Crystallization of polypropylene using a semi-crystalline, branched or coupled nucleating agent
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公开号:US20030195300A1
公开(公告)日:2003-10-16
A method of nucleating a propylene homo- or copolymer, the method comprising contacting the propylene polymer with a semi-crystalline branched or coupled polymeric nucleating agent under nucleation conditions. In one embodiment, the propylene homopolymer is characterized as having
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C NMR peaks corresponding to a regio-error at about 14.6 and about 15.7 ppm, the peaks of about equal intensity. In another embodiment, the copolymer is characterized as comprising at least about 60 weight percent (wt %) of units derived from propylene, and as having at least one of the following properties: (i)
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C NMR peaks corresponding to a regio-error at about 14.6 and about 15.7 ppm, the peaks of about equal intensity, (ii) a B-value greater than about 1.4 when the comonomer content, i.e., the units derived from ethylene and/or the unsaturated comonomer(s), of the copolymer is at least about 3 wt %, (iii) a skewness index, S
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, greater than about −1.20, (iv) a DSC curve with a T
me
that remains essentially the same and a T
max
that decreases as the amount of comonomer, i.e., the units derived from ethylene and/or the unsaturated comonomer(s), in the copolymer is increased, and (v) an X-ray diffraction pattern that reports more gamma-form crystals than a comparable copolymer prepared with a Ziegler-Natta (Z-N) catalyst.
一种成核丙烯同聚物或共聚物的方法,该方法包括在成核条件下将丙烯聚合物与半结晶支化或偶联的聚合物成核剂接触。在一种实施方式中,丙烯同聚物的特征是具有13C NMR峰,对应于在约14.6和约15.7 ppm处的区位误差,峰强度大致相等。在另一种实施方式中,共聚物的特征是包含至少约60重量%(wt%)的来自丙烯的单元,并具有以下至少一种特性:(i)13C NMR峰对应于在约14.6和约15.7 ppm处的区位误差,峰强度大致相等,(ii)B值大于约1.4,当共聚物的共单体含量,即来自乙烯和/或不饱和共单体的单元,至少为约3 wt%时,(iii)偏斜度指数Six大约为-1.20,(iv)DSC曲线的Tmethat保持基本不变,而Tmax随着共聚物中共单体,即来自乙烯和/或不饱和共单体的单元的数量的增加而降低,(v)X射线衍射图案报告比使用Ziegler-Natta(Z-N)催化剂制备的相似共聚物更多的γ形晶体。