Propylene/Alpha-olefins block interpolymers

• Main Authors: HUSTAD, PHILLIP D, KUHLMAN, ROGER L, TAHA, ANGELA N, QIU, XIAOHUA, LI PI SHAN, COLIN, HAZLITT, LONNIE G, POON, BENJAMIN C, CARNAHAN, EDMUND M, CHEUNG, YUNWA WILSON
• Format: Patent
• Language: English
• Published: 27.01.2010
• Subjects: CHEMISTRY; COMPOSITIONS BASED THEREON; MACROMOLECULAR COMPOUNDS OBTAINED BY REACTIONS ONLY INVOLVINGCARBON-TO-CARBON UNSATURATED BONDS; METALLURGY; ORGANIC MACROMOLECULAR COMPOUNDS; THEIR PREPARATION OR CHEMICAL WORKING-UP

Embodiments of the invention provide a class of propylene/a-olefin block interpolymers. The propylene/a-olefin interpolymers are characterized by an average block index, ABI, which is greater than zero and up to about 1.0 and a molecular weight distribution, Mw/Mn, greater than about 1.3. Preferably...