Abstract: According to one or more embodiments of the present disclosure, a fluidization promoter useful for dehydrogenation includes from 0.1 wt. % to 10 wt. % gallium, from 5 ppm to 500 ppm platinum, less than 5 wt. % alkali metal or alkaline earth metal, and a support material. A median particle size of the fluidization promoter is from 20 ?m to 50 ?m. Catalyst systems useful for dehydrogenation and methods for producing olefins using the same are also disclosed.

Abstract: According to one or more embodiments of the present disclosure, a riser may be operated by a method including repeatedly heating and cooling a riser between an operational temperature and a non-operational temperature. When the riser is heated from a non-operational temperature to an operational temperature, the riser undergoes thermal expansion. When the riser is cooled from an operational temperature to a non-operational temperature, the riser undergoes thermal contraction. The riser undergoes irreversible growth over repeated heating and cooling cycles, and the length of a lower section of an upper riser portion is sized to accommodate the irreversible growth from cycled thermal expansion of the riser.

Abstract: A lamination film structure including a combination of: (a) at least one first layer of an oriented polyethylene film and (b) at least one second layer of a blown or cast polyethylene film, wherein the first oriented polyethylene film layer is laminated with the second blown or cast polyethylene film layer; and wherein the blown or cast polyethylene film of component (b) is a blown polyethylene film or a cast polyethylene film comprising a formulated resin including a combination or mixture of: (bi) a predetermined amount of a post-consumer recycled resin sourced from a recycled high density polyethylene resin; and (bii) a predetermined amount of a polyethylene resin; a process for making the above lamination film structure; and a film or article made from a recyclate of the above lamination film structure.

Abstract: Ethylene-based polymers of this disclosure include an average g? less than 0.86, where the average g? is an intrinsic viscosity ratio determined by gel permeation chromatography using a triple detector; and a molecular weight tail quantified by an MWD area metric, ATAIL, and ATAIL is less than or equal to 0.04 as determined by gel permeation chromatography using a triple detector.

Abstract: A fabric care composition is provided including water; a modified carbohydrate polymer having a weight average molecular weight of <500,000 Daltons and a Kjeldahl nitrogen content corrected for ash and volatiles, TKN, of ?0.5 wt %; and a cleaning surfactant; wherein the modified carbohydrate polymer is a carbohydrate polymer functionalized with quaternary ammonium moieties; wherein the quaternary ammonium moieties on the modified carbohydrate polymer include: trimethyl ammonium moieties having formula (I) and dimethyl(alkyl) ammonium moieties having formula (II) wherein each R is independently selected from a C8-22 alkyl group.

Abstract: A polyolefin-and-poly (2-alkyl-2-oxazoline) formulation comprising (A) an olefin-based (co) polymer, (B) a poly (2-alkyl-2-oxazoline) (co) polymer, and (C) an antioxidant. Also a method of making the composition; a crosslinked polyolefin product made by curing the composition; manufactured articles comprising a shaped form of the inventive formulation or product; and methods of using the inventive formulation, product, or articles.

Abstract: Embodiments are directed to polymer blends and molded articles including polymer blends. Embodiments of the polymer blend may include 1 to 40 wt. % of a crystalline block composite and from 60 wt. % to 99 wt. % of an ionomer formed from a partially neutralized precursor acid copolymer. The crystalline block composite may include an EP-iPP diblock polymer, an isotactic polypropylene homopolymer, and a copolymer of ethylene and propylene. The crystalline block composite may include greater than 50 wt. % of the isotactic polypropylene homopolymer. The precursor acid copolymer may include copolymerized units of ethylene and 5 wt. % to 30 wt. %, based on the total weight of the precursor acid copolymer, of copolymerized units of an ?,?-ethylenically unsaturated carboxylic acid having 3 to 8 carbon atoms. About 25% to about 65% of the acid groups derived from the ?,?-ethylenically unsaturated carboxylic acid of the precursor acid copolymer may be neutralized.

Abstract: A heterogeneous procatalyst includes a preformed heterogeneous procatalyst and a metal-ligand complex. The preformed heterogeneous procatalyst includes a titanium species and a magnesium chloride (MgCl2) support. The metal-ligand complex has a structural formula (L)aM(Y)m(XR2)b, where M is a metal cation; each L is a neutral ligand or (?O); each Y is a halide or (C1-C20)alkyl; each XR2 is an anionic ligand in which X is a heteroatom or a heteroatom-containing functional group and R2 is (C1-C20)hydrocarbyl or (C1-C20) heterohydrocarbyl; n is 0, 1, or 2; m is 0-4; and b is 1-6. The metal-ligand complex is overall charge neutral. The heterogeneous procatalyst exhibits improved average molecular weight capability. A catalyst system includes the heterogeneous procatalyst and a cocatalyst. Processes for producing the heterogeneous procatalyst and processes for producing ethylene-based polymers utilizing the heterogeneous procatalyst are also disclosed.

Abstract: The present disclosure is directed to a two-component bonding agent composition and a process for applying a layer of the bonding agent composition to substrate layers to make laminates.

Abstract: Embodiments of the present disclosure are directed to multilayer silo bags that may include a tube comprising at least two layers, a first open end, a second open end, and a first region and a second region disposed between the first and second end. One or more of the at least three layers may comprise an ethylene/alpha-olefin interpolymer having a density of 0.90 g/cc to 0.965 g/cc and an I2 of 0.1 to 6.0 g/10 minutes, a low density ethylene-based polymer having a density of 0.917 g/cc to 0.935 g/cc and an I2 of 0.1 to 2.0 g/10 minutes, or combinations thereof. The first region may have a thickness of at least 10% greater than a thickness of the second region. The first region may have a surface area that is at least 50% of an overall surface area of the multilayer silo bag.

Abstract: An aqueous dispersion of polymeric particles comprising an emulsion polymer and a polyalkylene oxide with a weight average molecular weight in the range of 450 to 1,500 g/mole, and an aqueous coating composition with low VOCs comprising the aqueous dispersion and providing coatings made therefrom with improved water whitening resistance and hardness.

Abstract: A meltblown nonwoven formed from a bicomponent fiber, wherein: the bicomponent fiber has a first region and a second region, the first region is formed from a first composition comprising at least 75 wt. % of a polypropylene; the second region is formed from a second composition comprising at least 75 wt. % of an ethylene/alpha-olefin interpolymer.

Abstract: A personal cleansing soap bar composition is provided, comprising: a soap; an aqueous ethylene acrylic acid copolymer dispersion; a silicone copolymer emulsion with an internal phase viscosity at 25° C. of ?100×106 mm2/sec; wherein the personal cleansing soap bar is a solid.

Abstract: The present disclosure includes a process for making a package having a spout. The process includes heating a sealing area of a spout to a temperature at or above a melting point of the spout material; heating two multilayer structures around a portion of their peripheries to adhere the peripheries of sealant layers and form a partially sealed package having an opening; inserting the heated spout into the opening; and pressing opposing surfaces of the two multilayer structures around the spout to close the opening around the spout. Each multilayer structure includes a multilayer film having the sealant layer having at least 40% by weight of an ethylene-based polymer having a melting point below 112 C; an external layer including an ethylene-based polymer; and at least one intermediate layer disposed between the sealant layer and the external layer having a melting point at least 15 C higher than the sealant layer.

Abstract: A flexible container (10) is disclosed. The flexible container (10) includes four panels (18, 20, 22, 24), each panel comprising a flexible multilayer film. Each flexible multilayer film is composed of a polymeric material. The four panels form (i) a body, (ii) a neck, and (iii) a handle. The handle (12) has an upper handle portion (12a) and a pair of spaced-apart legs (13, 15). The legs extend from the upper handle portion to the body on opposing sides of the neck. The flexible container includes a fitment (70) sealed to the neck. The flexible container includes a dispensing pump (100) attached to the fitment. The flexible container can provide a metered dose from a dispensing pump and the dispensing pump can also function as a handle to hand-carry the flexible container.

Abstract: The present disclosure provides for a machine direction oriented polyethylene (MDO-PE) film, a laminate comprising the MDO-PE film and a method of forming the MDO-PE film. The MDO-PE film includes a core layer comprising a first ethylene-based polymer a skin layer comprising a second ethylene-based polymer and a sub-skin layer in-between and in contact with the core layer and the skin layer. Each value for the density, peak melting point and percent crystallinity by weight increases from the core layer to the sub-skin layer and from the sub-skin layer to the skin layer. The MDO-PE film further includes predetermined values for a ratio of the percent crystallinity by weight of the core layer to the skin layer and a ratio of the peak melting point of the core layer to the skin layer. The MDO-PE film can be useful in food package, among other areas.

Abstract: Processes of polymerizing olefin monomers.

Abstract: Embodiments of the present disclosure are directed towards methods of enhanced oil recovery from a subterranean reservoir, the method includes co-injecting a gas and a foam formulation into the subterranean reservoir, wherein the gas comprises steam and the foam formulation comprises a sulfonate composition, a glycol compound, and water.

Abstract: Embodiments of the present disclosure are directed towards formulated polyol compositions that include a first polyether polyol having an average hydroxyl number from 112 to 280 mg KOH/g, a second polyether polyol having an average hydroxyl number from 18.5 to 51 mg KOH/g, a third polyether polyol having an average hydroxyl number from 20 to 70 mg KOH/g, and at least one of: fourth polyether polyol having an average hydroxyl number from 112 to 280 mg KOH/g; and a methoxypolyethylene glycol having an average hydroxyl number from 56 to 190 mg KOH/g.

Abstract: A process for separating hydrogen from a gas mixture having hydrogen and a larger gas molecule is comprised of flowing the gas mixture through a carbonized polyvinylidene chloride (PVDC) copolymer membrane having a hydrogen permeance in combination with a hydrogen/methane selectivity, wherein the combination of hydrogen permeance and hydrogen/methane selectivity is (i) at least 30 GPU hydrogen permeance and at least 200 hydrogen/methane selectivity or (ii) at least 10 GPU hydrogen permeance and at least 700 hydrogen/methane selectivity. The carbonized PVDC copolymer may be made by heating and restraining a polyvinylidene chloride copolymer film or hollow fiber having a thickness of 1 micrometer to 250 micrometers to a pretreatment temperature of 100° C. to 180° C. to form a pretreated polyvinylidene chloride copolymer film and then heating and restraining the pretreated polyvinylidene chloride copolymer film to a maximum pyrolysis temperature from 350° C. to 750° C.