Abstract: The present invention relates to compositions containing impact copolymer compositions that are a blend of a propylene polymer phase and a rubber phase in which the ethylene content of the rubber phase is between about 75 to about 95% by weight. The rubber content of the impact copolymer composition ranges between about 35% by weight to about 60% by weight. The crystallinity of the high ethylene-content rubber phase provides overall improvement in film properties and also balance of film tensile properties in the machine and transverse directions. Compared to traditional impact copolymer compositions having a low ethylene content-rubber phase, the inventive copolymers have significantly enhanced melting and crystallization peaks due to polyethylene-like crystallinity in the rubber phase.

Abstract: The present invention provides a propylene block copolymer comprising polymer particles whose rubber-like component contents are 50% by weight or more, in an amount less than 1.0% by weight of the whole polymer particles finally discharged from a polymerization system.

Abstract: A propylene block copolymer comprising(A) 60-90 weight %, based on the total amount of the block copolymer, of a first block of a propylene polymer, optionally containing a small amount of copolymerised ethylene,(B) 40-10 weight %, based on the total amount of the block copolymer, of a second block of an ethylene-propylene copolymer containing 1-10 weight % of ethylene, and the total ethylene content of the block copolymer being within the range of 0.1-2.5%. The weight process for the manufacturing of the propylene block copolymer and use of it for the manufacture of bioriented bottles.

Abstract: This invention provides polypropylene resin compositions which have sharply improved balance of physical properties in comparison with the related polypropylene materials, are materials that can be used in both interior and exterior parts of automobiles, have excellent thin-wall moldability and can sharply reduce generation of flow marks. Particularly, it provides a polypropylene resin composition which comprises specified amounts of (A) a specified ethylene-propylene block copolymer, (B) a specified thermoplastic elastomer and (C) talc, wherein it has specified values of physical properties measured by ASTM and has a degree of b-axis orientation of 720 or more which is calculated from the ratio of differential peak intensities measured by wide-angle X-ray diffraction of the central area of an ASTM No. 1 dumbbell prepared by injection molding.

Abstract: Compositions comprising a mixture of propylene polymers consisting of from 15 to 85% by weight of a propylene polymer (A) whose isotactic index is at least 0.95 and from 85 to 15% by weight of a block copolymer (B) having a fraction soluble in n-decane, measured at 23.degree. C., of greater than 13% by weight.

Abstract: A propylene block copolymer having a specified composition and consisting of a xylene soluble portion at 20.degree. C. in an amount of 5 wt % or more and a portion excluding the CXS portion, the melting temperature of the CXIS portion measured by a differential scanning caloriemeter being 130 to 155.degree. C., wherein the difference in transparency in terms of haze between prior to and posterior to the 1-hour treatment at 110.degree. C of a 150 .mu.m thick film obtained by forming said copolymer into a film by extrusion is 8% or less.According to the present invention, a block copolymer having a good transparency and improved impact resistance at a low temperature, and further exhibiting less bleeding at high-temperature heat treatment, can be provided.

Abstract: A modified surfactant of the PLURONIC.TM.-type compound and method for manufacture is disclosed. The surfactant compound has at least one PEO block attached at a first end to at least one PPO block, with at least one of the PEO block having an organic metal-chelating end group (R) attached to a second end, the remaining PEO blocks having an unmodified hydroxyl group at the second end. The metal-chelating group is charged with an metal-ion. A protein with a metal-affinity tag, e.g., a histidine tag, is then complexed with the metal-chelating group to form a complex of the modified surfactant, the metal ion, and the protein. The modified surfactant may be adsorbed upon a hydrophobic surface, charged with a metal ion, and then complexed with a protein with a metal-affinity tag. A surface with specific activity toward proteins is the presented, which is suitable for applications where a protein is immobilized upon a surface to give the surface specific protein activity.

Abstract: There is provided a propylene resin composition having an Izod impact strength (23.degree. C., notched) of not less than 5 kJ/m.sup.2 and a flexural modulus of not less than 500 MPa, wherein as measured by electron spectroscopy for chemical analysis, the ratio of the valence electron spectral intensity at a bond energy of 16.5 eV to the valence electron spectral intensity at a bond energy of 13.5 eV, I 16.5/I 13.5, is in the range of 1.6 to 2.0.There is also provided a method for evaluating a propylene resin composition, which comprises subjecting a propylene resin composition to electron spectroscopy for chemical analysis to measure the ratio of the valence electron spectral intensity at a bond energy of 16.5 eV to the valence electron spectral intensity at a bond energy of 13.5 eV, I 16.5/I 13.5; and evaluating, based on the ratio, the amount of a rubber component present on the surface of the composition.

Abstract: A polypropylene-based resin composition comprising:(1) 55 to 75% by weight of a polypropylene-based resin (A) selected from the following (i) and (ii);(i) a crystalline propylene-ethylene block copolymer composed of a propylene homopolymer portion as a first segment and a propylene-ethylene random copolymer as a second segment, and (ii) a mixture of the crystalline propylene-ethylene block copolymer (i) and a crystalline propylene homopolymer;(2) 10 to 15% by weight of an ethylene-octene copolymer rubber (B) having a melt flow rate (measured according to JIS-K-6758, 190.degree. C.) of 0.5 to 10 g/min., an octene content of 20 to 25% by weight and a density of 0.860 to 0.875; and(3) 15 to 30% by weight of talc (C) having an average particle diameter of not more than 3 .mu.m, the total amount of (A), (B) and (C) being 100% by weight, wherein said polypropylene-based resin composition satisfies the following expression:0.25.ltoreq.(A)'/[(A)'+(B')].ltoreq.0.

Abstract: A propylene-ethylene copolymer composition is obtained which has good moldability and an excellent balance of rigidity, toughness, and impact-strength. The composition has a melt flow rate of 10 to 300 g/10 minutes and is obtained by producing 60 to 95% by weight, based on the weight of whole polymer, of a propylene polymer having a melt flow rate (ASTM D1238) in the range of 100 to 1,000 g/10 minutes and having a ratio (Cf) of integrated values of the propylene polymer dissolved in o-dichlorobenzene at a temperature of lower than 112.degree. C., and a temperature of 112.degree. C. or higher, respectively, of 0.5 or less, by carrying out polymerization of propylene in the presence of a highly stereoregular catalyst and hydrogen in a polymerization step (I), and then producing 5 to 40% by weight, based on the weight of whole polymer, of an ethylene-propylene copolymer by feeding ethylene and propylene to the propylene polymer to react so that the content of ethylene becomes 30 to 80% by weight.

Abstract: A chemically bonded olefin block copolymer consists essentially of chemically bonded polypropylene and poly(ethylene-co-propylene). The block copolymer is obtained by a process of (1) introducing a Ziegler polymerization catalyst based on titanium and propylene to a first polymerization zone (a) and polymerizing the propylene in the polymerization zone (a) for a period of 0.01 to 0.130 seconds and withdrawing an effluent stream of polypropylene, catalyst, solvent and unreacted propylene therefrom; (2) introducing the effluent stream to a second polymerization zone (b) together with ethylene dissolved in a solvent and carrying out a polymerization reaction in the second polymerization zone (b) for a period of 0.01 to 0.130 seconds; and (3) recovering the block copolymer.

Abstract: A propylene/ethylene-.alpha.-olefin block copolymer obtained by block-copolymerizing a polypropylene component with an ethylene-.alpha.-olefin random copolymer component, which satisfies conditions of the following terms (I) to (III):(I) the content of the polypropylene component having an intrinsic viscosity ([.eta.]) measured in tetralin at 135.degree. C. of from 0.5 to 5.0 dl/g is from 5 to 95% by weight;(II) the content of the .alpha.-olefin in the random copolymer component is from 5 to 40 mol %, and the content of the ethylene-.alpha.-olefin random copolymer component whose .rho. value represented by the following equation:.rho.=2[E].multidot.[A]/[EA](wherein [E] represents a molar fraction of ethylene, [A] represents a molar fraction of the .alpha.-olefin and [EA] represents a molar fraction of a diad chain of ethylene and the .alpha.-olefin) is within the range from 0.5 to 1.5 is from 5 to 95% by weight; and(III) the intrinsic viscosity ([.eta.]) of the propylene/ethylene-.alpha.

Abstract: A propylenic resin which is a homopolymer of propylene or a copolymer of propylene, has (i) intrinsic viscosity [.eta.] measured in decaline at the temperature of 135.degree. C. in the range of 0.5 to 10 deciliter/g and (ii) content of insoluble fraction in boiling n-heptane (W) in the range of 10 to 99 weight % and shows (iii) relation between relaxation time of rubber component measured by pulse NMR at the temperature of 30.degree. C. [T.sub.2H.sup.R (30): .mu.s], relaxation time of rubber component measured by pulse NMR at the temperature of 80.degree. C. [T.sub.2H.sup.R (80): .mu.s] and the content of insoluble fraction in boiling n-heptane (W) satisfying the following equations:T.sub.2H.sup.R (80).ltoreq.670-2.2.times.WT.sub.2H.sup.R (80)/T.sub.2H.sup.R (30).ltoreq.8.8+0.086.times.

Abstract: The invention includes a blend composition comprising (a) about 1 to about 15 weight percent of amorphous polypropylene (b) about 99 to about 85 weight percent of crystalline polypropylene, wherein the molecular weight of the amorphous polypropylene is lower than the molecular weight of the crystalline polypropylene; the molecular weight (Mw) of the amorphous polypropylene is higher than about 50,000, preferably 100,000 g/mole; the amorphous polypropylene has a MWD less than about 3; and wherein the percentages are based on total amorphous plus crystalline polypropylene. Preferably, amorphous and crystalline polypropylenes are at least about 90 weight percent propylene units. Preferably, the amorphous polypropylene has a glass transition temperature greater than about -10.degree. C. The invention includes processes for preparing compositions of the invention, including a multistage process.

Abstract: A process for preparing a propylene polymer composition having excellent rigidity, heat resistance and impact resistance, the process comprising conducting multistage polymerization including a step (a) for preparing a propylene (co)polymer (a), a step (b) for preparing a propylene-olefin copolymer (b) and a step (c) for preparing an ethylene-olefin copolymer (c) in the presence of (A) a transition metal compound and (B) a compound activating the transition metal compound (A), in which the steps (a), (b) and (c) may be carried out in any order, each of the second and subsequent stage polymerizations is carried out in the presence of a polymer or polymers obtained by the preceding stage or stages, respectively, and the resulting propylene polymer composition contains the propylene (co)polymer (a) in an amount of 20 to 90% by weight, the propylene-olefin copolymer (b) in an amount of 5 to 75% by weight and the ethylene-olefin copolymer (c) in an amount of 5 to 75% by weight, and has MFR, as measured at 230.

Abstract: The invention relates to a high-molecular-weight reactor blend comprising a high-molecular weight polypropylene and a high-molecular weight ethylene-propylene copolymer and having an ethylene content in the range from 0.1 to 2% by weight based on the total amount of blend, a melt flow index MFR (230/5) of .ltoreq.5 dg/min and a molecular weight distribution M.sub.w /M.sub.n in the range from 6 to 20.

Abstract: Catalyst systems comprising, on the one hand, a catalytic solid based on complexed titanium trichloride and, on the other hand, a nonhalogenated organoaluminium activator. When employed in gas phase olefin polymerisation processes, these catalyst systems make it possible to manufacture a wide range of homopolymers and copolymers (random and block) with an isotacticity index which can be adjusted to very low values and with excellent pourability, even in the case of copolymers of high comonomer content. In the absence of transfer agents they also make it possible to synthesize polymers of very high molecular masses, with an increased activity. These polymerization processes yield particularly advantageous results in the case of propylene.

Abstract: The invention relates to a tire with a tread which is quantitatively reinforced with silica where the tread is composed of three basic elastomers, namely, emulsion polymerization prepared styrene/butadiene rubber, cis 1,4-polybutadiene rubber and high vinyl polybutadiene rubber. Optionally, the basic elastomer composition can also contain a minor amount of cis 1,4-polyisoprene natural rubber.

Abstract: A polypropylene composition comprising 20 to 95% by weight of a stereoregular polypropylene characterized by the specified physical properties determined from .sup.13 C NMR spectra and 5 to 80% by weight of an .alpha.-olefin copolymer comprising 10 to 90% by weight of an .alpha.-olefin and 10 to 90% by weight of at least one of other .alpha.-olefins. The polypropylene composition demonstrates good balance of rigidity and impact resistance, high heat resistance and high toughness, when used as molding materials.

Abstract: A process for continuously producing a propylene-based block copolymer having an excellent impact resistance of the present invention, comprises:a first polymerization step comprising polymerizing .alpha.-olefin comprising propylene in the presence of hydrogen and a stereoregular polymerization catalyst comprising a solid catalyst component containing magnesium, titanium, halogen atom and an electron-donor compound, an organoaluminum compound and, if required, an electron-donar compound in a single polymerization reactor; anda second polymerization step comprising transporting .alpha.-olefin polymer obtained in the first polymerization step to a copolymerization reactor and copolymerizing propylene with .alpha.-olefin other than propylene in a gas phase substantially in the presence of said stereoregular polymerization catalyst used in the first polymerization step.

Abstract: A process for preparing a propylene polymer composition comprising conducting multistage polymerization including a step (a) for preparing a propylene (co)polymer (a) and a step (b) for preparing an ethylene copolymer (b) in the presence of (A) a transition metal compound and (B) a compound activating the transition metal compound (A), in which the steps (a) and (b) may be carried out in any order, and the resulting propylene polymer composition contains the propylene (co)polymer (a) in an amount of 20 to 90% by weight and the ethylene copolymer (b) in an amount of 10 to 80% by weight and has MFR, as measured at 230.degree. C. under a load of 2.16 kg, of 0.01 to 500 g/10 min; and a propylene polymer composition prepared by this process. The process according to the invention can prepare a propylene polymer composition having excellent rigidity, heat resistance and impact resistance.

Abstract: A continuous process for preparation of propylene-ethylene block copolymer suitable for moldings with high rigidity and high impact resistance are provided, which process is a continuous process for preparation of highly rigid propylene-ethylene block copolymers, wherein propylene and ethylene are polymerized in the specified 2 steps with use of a catalyst system comprising (A) a solid catalyst component containing Ti, Mg, halogen and polyvalent carboxylic ester, (B) an organic aluminium compound, as well as (C) an organic silicon compound expressed by the general formula R.sup.4.sub.x R.sup.5.sub.y Si(OR.sup.6).sub.z (wherein, x+y+z=4), and wherein the ratio between the maximum value and the minimum value of MFR(l)) is0.1.ltoreq.Log(MFR(h)/MFR(l)).ltoreq.1,and the ratio between the average MFR(i) and MFR(ii) in the subsequent polymerization procedure (II) containing ethylene in a relatively large amount which is carried out by adding the glycol type compound is3.ltoreq.Log(MFR(i)/MFR(ii)).ltoreq.7.

Abstract: A propylene block copolymer comprising a matrix phase and a dispersed phase dispersed in said matrix phase, said matrix phase comprising (a) polypropylene; said dispersed phase having an average particle diameter of from 0.1 to 5 .mu.m; and said dispersed phase comprising an outer layer comprising (b) propylene-.alpha.-olefin copolymer rubber and an inner layer comprising (c) crystalline polyethylene dispersed therein a plurality of particles comprising an outer layer comprising (b') propylene-.alpha.-olefin copolymer rubber and an inner layer comprising (a') polypropylene, a propylene block copolymer comprising a matrix phase and a dispersed phase dispersed in said matrix phase, said matrix phase comprising (a) polypropylene; said dispersed phase having an average particle diameter of from 0.1 to 5 .mu.m; and said dispersed phase comprising (b) propylene-.alpha.

Abstract: This invention relates to block polymers containing both crystalline and elastomeric blocks, the block copolymer having an A block and a B block. The A block is a polyethylene or an ethylene polymer optionally containing an alpha-olefin and optionally a non-conjugated diene, and is generally crystalline. The B block is an ethylene, .alpha.-olefin copolymer. Also disclosed is a process for manufacture of the block copolymers and methods for coupling the block copolymers. Coupled block copolymers are useful as thermoplastic elastomers exhibiting physical properties approaching those of crosslinked EP or EPDM elastomers, but showing thermal processability after coupling. The block copolymers of the present invention may also be used as a lubricant or fuel additive, as a plastics blend component, and as a component in hot melt adhesives.

Abstract: There are provided a highly rigid propylenic resin which has a melt index MI in the range of 0.1 to 1.2 g/10 minutes as determined at 230.degree. C. under 2.160 kg load and also satisfies a relationship between the MI and the elongational viscosity ?Y(Pa.s)!, said relationship being represented by the expression2.0.times.10.sup.5 .times.MI.sup.-0.68 .ltoreq.Y.ltoreq.8.0.times.10.sup.5.times. MI.sup.-0.68 ;and a blow molded article made from the above resin. The propylenic resin has favorable resistance to draw down and can produce a large-sized and lightweight blow molded article excellent in rigidity, dimensional stability and heat resistance.

Abstract: Propylene polymers which comprise from 25 to 97% by weight of a propylene polymer (I) containing from 0 to 15% by weight of copolymerized C.sub.2 -C.sub.10 -alk-1-enes and also comprise from 3 to 75% by weight of a further propylene polymer (II) containing from 15 to 80% by weight of copolymerized C.sub.2 -C.sub.10 -alk-1-enes, are obtainable by two-stage polymerization of propylene and C.sub.2 -C.sub.10 -alk-1-enes in the presence of a Ziegler-Natta catalyst system which comprises a titanium-containing solid component a) comprising a compound of magnesium, a halogen, silica gel as support and a carboxylic ester as electron donor compound, and also as cocatalysts an aluminum compound b) and a further electron donor compound c), where, in a first polymerization stage, propylene is polymerized in the presence or absence of further C.sub.2 -C.sub.10 -alk-1-enes at from 50.degree. to 100.degree. C., pressures in the range from 15 to 40 bar and a mean residence time of from 0.

Abstract: A propylene block copolymer, a process for preparation of the propylene block copolymer, and a propylene resin composition comprising the propylene block copolymer. The propylene block copolymer comprises (a) from 35 to 95% by weight of a polypropylene block and (b) from 10 to 65% by weight of a block of a copolymer of a propylene and other .alpha.-olefins, the propylene block copolymer having: (i) in a crystallization temperature curve determined by a differential scanning calorimeter, besides a main peak, secondary peaks in a temperature range of from 90.degree. to 100.degree. C., and a proportion of the area of the secondary peaks to that of a main peak of from 1.5 to 10%; and (ii) a relationship between an amount of a soluble content on xylene extraction at 25.degree. C. and a proportion of the area of the secondary peaks to that of the main peak represented by equation (I):0.1X.sub.IS -1.ltoreq.SMA (I)wherein X.sub.IS represents an amount of a soluble content on xylene extraction at 25.degree. C.

Abstract: Propylene block copolymer containing per:100 parts by weight of a polymer (a) of propylene chosen from homopolymers and copolymers of propylene not containing more than 6% by weight of ethylene and/or of an alpha-olefin having from 4 to 6 carbon atoms,from 1 to 100 parts by weight of a polymer (b) of ethylene chosen from homopolymers and copolymers of ethylene not containing more than 90% by weight of propylene and/or of another alpha-olefin having from 4 to 6 carbon atoms,the said block copolymer additionally containing from approximately 0.001 to approximately 20% by weight of .alpha.,.omega.-diene-derived monomer units with respect to the total weight of the block copolymer.

Abstract: A process for preparing a propylene polymer composition having excellent rigidity, heat resistance and impact resistance comprising conducting multistage polymerization including a step (a) for preparing a propylene (co)polymer (A), a step (b) for preparing a propylene-olefin copolymer (B) and a step (c) for preparing an ethylene-olefin copolymer (C) in the presence of (I) a transition metal compound and (II) a compound activating the transition metal compound (I), in which the steps (a), (b) and (c) are carried out in any order, each of the second and subsequent stage polymerizations is carried out in the presence of a polymer or polymers obtained by the preceding stage or stages, respectively, and the resulting propylene polymer composition contains the propylene (co)polymer (A) in an amount of 20 to 90% by weight, the propylene-olefin copolymer (B) in an amount of 5 to 75% by weight and the ethylene-olefin copolymer (C) in an amount of 5 to 75% by weight, and has MFR, as measured at 230.degree. C.

Abstract: Multiphase block copolymers of propylene comprisinga) a polymer of propylene with from 0 to 5% by weight of further C.sub.2 -C.sub.10 1-alkenes,b) a copolymer of propylene with from 5 to 98% by weight of further C.sub.2 -C.sub.10 1-alkenes,the multiphase block copolymers having a melting point of less than 155.degree. C. and a stiffness (shear modulus G) conforming to the following condition (I): ##EQU1## where M.sub.a) denotes the amount of propylene polymer a) and M.sub.co denotes the amount of the multiphase block copolymer.are obtainable in particular by polymerization by means of metallocene-containing catalyst systems.

Abstract: A composition of a mixture of nonionic surfactants in water-in-oil emulsion vaccines allows the use of animal, vegetable, and synthetic oils as well as mineral oil and pristane. These non-mineral oil vaccines are as efficacious as mineral oil-containing vaccines without the problems associated with the use of mineral oil.

Abstract: Highly flexible propylene/ethylene copolymers having a high rubber content are obtainable by two-stage polymerization from the gas phase in an agitated fixed bed by means of a Ziegler-Natta catalyst system which, in addition to a titanium-containing solid component, also contains an aluminum compound as a cocatalyst, in a first polymerization stage, propylene being polymerized at from 15 to 40 bar and from 50.degree. to 90.degree. C. and during an average residence time of the reaction mixture of from 0.5 to 5 hours and then, in a second polymerization stage, a mixture of propylene and ethylene being polymerized with the polymer discharged from the first polymerization stage, at from 5 to 30 bar, this pressure being at least 2 bar below the pressure of the first polymerization stage, and at from 60.degree. to 100.degree. C. and during an average residence time of the reaction mixture of from 0.

Abstract: There are provided a highly rigid propylenic resin which has a melt index MI in the range of 0.1 to 1.2 g/10 minutes as determined at 230.degree. C. under 2.160 kg load and also satisfies a relationship between the MI and the elongational viscosity ?Y(Pa.multidot.s)!, said relationship being represented by the expression2.0.times.10.sup.5 .times.MI.sup.-0.68 .ltoreq.Y.ltoreq.8.0.times.10.sup.5 .times.MI.sup.-0.68 ;and a blow molded article made from the above resin. The propylenic resin has favorable resistance to draw down and can produce a large-sized and lightweight blow molded article excellent in rigidity, dimensional stability and heat resistance.

Abstract: Catalytic solids based on titanium trichloride complex, usable for the stereospecific polymerisation of alpha-olefins, obtained by heat treatment, in the presence of a halogenated activating agent, of the liquid material resulting from bringing TiCl.sub.4, pretreated with an electron-donor compound, into contact with a composition (C) corresponding to the general formulaAlR.sub.p (Y).sub.q X.sub.3-(p+q)in whichR represents a hydrocarbon radical or a hydrogen atom;Y represents a group chosen from --OR', --SR' and --NR'R", in which R' and R" each represent a hydrocarbon radical or a hydrogen atom;X represents a halogen;p is an arbitrary number such that 0<p<3; andq is an arbitrary number such that 0<q<3;the sum (p+q) being such that 0<(p+q).ltoreq.3.These catalytic solids of controllable porosity permit the production of a wide range of propylene polymers, in particular the propylene and ethylene copolymers known as "block" copolymers.

Abstract: This invention relates to block polymers containing both crystalline and elastomeric blocks, the block copolymer having an A block and a B block. The A block is a polyethylene or an ethylene polymer optionally containing an alpha-olefin and is generally crystalline. The B block contains an ethylene, .alpha.-olefin copolymer segment and optionally contain an ethylene, .alpha.-olefin, non-conjugated diene terpolymer segment. If the B block contains a diene containing segment, the diene containing segment is furthest from the junction of the A and the B blocks. Also disclosed is a process for manufacture of the block copolymers and methods for coupling the block copolymers. Coupled block copolymers are useful as thermoplastic elastomers exhibiting physical properties approaching those of crosslinked EP or EPDM elastomers, but showing thermal processability after coupling.

Abstract: A propylene block copolymer comprising a matrix phase and a dispersed phase dispersed in said matrix phase, said matrix phase comprising (a) polypropylene; said dispersed phase having an average particle diameter of from 0.1 to 5 .mu.m; and said dispersed phase comprising an outer layer comprising (b) propylene-.alpha.-olefin copolymer rubber and an inner layer comprising (c) crystalline polyethylene dispersed therein a plurality of particles comprising an outer layer comprising (b') propylene-.alpha.-olefin copolymer rubber and an inner layer comprising (a') polypropylene, a propylene block copolymer comprising a matrix phase and a dispersed phase dispersed in said matrix phase, said matrix phase comprising (a) polypropylene; said dispersed phase having an average particle diameter of from 0.1 to 5 .mu.m; and said dispersed phase comprising (b) propylene-.alpha.

Abstract: An ethylene polymer which is useful for molding inflation film having a particularly excellent moldability is provided.The ethylene polymer is obtainable by the first and second steps and satisfying the following conditions (a) to (d):(a) the polymer produced in the first polymerization step having an weight average molecular weight (Mw,.sub.1) in the range of 6.times.10.sup.5 to 4.times.10.sup.6 ;(b) the ratio (Mw,.sub.2 /Mw,.sub.1) of the weight average molecular weight of the polymer produced in the first polymerization step (Mw,.sub.1) and the weight average molecular weight of the polymer produced in the second polymerization step (Mw,.sub.2) being in the range of 0.7 to 1.4;(c) the molecular weight in which the integration fraction from the low molecular weight is equal to 1/2 of the weight fraction (W.sub.2) of the polymer produced in the second polymerization step being in the range of 5.times.10.sup.3 to 3.times.10.sup.4 ; and(d) the weight fraction (W.sub.

Abstract: A propylene block copolymer comprising: (a) a propylene homopolymer part having (i) an insoluble amount on xylene extraction at 25.degree. C. of 99.0% by weight or more; (ii) an isotactic pentad fraction of 98.0% or more; (iii) an isotactic average chain length of 500 or more; and (iv) a total amount of fractions having an isotactic average chain length of 800 or more obtained in a column chromatographic separation of 10% by weight or more, and (b) a copolymer part comprising propylene and at least one of ethylene and an .alpha.-olefin having from 4 to 12 carbon atoms, the proportion of the propylene homopolymer part (a) being from 50 to 97% by weight based on the total amount of the propylene homopolymer part (a) and the copolymer part (b), and the proportion of the copolymer part (b) being from 3 to 50% by weight based on the total amount of the propylene homopolymer part (a) and the copolymer part (b).

Abstract: A propylene.ethylene block copolymer composition having a high stiffness and high-impact properties and its production process are provided,which composition is produced by using a specified Ziegler-Natta type catalyst;carrying out polymerization step (I) wherein homopolymerization of propylene is carried out by means of two or more polymerization vessels so as to afford 60 to 95% by weight based upon the total weight, and a specified range of the maximum value and the minimum value of the melt flow rates of the polymers obtained in the respective vessels; andcarrying out polymerization step (II) wherein propylene-ethylene random copolymerization is carried out by means of one or more polymerization vessels so as to afford 5 to 40% by weight based upon the total quantity,the ratio of the melt flow rate at the polymerization step (I) to the melt flow rate at the polymerization step (II) being made to fall within a specified range,whereby the resulting ethylene.

Abstract: There are here disclosed a propylene block copolymer comprising (A) 50 to 95 wt % of a specific propylene polymer block which contains a propylene unit or the propylene unit and 4 wt % or less of an olefin unit having 2 to 8 carbon atoms and (B) 50 to 5 wt % of an ethylene-propylene copolymer block containing 20 to 90 wt % of an ethylene unit, 0.001 to 15.0 wt % of a unit derived from a diolefin being contained in at least one of the components (A) and (B), a reduced viscosity at a concentration of 0.05 g/dl measured in decalin at 135.degree. C. being in the range of 0.01 to 30 dl/g; its preparation process; a hydrogenated copolymer obtained from the propylene block copolymer; and a modified copolymer obtained by introducing a functional group into at least 5% of unsaturated bonds of the copolymer.

Abstract: Polyolefin compositions, capable of developing substantial dielectric heat including (percent by weight):(I) 85-97% of a heterophasic olefin polymer optionally modified with polar monomers in amount from 0.3 to 0.03% of the heterophasic olefin polymer; and(II) 3-15% of at least one polymer having a dielectric heat loss factor greater than or equal to 0.01.

Abstract: A polypropylene composition comprising a melt-kneaded polyprolylene composition obtained, using Zieglar-Natta catalyst, by polymerizing a monomer comprising propylene to form a polymer comprising polypropylene (component A) in amount of from 60 to 80% by weight to the total polymer amount in substantially the absence of an inert solvent in a 1st step and then polymerizing a mixture of ethylene content of from 20 to 50% by weight (component B) in a vapor phase to form an ethylene-propylene copolymer (component B) in amount of from 20 to 40% by weight to the total polymer amount in a 2nd step, said polypropylene composition being such that the intrinsic viscosity of component B ([.eta.]B) is at least 2.0 dl/g and the ratio ([.eta.]B/[.eta.]A) of the intrinsic viscosity of the component B to the intrinsic viscosity of the component A ([.eta.]A) is 1.8 or less and the melt flow rate of the polypropylene composition after melt-kneaded being 0.5 to 10 g/10 minutes.

Abstract: Disclosed is a blown film or sheet material comprising a broad molecular weight distribution propylene polymer material having a molecular weight distribution M.sub.w /M.sub.n of about 4 to about 60, a melt flow rate of about 0.5 to about 50 dg/min, and xylene insolubles at 25.degree. C. of greater than or equal to 94%. A mixture of the broad molecular weight distribution propylene polymer material and a heterophasic olefin polymer composition can also be used.

Abstract: High-flow propylene/ethylene copolymers which have a melt flow index of from 2 to 200 g/min under a load of 2.16 kg at 230.degree. C. and which may be produced from the gas phase by polymerization in two stages in an agitated fixed bed in the presence of hydrogen acting as chain stoppage regulator and using a Ziegler-Natta catalyst system comprising a titaniferous solid component which contains a magnesium compound on finely divided silicon oxide or on finely divided aluminum oxide or on a finely divided aluminum silicate having the empirical formula SiO.sub.2.aAl.sub.2 O.sub.3, where a stands for a value between 0.001 and 2, and an aluminum component, by means of a procedure comprisinga) a first polymerization stage in which propylene is polymerized under a pressure of from 20 to 40 bar and at a temperature of from 60.degree. to 90.degree. C.

Abstract: A propylene block copolymer having a high impact resistance is prepared without the generation of finely divided particles or the adhesion to the reactor, which propylene block copolymer having a weight ratio of 5/95-70/30 (process (1)/process (2)) is obtained by carrying out the particular polymerization processes (1) and (2) in this sequence under the action of the catalyst comprising the following A and B.A: particular transition metal compound.B: an alumoxane, the reaction product of an alkylboronic acid with an organoAl, a Lewis acid or ionic compound.Process (1): process for copolymerizing propylene and a specified comonomer in a ratio of 0/100-80/20.Process (2): process for producing a propylene polymer having a specified comonomer in an amount of 10% by weight or less.

Abstract: Shaped articles for biomedical use characterized by a good transparency and flexibility also at low temperatures are prepared starting from elastomeric copolymers of ethylene with propylene and/or other alpha-olefins having a unique set of mechanical properties and thermoplastic processability. Of particular interest are devices for containing, administering, draining and transport of blood and biological and physiological fluids, syringe seals and similar applications.

Abstract: The present invention provides olefin polymerization catalysts and processes for preparing a polypropylene and a propylene block copolymer using said olefin polymerization catalysts.The olefin polymerization catalyst (1) of the invention is formed from:[I-1] a contact product obtained by contacting:(A) a solid titanium catalyst component,(B) an organometallic compound catalyst component, and(C) a specific organosilicon compound;[II-1] (D) a specific polyether compound; and optionally,[III] an organometallic compound catalyst component.The olefin polymerization catalyst (2) of the invention is formed from:[I-2] a contact product obtained by contacting:(A) a solid titanium catalyst component,(B) an organometallic compound catalyst component, and(D) a specific polyether compound;[11-2] (C) a specific organosilicon compound.

Abstract: Polymeric compositions based on Linear Low Density Polyethylene (LLDPE) comprising: (A) from 75 to 95% by weight of an ethylene copolymer with an .alpha.-olefin CH.sub.2 =CHR, wherein R is an alkyl radical having from 1 to 10 carbon atoms, and (B) from 5 to 25% by weight of a copolymer of propylene with ethylene and an .alpha.-olefin CH.sub.2 =CHR.sup.I, wherein R.sup.I is an alkyl radical having from 2 to 10 carbon atoms. Copolymer (B) is characterised by a relatively high insolubility in xylene. The polymeric compositions of the invention are endowed with improved processability and improved mechanical properties with respect to the LLDPE of the conventional type.

Abstract: A graft block copolymer is comprised of a saturated olefinic backbone with pendent anionic polymer side chains. The polymer is produced by copolymerizing an .alpha.--olefin with a 1-alkenyl monomer containing a functional group to which an anionically polymerized polymer can be grafted to produce graft block copolymer, anionically polymerizing at least one anionically polymerizable monomer to form living polymer chains, and then grafting the living polymer chains onto the copolymer to form the graft block copolymer.

Abstract: A process for producing a polypropylene impact copolymer by polymerizing propylene and optionally a monomer selected from the group consisting of ethylene, butene-1, pentene-1, and hexene-1 in a first reactor in the presence of a titanium, magnesium, halogen, and a inside electron donor catalyst, an organoaluminum cocatalyst, and an outside electron donor, R.sup.1.sub.2 Si(OR.sup.2).sub.2, to produce a first polymer which enters a second reactor where it is reacted with propylene and another monomer in the absence of additional catalyst and in the presence of a third electron donor, Si(OR.sup.3).sub.4 is provided.