Abstract: The invention relates to well tubings, in particular oil well tubings, having an improved resistance to abrasion and corrosion. A well tubing comprises a plurality of tubing sections each having a bore and an inside diameter, wherein at least part of the tubing sections has polymer liners disposed within said bore of said tubing section, characterized in that said polymer liners are comprised of crosslinked polyethylene.

Abstract: The present invention relates to an article coated with a composition comprising (A) an ethylene homo- or copolymer resin which has been prepared by using a single-site catalyst further characterized in that component (A) has an MFR21, measured according to ISO 1133 at 190° C. and under a load of 21.6 kg, from 0.01 to 20 g/10 min. The present invention further relates to an article coated with a composition comprising (A) an ethylene homo- or copolymer resin which has been prepared by using a single-site catalyst further characterized in that component (A) has an impact strength at ?40° C. of at least 80 kJ/m2 in a Charpy notched test according to ISO ISO 179-1/1eA:2000 with a pendulum energy of 15 J. The invention is furthermore directed to the use of the composition for the coating of an article.

Abstract: The present invention relates to the use of a polyolefin composition for water pipes or fittings with increased resistance to degradation caused by chlorine dioxide-containing water, particularly to the use of a combination of particular types of antioxidants for increasing the resistance of a polyolefin composition against degradation caused by contact with chlorine dioxide-containing water.

Abstract: The present invention provides a process for manufacturing polyethylene-diene-copolymer conducted in a plant including at least one compressor unit, at least one preheater unit downstream of the compressor unit and at least one reactor, in particular a reactor, downstream of the compressor unit and the preheater unit. The process comprising the steps of (a) feeding a first feed stream comprising ethylene into the at least one compressor unit and subsequently into the at least one preheater unit, and (b1) feeding a second feed stream including at least one diene comonomer to the first feed stream leaving the at least preheater unit, and feeding the combined feed streams including ethylene and the at least one diene comonomer to the at least one reactor, and/or (b2) feeding a second feed stream including at least one diene comonomer to the at least one reactor at at least one location along the reactor.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a flame retardant polymer composition comprising a crosslinkable terpolymer comprising ethylene monomer units, a silane group containing comonomer units and comonomer units comprising a polar group; a metal carbonate filler and a silicone fluid or gum; wherein the content of the comonomer units comprising a polar group is between 2 and 25 wt % of the terpolymer and the content of the silane group containing comonomer units is between 0.2 and 4 wt % of the terpolymer. The present invention is also directed to the process for the production of the polymer composition, to a cable and/or to an electrical device having a layer comprising said polymer composition, and uses thereof.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a process for manufacturing polyethylene-silane-copolymer conducted in a plant including at least one compressor unit and at least one reactor downstream of the compressor unit. The process includes the steps of (a) feeding a first feed stream including ethylene into the at least one compressor unit and subsequently to the at least one reactor, and (b1) feeding a second feed stream including at least one silane comonomer to the at least one reactor as front feed and/or (b2) feeding a second feed stream including at least one silane comonomer to the at least one reactor at at least one location along the reactor.

Abstract: The present invention deals with the use of pipes made of cross-linked polyethylene for transporting water containing chlorine dioxide. Cross-linked polyethylene has a resistance of more than 3500 hours against water treated with chlorine dioxide when tested according to a modified method of ASTM F2263-03. Especially, the pipes made of cross-linked polyethylene can be used for transporting drinking water which had been disinfected by using chlorine dioxide.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a cable construction comprising one or more layer elements, which layer elements comprise a first composition, wherein the first composition comprises: 20 to 80 weight percent of a vinyl chloride resin and 1 to 40 weight percent of an epoxidized ester of fatty acids and a monomeric polyol, which epoxidized ester is a compound of formula (I) wherein the compound of formula (I) has an amount of double bonds corresponding to an Iodine value of 2 or less, a power cable, process for producing a cable construction, and a crosslinked cable construction obtainable by the process.

Abstract: The present invention relates to low density polyethylene having a melt flow rate (MFR) according to ISO 1133 (190° C., 2.16 kg) which is higher than 4.0 g/10 min, a storage modulus G?, measured at a loss modulus G? of 5 kPa, which is above 3000 Pa and a vinylidene content which is at least 24/100 k C, compositions, a process for production of the low density polyethylene, a low density polyethylene which is obtainable by the process, a continuous ethylene polymerization method for introducing vinylidene in a low density polyethylene, a method for an extrusion coating process or an extrusion lamination process, an article, e.g. an extrusion article, an extrusion lamination article, film blowing article, film casting article, wire and cable extrusion article, injection moulding article, blow moulding article or pipe extrusion article, and uses of the low density polyethylene.

Abstract: The present invention provides a process for manufacturing polyethylene-diene-copolymer conducted in a plant including at least one compressor unit, at least one preheater unit downstream of the compressor unit and at least one reactor, in particular a reactor, downstream of the compressor unit and the preheater unit. The process comprising the steps of (a) feeding a first feed stream comprising ethylene into the at least one compressor unit and subsequently into the at least one preheater unit, and (b1) feeding a second feed stream including at least one diene comonomer to the first feed stream leaving the at least preheater unit, and feeding the combined feed streams including ethylene and the at least one diene comonomer to the at least one reactor, and/or (b2) feeding a second feed stream including at least one diene comonomer to the at least one reactor at at least one location along the reactor.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a flame retardant polymer composition comprising a crosslinkable terpolymer comprising ethylene monomer units, a silane group containing comonomer units and comonomer units comprising a polar group; a metal carbonate filler and a silicone fluid or gum; wherein the content of the comonomer units comprising a polar group is between 2 and 25 wt % of the terpolymer and the content of the silane group containing comonomer units is between 0.2 and 4 wt % of the terpolymer. The present invention is also directed to the process for the production of the polymer composition, to a cable and/or to an electrical device having a layer comprising said polymer composition, and uses thereof.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a low density polyethylene having a molecular weight distribution Mw/Mn which is 15 or less, a storage modulus G?, measured at a loss modulus G? of 5 kPa, which is above 3000 Pa, a weight average molecular weight (Mw) which is between 192000 and 250000 g/mol and has a melt flow rate (MFR) according to ISO 1133 (190° C., 2.16 kg) which is higher than 3.0 g/10 min, compositions, a process for production of the low density polyethylene, a low density polyethylene which is obtainable by the process, a continuous ethylene polymerization method for introducing vinylidene in a low density polyethylene, a method for an extrusion coating process or a method for an extrusion lamination process, an article, e.g. an extrusion article, an extrusion lamination article, film blowing article, film casting article, wire and cable extrusion article, injection moulding article, blow moulding article or pipe extrusion article, and uses of the low density polyethylene.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a process for manufacturing polyethylene-silane-copolymer conducted in a plant including at least one compressor unit and at least one reactor downstream of the compressor unit. The process includes the steps of (a) feeding a first feed stream including ethylene into the at least one compressor unit and subsequently to the at least one reactor, and (b1) feeding a second feed stream including at least one silane comonomer to the at least one reactor as front feed and/or (b2) feeding a second feed stream including at least one silane comonomer to the at least one reactor at at least one location along the reactor.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a polyolefin composition with good resistance to degradation caused by chlorine dioxide-containing water and at the same time showing low migration of the used additives and its decomposition products, especially phenols, out of the composition. The present invention is also directed to a pipe made of such a polyolefin composition. The present invention further relates to the use of the polyolefin composition for the production of a pipe and to the use of a combination of particular types of antioxidants for increasing the resistance of a polyolefin composition against degradation caused by contact with chlorine dioxide-containing water and for maintaining at the same time a low migration of the used additives and its decomposition products, especially phenols, out of the polyolefin composition.

Abstract: Coating composition comprising an ethylene copolymer containing not more than 5 mole-% comonomer, whereby the fraction of the ethylene copolymer having a molecular weight of 300 000 g/mol-600 000 g/mol has a methyl branching of more than 4.0 Methyl per 1000 C as determined by SEC/FT-IR analysis.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a pipe comprising a polyolefin composition with low migration of the used additives and its decomposition products, especially phenolics, out of the composition, at the same time showing good pressure testing performance.

Abstract: The present invention relates to the use of a polyolefin composition for water pipes or fittings with increased resistance to degradation caused by chlorine dioxide-containing water, particularly to the use of a combination of particular types of antioxidants for increasing the resistance of a polyolefin composition against degradation caused by contact with chlorine dioxide-containing water.

Abstract: The invention relates to a cable comprising a conductor surrounded by at least one crosslinkable layer comprising a polymer composition which comprises (a) a polyolefin bearing hydrolysable silane groups and a silanol condensation catalyst compound, as well as to a production process of such cable.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a low density polyethylene having a molecular weight distribution Mw/Mn which is greater than 15, a storage modulus G? (5 kPa) which is above 3000 and a vinylidene content which is at least 15/100k C, compositions, a process for production of the low density polyethylene, a continuous ethylene polymerization method for introducing vinylidene in a low density polyethylene, a method for an extrusion coating process, an article, e.g. an extrusion article, and use in extrusion coating.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a polyolefin composition with increased resistance to degradation caused by ClO2-containing water and to a pipe or a fitting made of such a polyolefin composition. The polyolefin composition comprises a polyolefin base resin (A), an antioxidant (B) having a chroman-6-ol structure, and an antioxidant (C) having a phenolic structure and the molecule comprises at least one ester group. The present invention further relates to the use of the polyolefin composition for the production of a pipe or a fitting and to the use of the polyolefin composition for increasing the lifetime of a pipe or a fitting providing the polyolefin composition with resistance against degradation caused by contact with ClO2-containing water.