Abstract: The invention provides a composition comprising at least the following components: A) an ethylene-based polymer comprising the following properties: a) a high load melt index (I21) from 10 to 100 g/10 min, b) a density from 0.940 to 0.965 g/cc; B) from 20 ppm to 120 ppm, based on the weight of the composition, of at least one fluoropolymer comprising, in polymerized form, at least one vinylidene fluoride monomeric unit and at least one hexafluoropropylene monomeric unit; C) at least one polyalkylene oxide; and D) from 500 ppm to 2000 ppm, based on the weight of the composition, of at least one metal stearate.

Abstract: Interpolymer resins having ethylene monomer residues and residues of a non-conjugated diene comonomer. The non-conjugated diene comonomer can be a dialkenyl phthalate. Incorporation of non-conjugated diene comonomers into interpolymers can provide additional labile unsaturation sites for cross-linking. The interpolymers and cross-linked variations thereof can be employed in a variety of articles of manufacture, such as, for example, as insulation material for power cables.

Abstract: The invention provides an ethylene-based polymer formed from at least the following: ethylene and a monomeric chain transfer agent (monomeric CTA) selected from Structure 1: wherein L is selected from a saturated hydrocarbon, a substituted saturated hydrocarbon, an unsaturated hydrocarbon, or a substituted unsaturated hydrocarbon; R1 is selected from hydrogen, a saturated hydrocarbon, a substituted saturated hydrocarbon, an unsaturated hydrocarbon, or a substituted unsaturated hydrocarbon; R2 is selected from hydrogen, a saturated hydrocarbon or a substituted saturated hydrocarbon; R3 is selected from hydrogen, a saturated hydrocarbon or a substituted saturated hydrocarbon; and R4 is selected from a saturated hydrocarbon, a substituted saturated hydrocarbon, an unsaturated hydrocarbon, or a substituted unsaturated hydrocarbon.

Abstract: The invention provides an ethylene-based polymer formed from at least the following: ethylene and a “monomeric chain transfer agent (monomeric CTA),” comprising a “copolymerization end” and a “chain transfer end.

Abstract: The invention provides an ethylene-based polymer formed from reacting at least the following: ethylene and at least one asymmetrical polyene, comprising an “alpha, beta unsaturated end” and a “C—C double bond end,” and wherein the reaction takes place in the presence of at least one free-radical initiator.

Abstract: A polymer comprises units derived from ethylene and polyalkylene, the polymer having at least 0.15 units of amyl groups per 1000 carbon atoms as determined by 13C Nuclear Magnetic Resonance (NMR).

Abstract: Interpolymer resins having ethylene monomer residues and residues of a non-conjugated diene comonomer. The non-conjugated diene comonomer can be a dialkenyl phthalate. Incorporation of non-conjugated diene comonomers into interpolymers can provide additional labile unsaturation sites for cross-linking. The interpolymers and cross-linked variations thereof can be employed in a variety of articles of manufacture, such as, for example, as insulation material for power cables.

Abstract: The invention provides a polymer comprising units derived from ethylene and siloxane, polymer having at least 0.15 units of amyl groups per 1000 carbon atoms as determined by 13C Nuclear Magnetic Resonance (NMR).

Abstract: A polymer comprises units derived from ethylene and poly(alkoxide) the polymer having at least 0.15 units of amyl groups per 1000 carbon atoms as determined by 13C Nuclear Magnetic Resonance (NMR).

Abstract: The invention provides an ethylene-based polymer formed from at least the following: ethylene and a “monomeric chain transfer agent (monomeric CTA),” comprising a “copolymerization end” and a “chain transfer end.

Abstract: The instant invention provides polyethylene compositions having reduced plate out, and films made therefrom having reduced blooming. The polyethylene composition suitable for film applications according to the present invention comprises the melt blending product of: (a) an ethylene based polymer; (b) a first antioxidant system comprising one or more antioxidants selected from the group consisting of Octadecyl-3-(3,5-di-tert.butyl-4-hydroxyphenyl)-propionate; Pentaerythritol Tetrakis (3-(3,5-di-tert-butyl-4-hydroxyphenyl)propionate); and combinations thereof; (c) a second antioxidant system comprising a liquid phosphite corresponding to the formula [4-(2-methylbutan-2-yl)phenyl]x[2,4-bis(2-methylbutan-2-yl)phenyl]3-x phosphate, wherein x=0, 1, 2, 3, or combinations thereof; and (d) optionally one or more neutralizing agents.

Abstract: The present invention relates to an improved process for online measurement of monomer concentration, specifically bisphenol A, in an interfacial polycarbonate manufacturing process. Wherein the measurement is obtained by vibrational spectroscopy for the purpose of improving process control, specifically, controlling the carbonate polymer molecular weight.

Abstract: A polymer comprises units derived from ethylene and poly(alkoxide) the polymer having at least 0.15 units of amyl groups per 1000 carbon atoms as determined by 13C Nuclear Magnetic Resonance (NMR).

Abstract: The invention provides a polymer comprising units derived from ethylene and siloxane, polymer having at least 0.15 units of amyl groups per 1000 carbon atoms as determined by 13C Nuclear Magnetic Resonance (NMR).

Abstract: A polymer comprises units derived from ethylene and polyalkylene, the polymer having at least 0.15 units of amyl groups per 1000 carbon atoms as determined by 13C Nuclear Magnetic Resonance (NMR).

Abstract: The present invention relates to an improved process for online measurement of monomer concentration, specifically bisphenol A, in an interfacial polycarbonate manufacturing process. Wherein the measurement is obtained by vibrational spectroscopy for the purpose of improving process control, specifically, controlling the carbonate polymer molecular weight.

Abstract: Disclosed are novel carbonate block copolymers and methods of making the same. Some carbonate block copolymers include oligomeric carbonate blocks bonded to one or more silicon-containing non-carbonate block, wherein the silicon-containing non-carbonate block is comprised of a diamine moiety and the carbonate block is joined to the silicon-containing non-carbonate block through a urethane group. Other carbonate block copolymers include oligomeric carbonate blocks bonded to one or more non-silicon-containing non-carbonate block, wherein the non-silicon-containing non-carbonate block is comprised of a diamine moiety and the carbonate block is joined to the non-silicon-containing non-carbonate block through a urethane group. The carbonate block may include Bisphenol-A moieties. The diamine from which either the silicon-containing or non-silicon-containing non-carbonate block is derived may be primary, secondary or tertiary.

Abstract: In one aspect the invention is a reaction product comprising ethylene and at least one cyclic phosphine wherein the reaction product has a non-extractable phosphorous concentration of at least 10 parts per million by weight, and preferably a maximum of at least about 10000 ppm by weight, preferably wherein the reaction product has a density from about 0.90 to about 0.94 in grams per cubic centimeter, a molecular weight distribution (Mw/Mn) from about 2 to about 30.

Abstract: Disclosed is an ethylene-based polymer with a density from about 0.90 to about 0.94 in grams per cubic centimeter, with a molecular weight distribution (Mw/Mn) from about 2 to about 30, a melt index (I2) from about 0.1 to about 50 grams per 10 minutes, and further comprising sulfur from about 5 to about 4000 parts per million. The amount of sulfur is also determined based upon the total weight of the ethylene-based polymer. Also disclosed is process for making an ethylene-based polymer which includes the steps of splitting a process fluid for delivery into a tubular reactor; feeding an upstream process feed stream into a first reaction zone and at least one downstream process feed stream into at least one other reaction zone, where the process fluid has an average velocity of at least 10 meters per second; and initiating a free-radical polymerization reaction.

Abstract: A process for preparing polycarbonate from a bisphenoxy fluorene in which, to obtain a reaction mixture in which the bisphenoxy fluorene is dissolved, the bisphenoxy fluorene is reacted with a carbonate precursor at an elevated temperature, for example about 50.degree. C. or more.