WO1996035750A1 - Medium modulus molded material comprising substantially linear polyethylene and fabrication method - Google Patents
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- This invention pertains to a medium modulus molded polyethylene material and a method for preparing such material.
- the novel molded material can be prepared by extrusion, compression molding or casting processes.
- the polyethylene material can be molded to articles, such as pipes, tubes, bars, wire coatings, sheets or molded parts, such as automotive parts and hollow articles, such as containers.
- the molded material has surprisingly high impact properties.
- Molded polyethylene materials find wide usage, for example in gas pipe or water pipe applications. Such materials must have a sufficient stiffness to provide long-term dimensional stability. Furthermore, they must have a high impact strength to minimize failures during usage.
- the materials should also be resistant to crack propagation, that means that an accidental crack or failure should stop and not run over extended length of the material.
- ethylene-propylene rubber for improving the impact strength and/or environmental stress crack resistance of polypropylene.
- the ethylene-propylene rubber may be blended with low density polyethylene or high density polyethylene.
- U.S. Patent 4,330,639 disclose a polymer composition to form polyethylene films which are said to have a high impact strength and a high tear strength.
- the polymer composition comprises an ethylene/C3-Cs ⁇ -olefin copolymer having an intrinsic viscosity of 1.3 to 8.3 dl/g and a density of 0.850 to 0.930 and an ethylene polymer having a melt index of 0.01 to 0.2, a flow parameter of 1.9 to 2.8 and a density not lower than 0.940.
- Bailey et al. U.S.
- Patent 4,461 ,873 disclose ethylene polymer mixtures having a density in the range of 0.940 to 0.965 g/cc and comprising (a) 40 to 70 weight parts of a high molecular weight, low density ethylene polymer having a high load melt index in the range of 0.1 to 1.5 g/10 min., a density of 0.930 to 0.945 g/cc, a heterogeneity index of less than 10 and having essentially no other brancning than short chain branching, and (b) 60 to 30 weight parts of a low molecular weight, high density ethylene polymer having a melt index in the range of 45 to 300 g/10 min., a density above 0.950, a heterogeneity index of less than 6 and being essentially linear.
- the polymer composition is said to be useful for the production of polyolefin films, pipe production and wire coating. The films are said to have good environmental stress crack behavior.
- Shirodkar U.S. Patent 5,041 ,501 discloses polymer blends of linear low density polyethylene (LLDPE) with a minor amount of an isotactic, partially crystalline butene-1 polymer for producing blown films having improved impact properties.
- Shirodkar U.S. Patent 5,242,922 discloses polymer blends of HDPE with a minor amount of an isotactic, partially crystalline butene-1 polymer for producing containers with lower swell compared to those of the unblended HDPE.
- Thiersault et al. (U.S. Patent 4,786,688) discloses polyethylene compositions containing from 50 to 98 weight percent of HDPE and from 2 to 50 weight percent of LLDPE with a density below 0.930.
- the composition is said to be particularly adapted for the manufacture of films and hollow bodies by blow-molding.
- Calabro et al. U.S. Patent 5,102,955 disclose a low density polymer having a broad molecular weight distribution, such that its melt flow ratio is 50 to 250, and a substantially constant melt index-corrected density.
- the polymer is produced by blending a first polymer component of high molecular weight with a second polymer component of low molecular weight, with both polymer components having substantially the same melt index- corrected density.
- the polymer is said to produce films having improved strength properties, as compared to films made from individual polymer components.
- European patent application EP-A-0, 517,222 discloses a polyethylene moulding material which consists of from 50 to 80 weight percent of a HDPE, having a density of from 0.940 to 0.960 g/cm3 and a MFI 190/2.16 of from 0.01 to 0.5 g/10 min. and a broad bimodal molar mass distribution, and of from 20 to 50 weight percent of a polyethylene of a density of from 0.910 to 0.925 g/cm3 and a MF1 190/2.16 of from 0.5 to 2.0 g/10 min.
- the polyethylene moulding material has a density of from 0.930 to 0.940 g/crr.3 and a MF1 190/2.16 of from 0.05 to 1.0 g/10 min.
- the polyethylene of low density may be a linear polyethylene (LLDPE) with a narrow unimodal molar mass distribution.
- LLDPE linear polyethylene
- the European patent application discloses that pipes, sheets and films of good long term and low temperature properties can be produced. Particularly, the material is said to have extraordinary resistance to slow crack propagation (ESCR). Additionally, ternary polymer blends are known. For example, in U.S. Patent 4,824,912, Su et al.
- LMW-HDPE low molecular weight HDPE
- HMW-HDPE high molecular weight HDPE
- the novel molded material has a thickness of greater than about 0.23 mm and comprises: o (A) from 60 to 99 weight percent, based on the combined weights of components (A) and (B), of at least one high molecular weight linear ethylene polymer having a density in the range of 0.92 to 0.96 g/cc and an I5 melt index in the range of 0.1 to 3 g/10 minutes, and (B) from 1 to 40 weight percent, based on the combined weights of components (A) and (B), of at least one substantially linear ethylene/ ⁇ -olefin interpolymer characterized as having: 5 i. a melt flow ratio, I ⁇ rj l2- ⁇ 5.63, ii. a molecular weight distribution, M w /M n , defined by the equation:
- a critical shear rate at onset of surface melt fracture at least 50 percent greater than the critical shear rate at the onset of surface melt fracture of a linear olefin polymer 0 having essentially the same l 2 and M w /M n wherein the substantially linear ethylene/ ⁇ -olefin interpolymer is further characterized as containing at least one ⁇ -olefin monomer and having a density in the range of 0.85 to 0.92 g/cc and an l 2 melt index in the range of 0.3 to 3 g/10 minutes.
- One method for producing such medium modulus molded polyethylene material 5 is an extrusion process which comprises the steps of:
- (1 ) providing an extrudable thermoplastic composition containing (A) from 60 to 99 weight percent, based on the combined weights of components (A) and (B), of at least one high weight molecular linear ethylene polymer having a density in the range of 0.92 to 0.96 g/cc and an I5 melt index in the range of 0.1 to 3 g/10 minutes, and (B) from 1 to 40 weight percent, 0 based on the combined weights of components (A) and (B), of at least one substantially linear ethylene/ ⁇ -olefin interpolymer characterized as having: i. a melt flow ratio, lirj/l , > 5.63, ii. a molecular weight distribution, M w /M n , defined by the equation:
- a critical shear rate at onset of surface melt fracture at least 50 percent greater than the critical shear rate at the onset of surface melt fracture of a linear olefin polymer having essentially the same l 2 and M w /M n wherein the substantially linear ethylene/ ⁇ -olefin interpolymer is further characterized as containing at least one ⁇ -olefin monomer and having a density in the range of 0.85 to 0.92 g/cc and an l 2 melt index in the range of 0.3 to 3 g/10 minutes, optionally pelletizing the composition, (2) introducing said optionally pelletized composition of step (1) into an extrusion apparatus, and
- step (1) (3) extruding said composition of step (1) to form a material with a thickness greater than about 0.23 mm, and
- step (4) conveying said material formed in step (3) for subsequent use down-line of the extrusion apparatus of step (2) or collecting said material formed in step (3) for subsequent use off-line.
- the molded material of the present invention has improved impact performance that is not ordinarily expected for medium modulus polyethylene.
- the novel molded material has an improved impact strength relative to prior art molded materials having about the same density, stiffness (measured as yield strength), melt index and thickness which are produced from blends of a) high molecular weight high density polyethylene (HDPE) and b) linear low density polyethylene (LLDPE), very low density polyethylene (VLDPE), butyl rubber, ethylene- propylene copolymer (EPM) or ethylene-propylene-diene terpolymer (EPDM).
- HDPE high molecular weight high density polyethylene
- LLDPE linear low density polyethylene
- VLDPE very low density polyethylene
- EPM ethylene- propylene copolymer
- EPDM ethylene-propylene-diene terpolymer
- the novel molded materials often have at least 30 percent, and preferably at least 50 percent, improvement in impact properties relative to the mentioned polyethylene material.
- the improved impact resistance
- Figure 1 plots data describing the relationship between M w /M n and I I Q/I 2 for three distinct polymertypes: substantially linear polyethylene, heterogeneous linear polyethylene and homogeneous linear polyethylene.
- interpolymer refers to polymers prepared by the polymerization of at least two different monomers.
- the generic term interpolymer thus embraces copolymers, usually employed to refer to polymers prepared from two different monomers, and polymers prepared from more than two different monomers.
- Low density polyethylene herein designates an ethylene polymer which is generally prepared at high pressure using free radical initiators and typically has a density in the range of 0.915 to 0.940 g/crr ⁇ 3.
- _DPE is also known as "branched" polyethylene because of the relatively large number of long chain branches extending from the main polymer backbone.
- High density polyethylene herein des.gnates an ethylene polymer which has a density in the range of greater than 0.940 to 0.960 g/cm3.
- HDPE is prepared using a coordination catalyst, for example, Ziegler-Natta type catalysts, at low or moderate pressures, but sometimes at high pressure.
- HDPE is linear without any substantial side chain branching.
- HDPE is a substantially crystalline polymer.
- Linear, low density polyethylene (“LLDPE”) is generally prepared in the same manner as HDPE, but incorporates a relatively minor amount of an ⁇ -olefin comonomer such as butene, hexene or octene to introduce enough short chain branches into the otherwise linear polymer to reduce the density of the resultant polymer into the range of that of LDPE.
- the coordination catalysts used to interpolymerize ethylene and the ⁇ -olefin generally produce an LLDPE with a relatively broad weight molecular weight distribution, that is, M w /M n greater than 3.
- Such LLDPE's also have relatively broad composition distribution in that the proportion o of ⁇ -olefin comonomer molecules incorporated into the polymer molecules varies.
- the lower molecular weight polymer molecules contain a relatively higher proportion of the ⁇ - olefin comonomer than the higher molecular weight polymer molecules.
- ultra low density polyethylene ULDPE
- very low density polyethylene VLDPE
- LVLDPE linear very low density polyethylene
- heterogeneous and heterogeneously branched are used herein in 0 the conventional sense in reference to a linear ethylene/ ⁇ -olefin polymer having a comparatively low short chain branching distribution index.
- the short chain branching distribution index (SCBDI) is defined as the weight percent of the polymer molecules having a comonomer content within 50 percent of the median total molar comonomer content.
- the short chain branching distribution index of polyolefins can be determined by well-known 5 temperature rising elution fractionation techniques, such as those described by Wild et al., Journal of Polymer Science, Poly. Phvs. Ed.. Vol. 20, p. 441 (1982), L. D.
- Heterogeneous linear ethylene/ ⁇ -olefin polymers typically have a SCBDI less 0 than about 30 percent.
- homogeneous and “homogeneously branched” are used in the conventional sense in reference to an ethylene/ ⁇ -olefin polymer in which the comonomer is randomly distributed within a given polymer molecule and wherein substantially all of the polymer molecules have the same ethylene to comonomer molar ratio.
- Homogeneously 5 branched polymers are characterized by a short chain branching distribution index (SCBDI) greater than or equal to 30 percent, preferably greater than or equal to 50 percent, more preferably greater than or equal to 90 percent.
- SCBDI short chain branching distribution index
- homogeneous linear ethylene/ ⁇ -olefin polymers means that the olefin polymer has a homogeneous short branching distribution but does not have long chain branching.
- the linear ethylene/ ⁇ -olefin polymer has an absence of long chain branching.
- Such polymers include linear low density polyethylene polymers and linear high density polyethylene polymers and can be made using polymerization processes (for example, as described by Elston in U.S. Patent 3,645,992) which provide uniform branching (that is, homogeneously branched) distribution.
- Uniform branching distributions are those in which the comonomer is randomly distributed within a given interpolymer molecule and wherein substantially all of the interpolymer molecules have the same ethylene/comonomer ratio
- Elston uses soluble vanadium catalyst systems to make such polymers, however, others such as Mitsui Chemical Corporation and Exxon Chemical Company have used so-called single site catalyst systems to make polymers having a similar homogeneous structure.
- the homogeneous linear ethylene/ ⁇ -olefin polymer is an ethylene/ ⁇ -olefin interpolymer, wherein the ⁇ -oiefin is at least one C5-C20 ⁇ -olefin (for example, 1-pentene, 4-methyl-1-pentene, 1-hexene or 1-octene), preferably wherein at least one of the ⁇ -olefins is 1-octene.
- the ethylene/ ⁇ -olefin interpolymer is a
- the density of the polymers used to make the medium modulus molded material of the present invention is measured in accordance with ASTM D-792 and is reported as grams/cubic centimeter (g/cc). The measurements reported in the Examples below are determined after the polymer samples have been annealed for 1 hour at 100°C and 4 hours at
- Melt index measurements are performed according to ASTM D-1238, Condition 190°C/2.16 kilpgram (kg) and Condition 190°C/5 kg, and are known as l 2 and l 5 , respectively. Melt index is inversely proportional to the molecular weight of the polymer. Thus, the higher the molecular weight, the lower the melt index, although the relationship is not linear. Melt
- melt flow ratio as defined herein in the conventional sense as the ratio of a higher weight melt index determination to a lower weight determination.
- the melt flow ratio is conveniently designated as I10 I2.
- the ratio is designated I21.fJho- Other melt flow ratios are occasionally used respecting polyethylene compositions, such as, for example, 15/12 based an l 5 and l 2 melt index measurements.
- I21.&/' 10 and ls/l 2 determinations provide similar melt flow values and hrj l2 values are usually greater than I21.&/I 1 0 values by a factor of about 4.4 and this factor is used for purposes of this invention in calculating certain values in the Examples.
- the crystallinity as mentioned in Table 1 below is measured according to ASTM D3417-75, the heat of fusion is determined from the second heating cycle by measuring the area under the fusion endotherm by drawing a baseline from the point at -20°C to the oint at Peak temperature + 20°C. The heat of fusion is divided by 292 J/g and multiplied by 100 to obtain the percent crystallinity.
- the tensile properties of the molded materials are measured in accordance with ASTM D 638-76 and are reported in MPa for the Yield and Ultimate tensile strengths and in percent for the Elongation.
- the impact properties, specifically the impact strength, of the molded material is evaluated by means of Izod Impact values and the critical strain energy release rate G c .
- the Izod impact values are measured in accordance with ASTM D- 256.
- the critical strain energy release rate G c is measured using the Charpy Test, in accordance with the procedure described by E. Plati and J.G. Williams in Polymer Engineering and Science, June, 1975, Vol 15, No. 6, pp. 470 to 477.
- the PEnsyl vania Notch Test (PENT) is a Slow Crack Growth test, performed following the procedure described by X. Lu and N. Brown, Polymer Testing 1 1 (1992), pages 309 to 319; the test was conducted under a 2.4 MPa stress at 80°C.
- the Small Scale Steady State (S4) test is an impact test for pipes described by P.
- the medium modulus, molded polyethylene material of the present invention has a calculated material density in the range of 0.923 g/cc to 0.95 g/cc, especially, 0.926 g/cc to 0.948 g/cc, and more especially, 0.93 g/cc to 0.946.
- the thickness of the material is greater than about 0.23 mm, preferably in the range of 0.5 mm to 50 mm, and more preferably, in the range of 3 mm to 30 mm.
- these novel materials preferably have Izod Impact values and a critical strain energy release rate G c at least 30 percent greater, more preferably at least 50 percent greater, than the Izod Impact values and G c of a comparative prior art polyethylene material having about the same material density, melt index, yield strength and material thickness.
- composition comprising the components (A) and (B) described in more detail below can be molded to pipes, tubes, bars, sheets or materials of other shapes, such as automotive parts, having a material thickness of greater than about 0.23 mm.
- the molded material is particularly useful in applications where molded materials with a good property balance, that means with good dimensional stability, that is stiffness, and with good impact strength, that is toughness, are needed.
- the high molecular weight linear ethylene polymers, Component (A), for use in preparing the medium modulus, molded polyethylene material of the instant invention are a known class of compounds which can be produced by any well-known particle-form polymerization process, such as slurry polymerization and gas phase polymerization.
- the high molecular weight linear ethylene polymers are produced using well- known Phillips or Ziegler type coordination catalysts, although metallocene catalyst systems can also be used.
- slurry polymerization processes are generally limited to polymer densities greater than about 0.940 g/cc and especially limited to polymer densities greater than about 0.935 g/cc, that is, about 0.935 g/cc is the practical lower commercial limit for slurry polymerization.
- the high molecular weight linear ethylene polymer can be an ethylene homopolymer or a copolymer of ethylene with at least one ⁇ -olefin of from 3 to 20 carbon atoms.
- the high molecular weight linear polymer is a copolymer with at least one C 3 -C 2 o ⁇ -olefin, such as 1-propylene, 1-butene, 1-isobutylene, 4-methyl-1-pentene, 1-hexene, 1-heptene and 1-octene.
- the high molecular weight linear ethylene polymer is an ethylene/1 -butene copolymer prepared by a low pressure slurry polymerization process.
- the novel molded material comprises from 60 to 99 weight percent high molecular weight linear ethylene polymer, generally 60 to 95 weight percent, preferably 60 to 92.5 weight percent, more preferably 65 to 90 weight percent, and most preferably 70 to 85 weight percent.
- Component (A) can also be a blend of linear ethylene polymers.
- Such blends can be prepared in-situ (for example, by having a mixture of catalysts in a single polymerization reactor or by using different catalysts in separate reactors connected in parallel or in series) or by physical blending of polymers.
- the high molecular weight linear ethylene polymer has an l 5 melt index in the range of 0.1 g/10 mi nutes to 3 g/10, preferably, 0.1 g/10 minutes to 2 g/10 mi nutes, more preferably, 0.15 g/10 minutes to 1 g/10 minutes and more preferably, 0:15 g/10 minutes to 0.5 g/10 minutes. Additionally, the linear polymer preferably has a bimodal molecular weight distribution (MWD) and an I 2 i 6/h 0 ratio in the range of from 1 to 12, preferably in the range of from 3.5 to 10, more preferably in the range of from 4to 8, and most preferably in the range of from 4.5 to 6.
- MWD bimodal molecular weight distribution
- the high molecular weight linear ethylene polymer which includes, but is not limited to, LLDPE, LMDPE (linear medium density polyethylene) and HDPE, and mixtures thereof, preferably has a density in the range of from 0.92 g/cc to 0.96 g/cc, more preferably, in the range of from 0.93 g/cc to 0.96 g/cc, and most preferably, in the range of from 0.935 g/cc to 0.958 g/cc.
- the substantially linear ethylene/ ⁇ -olefin polymers used in the present invention Component (B), are a unique class of compounds that are defined in US 5,272,236 and U.S. o Patent 5,278,272 by Lai et al. Lai et al. teach that such polymers are preferably prepared by a continuous, solution phase polymerization process using the constrained geometry catalyst discovered by Stevens et al. U.S. Patent 5,055,438.
- the substantially linear ethylene/ ⁇ -olefin interpolymers contain ethylene interpolymerized with at least one C 3 -C 2 o ⁇ -olefin, such as 1- propylene, 1-butene, 1-isobutylene, 1 -hexene, 4-methyl-1-pentene, 1-heptene and 1-octene, as 5 well as other monomer types such as styrene, halo- or alkyl-substituted styrenes, tetrafluoro- ethylene, vinyl benzocyclobutane, 1 ,4-hexadiene, 1 ,7-octadiene, and cycloalkenes, for example, cyclopentene, cyclohexene and cyclooctene.
- C 3 -C 2 o ⁇ -olefin such as 1- propylene, 1-butene, 1-isobutylene, 1 -hexene, 4-methyl-1-
- the substantially linear ethylene/ ⁇ -olefin interpolymer can be a terpolymer where at least two ⁇ -olefin monomers are polymerized with ethylene, preferably the interpolymer is a copolymer with one ⁇ -olefin 0 monomer copoiymerized with ethylene and most preferably the substantially linear ethylene/ ⁇ -olefin interpolymer is a copolymer of ethylene and 1-octene.
- the substantially linear ethylene/ ⁇ -olefin interpolymers used in the present invention are not in the same class as homogeneous linear ethylene/ ⁇ -olefin copolymers, nor heterogeneous linear ethylene/ ⁇ -olefin polymers, nor are they in the same class as traditional 5 highly branched low density polyethylene.
- the substantially linear ethylene/ ⁇ -olefin polymers useful in this invention are indeed a unique class of polymers which have excellent processability, even though they have relatively narrow molecular weight distributions (typically, about 2).
- the melt flow ratio O 1 0/I2) of the substantially linear ethylene/ ⁇ -olefin interpolymers can be varied 0 essentially independently of the polydispersity index (that is, the molecular weight distribution, M w /M n ).
- the Theological behavior of substantially linear ethylene polymers constitutes a dramatic contradistinction over to a homogeneous linear ethylene/ ⁇ - olefin polymer and to conventional heterogeneous linear polyethylene in that both heterogeneous linear and homogeneous linear ethylene polymers have rheological properties 5 such that the ho/'2 value only increases as the polydispersity index increases.
- Substantially linear ethylene/ ⁇ -olefin polymers are homogeneous polymers having long chain branching.
- the long chain branches have the same comonomer distribution as the polymer backbone and can be as long as about the same length as the length of the polymer backbone.
- the polymer backbone is substituted with 0.01 long chain branches/1000 carbons to 3 long chain branches/1000 carbons, more preferably from 0.01 long chain branches/1000 carbons to 1 long chain branches/1000 carbons, and especially from 0.05 long chain branches/1000 carbons to 1 long chain branches/1000 carbons.
- Long chain branching is defined herein as a chain length of at least 6 carbons, above which the length cannot be distinguished using 1 C nuclear magnetic resonance spectroscopy.
- the long chain branch can be as long as about the same length as the length of the polymer backbone to which it is attached.
- deGroot and Chum found that the presence of octene does not change the hydrodynamic volume of the polyethylene samples in sol ution and, as such, one can account for the molecular weight increase attributable to octene short chain branches by knowing the mole percent octene in the sample. By deconvoluting the contribution to molecular weight increase attributable to 1-octene short chain branches, deGroot and Chum showed that GPC-DV may be used to quantify the level of long chain branches in substantially linear ethylene/octene copolymers.
- the long chain branch is longer than the short chain branch that results from the incorporation of the ⁇ -olefin(s) into the polymer backbone.
- the empirical effect of the presence of long chain branching in the substantial linear ethylene/ ⁇ -olefin interpolymers used in the invention is manifested as enhanced rheological properties which are quantified and expressed herein in terms of gas extrusion rheometry (GER) results and/or melt flow, I10/I2, increases.
- GER gas extrusion rheometry
- rheological processing index is the apparent viscosity (in kpoise) of a polymer measured by a gas extrusion rheometer (GER).
- GER gas extrusion rheometer
- the PI is the apparent viscosity (in kpoise) of a material measured by GER at an apparent shear stress of 2.15 x 10 6 dyne/cm2.
- the substantially linear ethylene/ ⁇ -olefin interpolymers used herein preferably have a PI in the range of 0.01 kpoise to 50 kpoise, preferably 15 kpoise or less.
- the substantially linear ethylene/ ⁇ -olefin interpolymers used herein have a PI less than or equal to 70 percent of the PI of a comparative linear ethylene polymer (either a Ziegler polymerized polymer or a linear uniformly branched polymer as described by Elston in US Patent 3,645,992) at about the same l 2 and M w /M n .
- a comparative linear ethylene polymer either a Ziegler polymerized polymer or a linear uniformly branched polymer as described by Elston in US Patent 3,645,992
- OSMF surface melt fracture
- the critical shear rate at the onset of surface melt fracture for the substantially linear ethylene/ ⁇ -olefin interpolymers is at least 50 percent greater than the critical shear rate at the onset of surface melt fracture of a comparative linear ethylene polymer (either a Ziegler polymerized heterogeneously branched polymer or a homogeneously branched polymer as described by Elston in US Patent 3,645,992) having essentially the same l 2 and M w /M n .
- the critical shear stress at onset of surface melt fracture for the substantially linear ethylene/ ⁇ -olefin interpolymers is greater than 2.8x10 6 dynes/cm2.
- Gross melt fracture occurs at unsteady extrusion flow conditions and ranges in detail from regular (alternating rough and smooth, helical, etc.) to random distortions. For commercial acceptability, (for example, in molded parts), surface defects should be minimal, if not absent, for good quality and properties.
- the critical shear rate at the onset of surface melt fracture (OSMF) and the onset of gross melt fracture (OGMF) will be used herein based on the changes of surface roughness and configurations of the extrudate.
- the critical shear stress at onset of gross melt fracture is preferably greater than 4x10 6 dynes/cm2.
- DRI Dow Rheology Index
- DRI provides improved correlations to melt elasticity and high shear flowability relative to correlations of the same attempted with melt flow ratios.
- DRI is preferably at least 0.1, and especially at least 0.5, and most especially at least 0.8.
- DRI can be calculated from the equation:
- DRI (3652879 * ⁇ 0 ⁇ -00649/ ⁇ 0 .i)/ ⁇ o
- * c 0 is the characteristic relaxation time of the material
- ⁇ 0 is the zero shear viscosity of the material.
- Baseline determination of viscosity and shear rate data are obtained using a Rheometric Mechanical Spectrometer (RMS-800) under dynamic sweep mode from 0.1 to 100 radians/second at 190°C and a Gas Extrusion Rheometer (GER) at extrusion pressures from 1 ,000 psi to 5,000 psi (6.89 to 34.5 MPa), which corresponds to shear stress from 0.086 to 0.43 MPa, using a 3.81 centimeter diameter die and 20: 1 L D rheometer at 190°C.
- Specific material determinations can be performed from 140 to 190°C as required to accommodate melt index variations.
- Substantially linear ethylene/ ⁇ -olefin interpolymers are considered to be "homogeneous" in composition distribution since substantially all of the polymer molecules have the same ethylene-to-comonomer ratio. Moreover, the substantially linear ethylene polymers have a narrow short chain (homogeneous) branching distribution, as defined by US o Patent 3,645992.
- the distribution of comonomer branches for the substantially linear ethylene/ ⁇ -olefin interpolymers is characterized by its SCBDI (Short Chain Branch Distribution Index) or CDBI (Composition Distribution Branch Index) and is defined as the weight percent of the polymer molecules having a comonomer content within 50 percent of the median total molar comonomer content.
- the CDBI of a polymer is readily calculated from data obtained 5 from techniques known in the art, such as, for example, temperature rising elution fractionation (abbreviated herein as "TREF").
- the SCBDI or CDBI for the substantially linear ethylene/ ⁇ -olefin interpolymers used in the present invention is preferably greater than 30 percent, especially greater than 50 percent.
- the substantially linear ethylene/ ⁇ -olefin polymers used in this invention 0 essentially lack a measurable "high density" fraction, as measured by the TREF technique.
- the substantially linear ethylene/ ⁇ -olefin interpolymers do not contain a polymer fraction with a degree of branching less than or equal to 2 methyls/1000 carbons.
- the "high density polymer fraction" can also be described as a polymer fraction with a degree of branching less than 2 methyls/1000 carbons.
- the molecular weight and molecular weight distribution, M w /M n ratio, of substantially linear ethylene/ ⁇ -olefin interpolymers can be analyzed by gel permeation chromatography (GPC) on a Waters 150 high temperature chromatographic unit equipped with differential refractometer and three columns of mixed porosity. The columns are supplied by Polymer Laboratories and are commonly packed with pore sizes of 10 3 , 10 4 , 105 and 10 6 A. 0
- the solvent is 1 ,2,4-trichlorobenzene, from which 0.3 percent by weight solutions of the samples are prepared for injection.
- the flow rate is LO milliliters/minute, unit operating temperature is 140°C and the injection size is 100 microliters.
- the molecular weight determination with respect to the polymer back-bone is deduced by using narrow molecular weight distribution polystyrene standards (from Polymer 5 Laboratories) in conjunction with their elution volumes.
- M w ⁇ Wj* Mj, where Wj and Mj are the weight fraction and molecular weight, respectively, of the i th fraction eluting from the GPC column.
- the M w /M n is preferably less than 3, especially from 1.5 to 2.5.
- the novel molded material comprises from 1 to 40 weight percent, based on the combined weight of components (A) and (B), of the substantially linear ethylene/ ⁇ -olefin interpolymer, generally from 5 to 40 weight percent, preferably from 7.5 to 40 weight percent, more preferably from 10 to 35 weight percent, and most preferably from 15 to 30 weight percent.
- the substantially linear ethylene/ ⁇ -olefi ⁇ interpolymer used to prepare the molded material of the present invention has an l 2 melt index in the range of 0.3 g/10 minutes to 3 g/10, preferably, 0.3 g/10 minutes to 2.5 g/10 minutes and, more preferably, 0.4 g/10 minutes to 2 g/10 minutes.
- the substantially linear ethylene/ ⁇ -olefin interpolymer has a density in the range of 0.85 g/cc to 0.92 g/cc, preferably, in the range of 0.85 g/cc to 0.916 g/cc, more preferably, in the range of 0.86 g/cc to 0.91 g/cc, and most preferably in the range of 0.86 g/cc to 0.89 g/cc.
- the I 1 0 I2 ra tio of the substantially linear ethylene/ ⁇ -olefin interpolymers is in the range from 5.63 to 30, preferably less than 20, especially less than 15, and most especially less than 10.
- Component (B) can be a blend of substantially linear ethylene/ ⁇ -olefin interpolymers.
- Component (B) may be blended with at least one heterogeneous or homogeneous linear ethylene polymer (C) which is selected from ULDPE or LLDPE, preferably with a heterogeneous ULDPE.
- the total weight of components (B) and (C) preferably is up to about 40 weight percent, more preferably up to about 35 weight percent, most preferably up to about 30 weight percent, based on the combined weight of components (A), (B) and (C).
- Heterogeneously branched ULDPE and LLDPE are well known and commercially available materials. They are typically prepared using Ziegler-Natta catalysts in solution or gas phase polymerization processes Anderson et al., U.S. Patent 4,076,698, is illustrative. These traditional Ziegler-type linear polyethylenes are not homogeneously branched and they do not have any long-chain branching. Heterogeneously branched ULDPE and LLDPE typically having molecular weight distributions, M w /M n , in the range of from 3.5 to 4.1.
- Homogeneously branched ULDPE and LLDPE are also well known. Elston disclosure in U.S. Patent 3,645,992 is illustrative. Homogeneously branched ULDPE and LLDPE can be prepared in conventional polymerization processes using Ziegler-type catalysts such as, for example, zirconium and vanadium catalyst systems as well as using metallocene catalyst systems such as, for example, those based on hafnium. Ewen et al. disclosure in U.S. Patent 4,93 ' ⁇ . .99 and Tsutsui et al. disclosure in U.S. Patent 5,218,071 are illustrative. The disclosures of Elston Ewen et al.
- This second class of linear polyethylenes are homogeneously branched polymers, and like traditional Ziegler-type heterogeneous linear polyethylenes, they do not have any long-chain branching.
- Homogeneously branched ULDPE and LLDPE typical having molecular weight distributions, M w /M n , of about 2.
- Commercial examples of homogeneously branched linear polyethylenes include those sold by Mitsui Petrochemical Industries under the designation "TAFMER” and by Exxon Chemical Company under the designation " EXACT”.
- the molded polyethylene material of the present invention can be produced by known processes, for example by casting processes, compression molding or, preferably, by extrusion.
- a polyethylene composition is introduced into a screw extruder wherein it is melted and forwarded through the extruder under pressure.
- the molten polymer composition is forced through a flat or annular die to form a molten sheet or tube.
- the extruder temperature is preferably in the range from 160°C to 250°C, more preferably from 170°C to 210 C C. It is known how to produce the material of the desired thickness.
- Both monolayer and multilayer molded polyethylene materials can be prepared by extrusion and the materials of the present invention can be monolayer or multilayer structures.
- Multilayer molded polyethylene materials can be prepared by any known technique in the art, including, for example, coextrusion, lamination or combinations of both.
- the preferred medium modulus, molded polyethylene material of the present invention is a monolayer structure.
- Components (A) and (B), and optional Component (C), used to prepare the molded material of this invention can be individually blended (that is, where a component itself is a polymer blend of two or more subcomponent polymers) or admixed together by any suitable means known in the art. Suitable means are thought to include tumble dry-blending the components together prior to charging the extruder, weight-feeding the components directly into the extruder, melt-blending the components via compound or side-arm extrusion priorto introduction into the extruder, multiple reactor polymerization of the components with reactors in series or in parallel and optionally with different catalyst and/or monomer types in each reactor, or the like as well as combinations thereof.
- Additives such as antioxidants (for example, hindered phenolics, such as Irganox ® 1010 or Irganox ® 1076 supplied by Ciba Geigy), phosphites (for example, Irgafos ® 168 also supplied by Ciba Geigy), cling additives (for example, PIB), stearates, Standostab PEPQ ®
- antioxidants for example, hindered phenolics, such as Irganox ® 1010 or Irganox ® 1076 supplied by Ciba Geigy
- phosphites for example, Irgafos ® 168 also supplied by Ciba Geigy
- cling additives for example, PIB
- the molded material of the present invention can also contain additives to enhance antiblocking and coefficient of friction characteristics including, but not limited to, untreated and treated silicon dioxide, talc, calcium carbonate, and clay, as well as primary, secondary and substituted fatty acid amides, release agents, silicone coatings, etc. Still other additives, such as quaternary ammonium compounds alone or in combination with ethylene-acrylic acid (EAA) copolymers or other functional polymers, can also be added to enhance the antistatic characteristics of the polyethylene material of this invention.
- EAA ethylene-acrylic acid
- recycled and scrap materials as well as diluent polymers can be incorporated or admixed into the polyethylene compositions used to make the novel molded polyethylene material at higher loadings than is typically possible with prior art polyethylene compositions and still provide or maintain the desired performance properties.
- Suitable diluent materials include, for example, elastomers, rubbers and anhydride modified polyethylenes (for example, polybutylene and maleic anhydride grafted LLDPE and HDPE) as well as with high pressure polyethylenes such as, for example, low density polyethylene (LDPE), ethylene/acrylic acid (EAA) interpolymers, ethylene/vinyl acetate (EVA) interpolymers and ethylene/methacrylate (EMA) interpolymers, and combinations thereof.
- LDPE low density polyethylene
- EAA ethylene/acrylic acid
- EVA ethylene/vinyl acetate
- EMA ethylene/methacrylate
- Polymers and polymer blends of the compositions listed in Table I below were extruded on a Leistritz ZSE65 counter-rotating twin screw extruder after dry blending and adding 1000 ppm of each of IrganoxTM 1010, IrgafosTM 168, zinc stearate and calcium stearate.
- the temperature settings of the different zones were 180/190/200/200/200/210/210°C.
- the melt temperature was approximately 212°C at a screw speed of 40 RPM (revolutions per minute) and an output rate of approximately 25.4 kg/hr.
- the specific energy was 0.254 kWh/kg.
- the extruded pellets were compression molded on a Fontijne hot press for 5 minutes at 3 ton ram force and for 6 minutes at 28 ton ram force at a temperature of 190°C for tensile and Izod impact measurements.
- the procedure for preparing the samples for the PENT and G c measurements was as follows: 520 g of material was placed into a 12 mm thick steel mould which was isolated at the sides by a polytetrafluoroethylene-coated frame, the sample was heated for 3 minutes at 160°C without pressure, followed by 3 minutes at 10.6 ton ram force, 1 minute without pressure, 1 minute at 10.6 ton ram force and 1 minute without pressure.
- the temperature was increased to 180°Cand a ram force of 10.6 ton was applied for 1 1 minutes. Two one minute cycles of pressure release and pressurizing at 10.6 ton ram force were applied. After 1 minute of pressure release, the sample was pressurized again at 2.6 ton ram force and allowed to cool slowly overnight. From this sheet the test specimens were machined with the required dimensions. Forthe Izod Impact measurements bars of 63.5 mm x 12.7 mm x 4 mm are used; the G c measurements are conducted on bars of 125 mm x 10 mm x 10 mm; and the PE T test was made with bars of 50 mm x 25 mm x 10 mm.
- the polymers used in the various formulations are:
- HDPE 2 (Component A) is a high molecular weight HDPE resin having an l 5 of 0.75 g/10 min. and a density of 0.952 g/cm3 (Comonomer: 1 -butene).
- SLEP 1 is a substantially linear ethylene-octene copolymer having a melt index l 2 of 0.82 g/10 min., a density of 0.87 g/cm 3 , a melt flow ratio h 0 /l 2 of 7.9, M w /M n of
- SLEP 2 is a substantially linear ethylene-octene copolymer having an l 2 of 1.0 g/10 min., a density of 0.902 g/cm3, a melt flow ratio l 10 /l 2 of 9.52, M w /M n of 2.19, a Critical Shear Rate of 1386 s 1 and a Critical Shear Stress of 4.3 * 106 dyne/cm2.
- VLDPE is an ethylene-octene copolymer having an l 2 of 1 g/10 min., a density of 0.907 g/cm3, a melt flow ratio I 1 0 I2 of 9.4 and M w /M n of 3.5.
- LLDPE is an ethylene-octene copolymer, having an l 2 of 0.94 g/10 min., a density of 0.92 g/cm3, a melt flow ratio ho/l 2 of 8.6 and M w /M n of 3.3.
- Mitsui TafmerTM P-0480 ULDPE is an ethylene-propylene copolymer having an l 2
- Elastomer Union Carbide FlexomerTM GERS-1085 is used which is an ethylene- butene copolymer with a narrow molecular weight distribution. The elastomer has a density of 0.884 g/cm3 and a Mooney viscosity ML (1 + 4) 125°C of 30.
- PolysarTM Butyl 100 is a Butyl rubber having a density of 0.92 g/cm3 and a Mooney viscosity ML 8 (125°C) of 45.
- PolysarTM Butyl 301 is a Butyl rubber having a density of 0.92 g/crr)3 and a Mooney viscosity ML8 (125°C) of 51.
- EPM rubber having a density (specific gravity) of 0.86 g/cm 3 and a Mooney viscosity ML(1 + 4) 125°C of 25; it is commercially available from Exxon under the trademark Vistalon 504. 12. EDPM rubber having a density of 0.86 q/cm3 and a Mooney viscosity ML(1 + 4)
- Polymers 1 - 6 are supplied by The Dow Chemical Company.
- Density meas. measured density
- Density calc. calculated density
- Table I lists both measured and calculated sheet density and measured melt indexes and melt flow ratios.
- Table I illustrates the effect of modifying high molecular weight (HMW) HDPE with SLEP 1 at a level of 10 percent SLEP 1 (Example 3).
- the Izod impact value and the critical strain energy release rate G c are about three times as high as the values of HDPE alone
- Examples 3 and 5 Differences between the Examples 3 and 5, especially in the PENT result, can be attributed to the higher M w of the high density component A in the former blend.
- the comparison between Examples 1 and 2 illustrate that, within the preferred density range of 0.86 g/cc to 0.91 g/cc for the substantially linear ethylene / ⁇ -olefin, (SLEP), those SLEP's are preferred which have a density of from 0.86 g/cc to 0.89 g/cc.
- the compression molded bars of Example 3 have an Izod Impact value which is at least 15 percent higher than the Izod Impact value of all Comparative Examples. With the exception of Comparative Example D (which has a low yield strength), the Izod impact of all Comparative Examples is even at least 30 percent lower than the Izod Impact value of Example 3. Furthermore, the molded bars of Example 3 show excellent results in the G c test (critical strain energy release rate).
- Examples 1 and 2 have a higher stiffness (yield strength) and a higher G c value than Comparative Examples B and C, whereas their Izod impact is higher than the Izod impact of Comparative Example B and similar to the Izod impact of comparative example C.
- Examples 1 and 2 are not comparable with Comparative Examples D, E, F, G, I and J because the yield strength of Comparative Examples D, E, F, G, I and J is considerably lower than the yield strength of Examples 1 and 2.
- Examples 1 and 2 do not show a better Izod Impact value than comparative example H but a considerably better G c value and PENT value.
- Example 3 having a similar yield strength as Comparative Examples E, F, G, I and J, show higher Izod impact, G c and PENT values than these Comparative Examples.
- Examples 6 and 7 To produce the pipes of Examples 6 and 7 respectively, the resin blends of
- Examples 1 and 3 respectively were used which, however, additionally contained 2.25 percent of carbon black.
- a pipe having a diameter of 125 mm and a wall thickness of 1 1.4 mm (Standard Dimension Ratio of 1 1) was produced on a Weber 90 (90 mm extruder) equipped with a Gneuss rotating melt filter and fitted with the appropriate standard mandrel and pipe die.
- the melt temperature ranges from 190°Cto 210°C at 126 rpm of the extruder.
- the extruder output was 430 kg/hr at a die pressure of 165 to 170 bar, this corresponds to a pipe production output of 1.753 m/min.
- the extruded pipe was vacuum calibrated and water ; cooled.
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