending of polymers comprising contacting ethylene and one or more comonomers in two or more fluidized bed reactors with a catalyst system comprising (i) a magnesium/titanium based precursor containing an electron donor and (ii) a hydrocarbyl aluminum cocatalyst, the improvement comprising (A) increasing or decreasing the melt flow ratio and/or molecular weight of the blend by, respectively, decreasing or increasing the mole ratio of a precursor activator compound to the electron donor or (B) increasing or decreasing the bulk density of the blend by, respectively, increasing or decreasing the mole ratio of a precursor activator compound to the electron donor, both (A) and (B) subject to defined provisos including partial pre-activation of the precursor.

Abstract: A process comprising contacting ethylene and at least one alpha-olefin comonomer having with a transition metal based catalyst system in two fluidized bed reactors connected in series, in the gas phase, under polymerization conditions, with the proviso that a hydrocarbyl aluminum cocatalyst is introduced into the first reactor and a different hydrocarbyl aluminum cocatalyst or no cocatalyst is introduced into the second reactor.

Abstract: A composition comprising: (a) a low density homopolymer of ethylene prepared by a high pressure process; (b) a scorch inhibitor selected from the group consisting of a substituted hydroquinone; 4,4′-thiobis(2-methyl-6-t-butylphenol); 2,2′-thiobis(6-t-butyl-4-methylphenol); and 4,4′-thiobis(2-t-butyl-5-methylphenol) in an amount of about 0.02 to about 0.07 part by weight of scorch inhibitor per 100 parts by weight of homopolymer; (c) a cure booster; and (d) an organic peroxide.

Abstract: A composition comprising: (a) polyethylene; (b) as a first scorch inhibitor, a substituted hydroquinone or 4,4′-thiobis(2-t-butyl-5-methyl phenol); (c) as a second scorch inhibitor, distearyl disulfide; and (d) an organic peroxide.

Abstract: A process for the preparation of (i) polyethylene or (ii) polypropylene, which is essentially isotactic or a mixture of atactic and isotactic polypropylenes comprising contacting ethylene or propylene per se, or in admixture with one or more alpha-olefins, under polymerization conditions, with a catalyst system comprising: (a) a precatalyst comprising a mixture of racemic and meso stereoisomers of a metallocene catalyst containing two cycloalkadienyl ligands joined by a bridging linkage, said ligands complexed to a metal atom; and (b) (1) to obtain polyethylene catalyzed by the rac epimer only, a cocatalyst selected from the group consisting of tris(perfluorophenyl)borane and isobutyl alumoxane;  (2) to obtain polyethylene catalyzed by both the rac and the meso epimers, a cocatalyst selected from the group consisting of dimethylanilinium tetrakis(perfluorophenyl)borate and triphenylmethyl tetrakis(perfluorophenyl)borate;  (3) to obtain polypropylene, which is essentially isotactic, a cocatalyst

Abstract: A composition comprising:(a) polyethylene;(b) as a scorch inhibitor, 1,1-diphenylethylene, substituted or unsubstituted;(c) optionally, a cure booster; and(d) an organic peroxide.

Abstract: A composition comprising:(a) polyethylene;(b) a cure booster selected from the group consisting of 3,9-divinyl-2,4,8,10-tetra-oxaspiro[5.5]undecane (DVS); a copolymer of ethylene and DVS; and an ethylene homopolymer or copolymer having DVS grafted thereto; and(c) an organic peroxide.

Abstract: An expandable resin composition comprising:(A) 100 parts by weight of HDPE (high density polyethylene) having a DSC melting point of about 127 to about 136 degrees C.; a density of 0.945 to 0.967 gram per cubic centimeter; and a melt flow rate of about 0.1 to about 10 grams per 10 minutes, and for each 100 parts by weight of component (A),(B) about 2 to about 50 parts by weight of polypropylene having a DSC melting point of at least about 130 degrees C.;(C) about 50 to about 200 parts by weight of an ethylene/alpha-olefin copolymer, prepared with a metallocene catalyst, having a DSC melting point of about 98 to about 121 degrees C.; a density of 0.900 to 0.935 gram per cubic centimeter; and a melt flow rate of about 0.5 to about 3 grams per 10 minutes;(D) about 0.1 to about 5 parts by weight of a polysiloxane-polyether block copolymer having the following formula:R.sub.3 --Si--O--R.sub.2 (SiO).sub.m --RX(SiO).sub.n --SiR.sub.

Abstract: An expandable resin composition comprising(A) HDPE (high density polyethylene);(B) a high pressure, low density homopolymer of ethylene (HP-LDPE);(C) polypropylene;(D) a polysiloxane-polyether block copolymer; and(E) a nucleating agent of azodicarbonamide and/or talc.

Abstract: An article of manufacture comprising (i) a plurality of electrical conductors, each surrounded by one or more layers of a composition comprising (a) one or more polyolefins and, bonded thereto or blended therewith, (b) a linear or cyclic organopolysiloxane containing one or more functionalized hindered amine moieties; and (ii) hydrocarbon cable filler grease within the interstices between said surrounded conductors.

Abstract: A composition comprising:(a) polyolefin;(b) as a scorch inhibitor, 4,4'-thiobis(2-methyl-6-t-butyl phenol); 2,2'-thiobis(6-t-butyl-4-methylphenol); or mixtures thereof;(c) hydroquinone; a substituted hydroquinone; or mixtures thereof in an amount sufficient to control color formation; and(d) an organic peroxide.

Abstract: A semiconducting composition comprising (i) an olefinic polymer and (ii) about 25 to about 45 percent by weight, based on the weight of the composition, of a carbon black having the following properties:(a) a particle size of at least about 29 nanometers;(b) a tint strength of less than about 100 percent;(c) a loss of volatiles at 950 degrees C in a nitrogen atmosphere of less than about 1 weight percent based on the weight of the carbon black;(d) a DBP oil absorption of about 80 to about 300 cubic centimeters per 100 grams;(e) a nitrogen surface adsorption area of about 30 to about 300 square meters per gram or an iodine adsorption number of about 30 to about 300 grams per kilogram;(f) a CTAB surface area of about 30 to about 150 square meters per gram; and(g) a ratio of property (e) to property (f) of greater than about 1.1.