Abstract: A 1-butene copolymer composition made from or containing: A) from 75.0 wt % to 95.0 wt % of a polymer composition (A) made from or containing A1) from 56 wt % to 77 wt % of a propylene ethylene copolymer; A2) from 15 wt % to 32 wt % of a low density polyethylene; and A3) from 4 wt % to 17 wt % of a 1-butene homopolymer, wherein the sum of the amounts of A1, A2, and A3 being 100 wt %; and B) from 5.0 wt % to 25.0 wt % of a copolymer of 1-butene and ethylene containing from 2.8 wt % to 4.2 wt % of ethylene derived units, based upon the total weight of the copolymer of 1-butene and ethylene, wherein the sum of the amounts of A) and B) being 100 wt %.

Abstract: A fiber of a propylene ethylene copolymer having: i) xylene soluble fraction at 25° C. ranging from 14 wt % to 27 wt %; ii) intrinsic viscosity of the fraction soluble in xylene at 25° C. ranging from 1.0 to 2.4 dl/g; iii) melt flow rate, MFR, ranging from 12 g/10 min to 60 g/10 min; iv) an ethylene derived units content ranging from 5.0 wt % to 12.0 wt %; v) the ethylene derived units content of the fraction insoluble in xylene at 25° C. ranging from 2.5 wt % to 6.0 wt %; vi) the ethylene derived units content of the fraction soluble in xylene at 25° C. ranging from 15.2. wt % to 30.2 wt % vii) C13 NMR sequences PEP measured on the fraction insoluble in xylene at 25° C. ranging from 3.5 mol % to 5.5 mol %; and viii) the C13 NMR sequences PEP measured on the fraction soluble in xylene at 25° C. ranging from 11.0 mol % to 14.2 mol %.

Abstract: A propylene ethylene copolymer having the following features: an ethylene content of between 1.0 and 4.0% by weight; a molecular weight distribution (MWD), expressed in terms of Mw/Mn, of greater than 4.0; a content of xylene soluble fraction (XS) and ethylene content (C2) that fulfills the following relationship: (C2×1.1)+1.25<XS<(C2×1.1)+2.50 where: XS=% by weight of the fraction soluble in xylene at 25° C.; C2=% by weight of ethylene units in the copolymer determined via NMR; a melt flow rate (MFR; 230° C., 2.16 kg) of between 30 to 75 g/10 min; an intrinsic viscosity of the copolymer of lower than 1.5 dl/g; and an intrinsic viscosity of the fraction soluble in xylene at 25° C. of higher than 0.32 dl/g.

Abstract: A polypropylene composition made from or containing: A) from 76 wt % to 95 wt % of a propylene homopolymer having: fraction soluble in xylene at 25° C. between 2.0 wt % and 4.5 wt %; and melt flow rate ranging from 60.0 to 110.0 g/10 min; and B) from 5 wt % to 24 wt % of a copolymer of propylene and ethylene containing from 75 wt % to 90.0 wt % of ethylene derived units; wherein the polypropylene composition has content of ethylene derived units in the fraction soluble in xylene at 25° C. lower than the content of ethylene derived units of component B) and ranging from 51.0 wt % to 74.0 wt %; and at least two melting points, wherein the higher melting points ranges from 156.0° C. to 166.0° C. and the lower melting point ranges from 90.0° C. to 125.0° C.; wherein the sum of the amounts of component A) and B) being 100 wt %.

Abstract: A polypropylene composition made from or containing (a) recycled polypropylene, (b) recycled polyethylene (c) a polyolefin elastomer (POE) and (d) a polypropylene-containing composition.

Abstract: A polyolefin composition made from or containing: A) from 88% to 99% by weight of an ethylene polymer having MIP of equal to or higher than 5 g/10 min, where MIP is the melt flow index at 190° C. with a load of 5 kg, determined according to 1133-2:2011; and B) from 1% to 12% by weight of a butene-1 polymer having MIE of equal to or higher than 800 g/10 min., where MIE is the melt flow index at 190° C. with a load of 2.16 kg, determined according to 1133-2:2011; wherein the amounts of A) and B) are referred to the total weight of A)+B).

Abstract: A polypropylene composition made from or containing (a) recycled polypropylene, (b) a polyolefin elastomer (POE), (c) a polypropylene-containing composition, and (d) a filler.

Abstract: A skin-core fiber having a skin of a propylene ethylene copolymer having: i) xylene soluble fraction from 14 wt % to 27 wt %; ii) intrinsic viscosity of the fraction soluble in xylene at 25° C. from 1.0 to 2.4 dl/g; iii) melt flow rate, MFR, from 12 g/10 min to 60 g/10 min; iv) an ethylene derived units content from 5.0 wt % to 12.0 wt %; v) the ethylene derived units content of the fraction insoluble in xylene from 2.5 wt % to 6.0 wt %; vi) the ethylene derived units content of the fraction soluble in xylene ranging from 15.2. wt % to 30.2 wt %; vii) C13 NMR sequences PEP on the fraction insoluble in xylene from 3.5 mol % to 5.5 mol %; and viii) C13 NMR sequences PEP on the fraction soluble in xylene from 11.0 mol % to 14.2 mol %; and a core of a polyethylene having a density between 0.940 g/cm3 to 0.975 g/cm3.

Abstract: A polypropylene composition made from or containing: (i) component (1) made from or containing a propylene homopolymer or copolymer containing 0 to 0.5% by weight of an ethylene-derived unit; and (ii) component (2) made from or containing an ethylene/propylene copolymer containing 65 to 85% by weight of an ethylene-derived unit; wherein 1) the Mw/Mn value of xylene insolubles (XI) of the polypropylene composition as measured by GPC is in the range of 6 to 20, 2) the weight ratio of component (1) to component (2) is in the range of 70:30 to 85:15, 3) the intrinsic viscosity of xylene solubles (XSIV) of the polypropylene composition is in the range of 1.0 to 3.0 dl/g, and 4) the MFR (at 230° C. under a load of 2.16 kg) of the polypropylene composition is in the range of 3 to 15 g/10 min.

Abstract: Asphalt product made from or containing Z1) from 90 wt % to 98 wt % of mineral aggregate; and Z2) from 2 wt % to 10 wt % of a bitumen composition made from or containing T1) from 99 wt % to 75 wt % of bitumen, and T2) from 1 wt % to 25 wt % of a polymer composition made from or containing A) 5-35% by weight of a propylene ethylene copolymer; B) 20-50% by weight of an ethylene homopolymer; and C) 30-60% by weight of a terpolymer of ethylene, propylene and 1-butene derived units.

Abstract: A polypropylene composition made from or containing: from 70 wt % to 90 wt % of a propylene 1-hexene copolymer containing from 1.0 wt % to 5.0 wt % of 1-hexene derived units and a polydispersity index (PI) between 9.2 and 21.3; and from 10 wt % to 30 wt % of a copolymer of propylene and ethylene containing from 45.0 wt % to 65.0 wt % of ethylene derived units; the sum A)+B) being 100.

Abstract: Methods of depolymerizing polyolefin-based material into useful petrochemical products using supported metal oxides and heat are described. The supported metal oxides improve the depolymerization reaction by decreasing the half time for the depolymerization, which results in a higher depolymerization rate and a shorter residence time in the depolymerization unit, allowing for a predictable depolymerization reaction, and decreasing the branching or aromatic formations in the product.

Abstract: A butene-1 polymer composition made from or containing: A) from 97.5% to 99.85% by weight, with respect to the total weight of A) and B), of a butene-1 polymer or polymer composition; B) from 0.15% to 2.5% by weight, with respect to the total weight of A) and B), of talc in form of particles having a volume-based particle diameter distribution Dv (0.95) of 45 ?m or lower; and, optionally C) from 0.01% to 2% by weight of an ethylene polymer, wherein the amount of C) being referred to the total weight of A)+B)+C), amounts to 100%.

Abstract: A polyolefin composition made from or containing: (A) 10-40% by weight of a copolymer of propylene with hexene-1, is made from or containing 1.0-6.0% by weight, based on the weight of (A), of units deriving from hexene-1 and has a melt flow rate (MFRA) measured according to ISO 1133, 230° C., 2.16 kg ranging from 20 to 60 g/10 min.; and (B) 60-90% by weight of a copolymer of propylene with an alpha-olefin of formula CH2?CHR, and optionally a diene, wherein R is H or a linear or branched C2-C8 alkyl and wherein the copolymer is made from or containing 20-35% by weight, based on the total weight of (B), of alpha-olefin, wherein the polyolefin composition has an amount of fraction soluble in xylene (XS(tot)) at 25° C. equal to or higher than 65% by weight, and the amounts of (A), (B), and XS(tot) being based on the total weight of (A)+(B).

Abstract: A method for monitoring and controlling the polymerization in a polymerization vessel by using a camera viewing unit to (a) detect features of the polymer particles, or the particles' environment, (b) compare the features to pre-defined acceptable values of these features or the environment, and (c) if a variation from the pre-defined values is detected, act on process parameters to reduce or eliminate the variation.

Abstract: A polyolefin composition made from or containing: (A) 18-35% by weight of a copolymer of propylene with an alpha-olefin, wherein the copolymer contains 2.0-4.0% by weight of the alpha-olefin and has a melt flow rate (MFRA) ranging from 30 to 60 g/10 min; and (B) 65-82% by weight of a copolymer of propylene with an alpha-olefin, and optionally a diene, wherein the copolymer is made from or containing 20-35% by weight of the alpha-olefin, wherein the polyolefin composition is made from or containing a fraction that is soluble in xylene at 25° C. (XS(tot)) in an amount higher than 70% by weight; the amounts of (A), (B), and the fraction soluble in xylene at 25° C. (XS(tot)) are based on the total weight of the polyolefin composition; and the melt flow rate (MFR) of the polyolefin composition ranges from 0.2 to 2.0 g/10 min.

Abstract: Heterophasic copolymers of propylene having a MFR2 (230° C./2.16 Kg) of from 3.0 to 12.0 g/10 min made from or containing: (a) from 55 to 75 wt. % of a component (A) being a copolymer of propylene with ethylene or a C4-C10 alpha-olefin, made from or containing from 0.5 to 2.0 wt. % of ethylene and/or C4-C10 alpha-olefin units and having a MFR2 (230° C./2.16 K g) ranging from 60 to 140 g/10 min; and (b) from 25 to 45 wt. % of a component (B) being a propylene-ethylene copolymer made from or containing from 25 to 45 wt. % of ethylene units and having a value of the intrinsic viscosity of the fraction soluble in xylene at room temperature (XS-IV) ranging from 5 to 9 dl/g.

Abstract: A polypropylene composition made from or containing: (a) 65 to 85 weight % of a crystalline propylene polymer having an amount of isotactic pentads (mmmm), measured by 13C-MNR on the fraction insoluble in xylene at 25° C. higher than 97.0 molar % and a polydispersity index ranging from 3 to 15; (b) 5 to 25 weight % of an elastomeric copolymer of ethylene and propylene, having an amount of recurring units deriving from ethylene ranging from 30 to 70 weight % and being partially soluble in xylene at ambient temperature; wherein the fraction soluble in xylene at ambient temperature having an intrinsic viscosity value from 2 to 8 dl/g; and (c) 5 to 25 weight % of recycled polyethylene (r-PE) having a melt flow rate (190° C./2.16 Kg) from 0.1 to 10 g/10 min, wherein the polypropylene composition having a melt flow rate (230° C./2.16 kg) ranging from 0.1 to 3.0 g/10 min.

Abstract: A polypropylene composition made from or containing: (a) 65 to 85 weight % of a crystalline propylene polymer having an amount of isotactic pentads (mmmm), measured by 13C-MNR on the fraction insoluble in xylene at 25° C. higher than 97.0 molar% and a polydispersity index from 3 to 15; (b) 5 to 25 weight % of an elastomeric copolymer of ethylene and propylene, having an amount of recurring units deriving from ethylene ranging from 30 to 70 weight %, and being partially soluble in xylene at ambient temperature; wherein the fraction soluble in xylene at ambient temperature having an intrinsic viscosity value from 3 to 10 dl/g; and (c) 5 to 25 weight % of recycled polyethylene (r-PE) having a melt flow rate (190° C./2.16 Kg) from 0.1 to 10 g/10 min, wherein the polypropylene composition having a melt flow rate (ISO 1133 230° C./2.16 kg) higher than 3.0 to 15 g/10 min.

Abstract: A polyolefin composition made from or containing: T1) 70-95 wt %, a polyolefin component containing: a1) from 30 wt % to 70 wt % of a propylene based polymer; and a2) from 30 wt % to 70 wt % of an ethylene based polymer; the sum of a1) and a2), being referred to the total weight of a1) and a2), being 100; and T2) 5-30 wt % of a propylene ethylene copolymer containing from 2.0 wt % to 10.0 wt %; of ethylene derived units and having a melt flow rate (230° C./2.16 kg) ranging from 0.5 to 20.0 g/10 min, and having a fraction soluble in xylene at 25° C. lower than 20 wt %. the sum of the amount of T1) and T2), being referred to the total weight of T1) and T2), being 100.