Abstract: The present disclosure provides a low density polyethylene (LDPE) having (A) a density from 0.910 to 0.924 g/cm3, determined according to ISO 1183 at 23° C.; (B) an elongational hardening of at least 4.2, at 150° C. at an elongational rate of 1 s?1; (C) a ratio Mw/Mn of at least 18, where (i) Mw is the weight average molar mass, measured by a MALLS detector coupled to a GPC, and (ii) Mn is the number average molar mass, measured by GPC (Gel Permeation Chromatography); and (D) a Mw of at least 230,000 g/mol. The present disclosure also provides an article of manufacture made from or containing (A) a substrate and (B) a coating layer made from or containing the disclosed LDPE. The present disclosure further provides a polymerization process occurring (A) in the presence of oxygen as the only radical initiating agent and (B) in the absence of solvents.

Abstract: A polyethylene composition made from or containing a polyethylene, having the following features: 1) a density from about 0.930 to about 0.945 g/cm3, determined according to ISO 1183 at 23° C.; 2) a ratio of MIF/MIP from about 10 to less than about 30; 3) a MIF from about 3 to about 25 g/10 min.; 4) a Mz equal to or greater than about 1,500,000 g/mol; and 5) a long-chain branching index, LCBI, equal to or lower than about 0.55, wherein the LCBI is the ratio of the measured mean-square radius of gyration Rg, measured by GPC-MALLS, to the mean-square radius of gyration for a linear PE having the about same molecular weight of 1,000,000 g/mol.

Abstract: A process for preparing a polyolefin, including polymerizing olefins in the presence of an antistatic agent made from or containing an alkylene oxide derived polymer made from or containing in average from about 10 to about 200 repeating units —(CH2—CHR—O)— with R being hydrogen or an alkyl group having from 1 to 6 carbon atoms, wherein the alkylene oxide derived polymer is a random copolymer of ethylene oxide and other alkylene oxides and a ratio of n:m is in the range of from 6:1 to 1:1, wherein (n) is the average number of repeating units —(CH2—CH2—O)— derived from ethylene oxide and (m) is the average number of repeating units —(CH2—CHR?—O)— derived from the other alkylene oxides with R? being an alkyl group having from 1 to 6 carbon atoms, and the end groups of the alkylene oxide derived polymer are —OH groups.

Abstract: A process for preparing a polyolefin, including polymerizing olefins in the presence of an antistatic agent made from or containing an alkylene oxide derived polymer made from or containing in average from about 10 to about 200 repeating units —(CH2—CHR—O)— with R being hydrogen or an alkyl group having from 1 to 6 carbon atoms, wherein the alkylene oxide derived polymer is a random copolymer of ethylene oxide and other alkylene oxides and a ratio of n:m is in the range of from 6:1 to 1:1, wherein (n) is the average number of repeating units —(CH2—CH2—O)— derived from ethylene oxide and (m) is the average number of repeating units —(CH2—CHR?—O)— derived from the other alkylene oxides with R? being an alkyl group having from 1 to 6 carbon atoms, and the end groups of the alkylene oxide derived polymer are —OH groups.

Abstract: A polyethylene composition made from or containing a polyethylene, having the following features: 1) a density from about 0.930 to about 0.945 g/cm3, determined according to ISO 1183 at 23° C.; 2) a ratio of MIF/MIP from about 30 to about 55; 3) a MIF from about 3 to about 25 g/10 min.; 4) a Mz equal to or greater than about 1,500,000 g/mol; and 5) a long-chain branching index, LCBI, equal to or lower than about 0.55, wherein the LCBI is the ratio of the measured mean-square radius of gyration Rg, measured by GPC-MALLS, to the mean-square radius of gyration for a linear PE having about the same molecular weight of 1,000,000 g/mol.

Abstract: A polyethylene composition made from or containing a polyethylene, having the following features: 1) a density from about 0.930 to about 0.945 g/cm3, determined according to ISO 1183 at 23° C.; 2) a ratio of MIF/MIP from about 30 to about 55; 3) a MIF from about 3 to about 25 g/10 min.; 4) a Mz equal to or greater than about 1,500,000 g/mol; and 5) a long-chain branching index, LCBI, equal to or lower than about 0.55, wherein the LCBI is the ratio of the measured mean-square radius of gyration Rg, measured by GPC-MALLS, to the mean-square radius of gyration for a linear PE having about the same molecular weight of 1,000,000 g/mol.

Abstract: A polyethylene composition made from or containing a polyethylene, having the following features: 1) a density from about 0.930 to about 0.945 g/cm3, determined according to ISO 1183 at 23° C.; 2) a ratio of MIF/MIP from about 10 to less than about 30; 3) a MIF from about 3 to about 25 g/10 min.; 4) a Mz equal to or greater than about 1,500,000 g/mol; and 5) a long-chain branching index, LCBI, equal to or lower than about 0.55, wherein the LCBI is the ratio of the measured mean-square radius of gyration Rg, measured by GPC-MALLS, to the mean-square radius of gyration for a linear PE having the about same molecular weight of 1,000,000 g/mol.

Abstract: The present disclosure provides a low density polyethylene (LDPE) having (A) a density from 0.910 to 0.924 g/cm3, determined according to ISO 1183 at 23° C.; (B) an elongational hardening of at least 4.2, at 150° C. at an elongational rate of 1 s?1; (C) a ratio Mw/Mn of at least 18, where (i) Mw is the weight average molar mass, measured by a MALLS detector coupled to a GPC, and (ii) Mn is the number average molar mass, measured by GPC (Gel Permeation Chromatography); and (D) a Mw of at least 230,000 g/mol. The present disclosure also provides an article of manufacture made from or containing (A) a substrate and (B) a coating layer made from or containing the disclosed LDPE. The present disclosure further provides a polymerization process occurring (A) in the presence of oxygen as the only radical initiating agent and (B) in the absence of solvents.

Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a polyethylene composition of Raised Temperature Resistance, having the following features: 1) a density from 0.935 to 0.945 g/cm3; 2) a melt flow index MIF from 10 to 18 g/10 min; 3) a melt flow index MIP from 1 to 2.5 g/10 min; and 4) a MIF/MIP ratio from 5 to 10.

Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a polyethylene composition comprising copolymers of ethylene with 1-alkenes, or mixtures of ethylene homopolymers and said copolymers of ethylene with 1-alkenes, wherein the polyethylene composition has a molar mass distribution width (MWD) Mw/Mn of from 7 to 15, a density of from 0.942 to 0.954 g/cm3, a weight average molar mass Mw of from 20,000 g/mol to 500,000 g/mol, a MIE of from 1.0 to 3.0 g/10 min, a MIF of from 100 to 200 g/10 min, and a ratio MIF/MIE of from 40 to 50.

Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a polyethylene composition of Raised Temperature Resistance, having the following features: 1) a density from 0.935 to 0.945 g/cm3; 2) a melt flow index MIF from 10 to 18 g/10 min; 3) a melt flow index MIP from 1 to 2.5 g/10 min; and 4) a MIF/MIP ratio from 5 to 10.

Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a polyethylene composition comprising copolymers of ethylene with 1-alkenes, or mixtures of ethylene homopolymers and said copolymers of ethylene with 1-alkenes, wherein the polyethylene composition has a molar mass distribution width (MWD) Mw/Mn of from 7 to 15, a density of from 0.942 to 0.954 g/cm3, a weight average molar mass Mw of from 20,000 g/mol to 500,000 g/mol, a MIE of from 1.0 to 3.0 g/10 min, a MIF of from 100 to 200 g/10 min, and a ratio MIF/MIE of from 40 to 50.

Abstract: A novel gas phase polymerization method is devised, for polymerization of low and ultralow density polyethylene.

Abstract: A novel polyethylene is devised which polyethylene is particularly advantageous for manufacturing rotomoulded articles.

Abstract: Process for preparing ethylene copolymers in the presence of free-radical polymerization initiator at pressures in the range of from 160 MPa to 350 MPa and temperatures in the range of from 100° C. to 350° C. in a tubular reactor by copolymerizing ethylene, a bi- or multifunctional comonomer and optionally further comonomers, wherein the bi- or multifunctional comonomer bears at least two different functional groups, of which at least one is a unsaturated group, which can be incorporated into the growing polymer chain, and at least another functional group can act as chain transfer agent in radical ethylene polymerization, ethylene copolymers obtainable by such a process, the use of the ethylene copolymers for extrusion coating and a process for extrusion coating a substrate selected from the group consisting of paper, paperboard, polymeric film, and metal, with such ethylene copolymers.

Abstract: A polyethylene for IM having excellent processing properties in terms of spiral flow testing is devised.

Abstract: New plastomer material for use in automotive parts such as bumpers is devised here, which is a novel polyethylene produced by a gas phase process.

Abstract: A novel LDPE from radical, high pressure polymerization is devised.

Abstract: A novel PE material is devised showing excellent mechanical/optical properties and process ability, e.g. for film extrusion. The polyethylene of the invention is produced in one single e.g. gas phase reactor.

Abstract: A multimodal ethylene copolymer having the following properties: i) density comprised in the range from 0.880 to 0.955 g/cm3; ii) total comonomer content ranging from 6% to 25% by weight; iii) content of 1-butene derived units ranging from 0 to 2% by weight; iv) Mw/Mn comprised from 4 to 20; v) intrinsic viscosity (decalin at 135° C. as determined according to EN ISO 1628-312003) comprised between 1.0 and 4.0 dL/g; said multimodal ethylene copolymer comprises from 10% to 80% by weight of a first polyethylene component and being detected at the Crystaf® apparatus at a temperature higher than 75° C. and from 90% to 20% by weight of a second polyethylene component being a copolymer being detected at a Crystaf® apparatus at a temperature lower than 75° C.; wherein said multimodal ethylene copolymer being fractionated into 12 fractions by means of the Holtrup analysis, the fractions containing more than 2% by weight of the total amount of material meet the following relationship: Cf/HDPE>?0.0075HDPE+0.