IP Library Granted Patent US 8,552,116
Granted Patent B2
US 8,552,116 · App. 13/501,193 · Granted Oct 8, 2013

Polypropylene resin, polypropylene resin composition, and foam-injection-molded article

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Patent No.
US 8,552,116
App. No.
13/501,193
Granted
Oct 8, 2013
Kind
B2
Abstract

A polypropylene resin and a polypropylene resin composition are provided, which have excellent fluidity and foaming properties, and particularly in use for foam injection molding, allow molding with a narrow initial cavity clearance even if a large mold is used, and therefore can provide a thin, large-area foam-injection-molded article having good appearance. The invention relates to a polypropylene resin obtained by melt mixing a linear polypropylene resin, a radical polymerization initiator and a conjugated diene compound, wherein the polypropylene resin has a melt flow rate of more than 30 g/10 min and not more than 250 g/10 min as measured at 230° C. under a load of 2.16 kg; a melt tension at 200° C. of not less than 0.3 cN; and a loss tangent (tan δ) of not more than 6.0, the loss tangent being a ratio of loss modulus to storage modulus at an angular frequency of 1 rad/s in dynamic viscoelasticity measurement at 200° C., and also relates to a polypropylene resin composition for foam injection molding, containing the polypropylene resin.

Claims (40)

1. A polypropylene resin, obtained by melt mixing a linear polypropylene resin, a radical polymerization initiator and a conjugated diene compound,

wherein said polypropylene resin has a melt flow rate of more than 50 g/10 min and not more than 250 g/10 min as measured at 230° C. under a load of 2.16 kg; a melt tension at 200° C. of not less than 0.3 cN; and a loss tangent, tan δ, of not more than 6.0, the loss tangent being a ratio of loss modulus to storage modulus at an angular frequency of 1 rad/s in dynamic viscoelasticity measurement at 200° C.

2. The polypropylene resin according to claim 1 ,

wherein the amount of the radical polymerization initiator added is not less than the amount of the conjugated diene compound added.

3. The polypropylene resin according to claim 2 ,

wherein the amount of the radical polymerization initiator added is not less than 1.5 times the amount of the conjugated diene compound added.

4. A polypropylene resin composition for foam injection molding, comprising:

3 to 50% by weight of a polypropylene resin; and

50 to 97% by weight of a first linear polypropylene resin having a melt flow rate at 230° C. of not less than 10 g/10 min and not more than 150 g/10 min and a melt tension of less than 2 cN,

wherein said polypropylene resin is obtained by melt mixing a second linear polypropylene resin, a radical polymerization initiator and a conjugated diene compound, and

wherein said polypropylene resin has a melt flow rate of more than 30 g/10 min and not more than 250 g/10 min as measured at 230° C. under a load of 2.16 kg; a melt tension at 200° C. of not less than 0.3 cN; and a loss tangent, tan δ, of not more than 6.0, the loss tangent being a ratio of loss modulus to storage modulus at an angular frequency of 1 rad/s in dynamic viscoelasticity measurement at 200° C.

5. The polypropylene resin composition for foam injection molding according to claim 4 ,

wherein the first linear polypropylene resin has a Charpy impact strength at 23° C. of not less than 5 kJ/m 2 .

6. An foam-injection-molded article, comprising:

a composition comprising a polypropylene resin or a polypropylene resin composition for foam injection molding, and

a foaming agent,

wherein said polypropylene resin composition for foam injection molding comprises

3 to 50% by weight of the polypropylene resin; and

50 to 97% by weight of a first linear polypropylene resin having a melt flow rate at 230° C. of not less than 10 g/10 min and not more than 150 g/10 min and a melt tension of less than 2 cN,

wherein said polypropylene resin is obtained by melt mixing a second linear polypropylene resin, a radical polymerization initiator and a conjugated diene compound, and

wherein said polypropylene resin has a melt flow rate of more than 30 g/10 min and not more than 250 g/10 min as measured at 230° C. under a load of 2.16 kg; a melt tension at 200° C. of not less than 0.3 cN; and a loss tangent, tan δ, of not more than 6.0, the loss tangent being a ratio of loss modulus to storage modulus at an angular frequency of 1 rad/s in dynamic viscoelasticity measurement at 200° C., and

wherein said foam-injection molded article is produced by foam injection molding said composition.

7. The polypropylene resin according to claim 4 ,

wherein the melt flow rate is more than 50 g/10 min and not more than 250 g/10 min.

8. The polypropylene resin according to claim 4 ,

wherein the amount of the radical polymerization initiator added is not less than the amount of the conjugated diene compound added.

9. The polypropylene resin according to claim 8 ,

wherein the amount of the radical polymerization initiator added is not less than 1.5 times the amount of the conjugated diene compound added.

10. The polypropylene resin according to claim 5 ,

wherein the melt flow rate is more than 50 g/10 min and not more than 250 g/10 min.

11. The polypropylene resin according to claim 5 ,

wherein the amount of the radical polymerization initiator added is not less than the amount of the conjugated diene compound added.

12. The polypropylene resin according to claim 11 ,

wherein the amount of the radical polymerization initiator added is not less than 1.5 times the amount of the conjugated diene compound added.

13. The polypropylene resin according to claim 6 ,

wherein the melt flow rate is more than 50 g/10 min and not more than 250 g/10 min.

14. The polypropylene resin according to claim 6 ,

wherein the amount of the radical polymerization initiator added is not less than the amount of the conjugated diene compound added.

15. The polypropylene resin according to claim 14 ,

wherein the amount of the radical polymerization initiator added is not less than 1.5 times the amount of the conjugated diene compound added.

Assignments (2)
CHANGE OF ADDRESS Recorded Sep 12, 2013
From: KANEKA CORPORATION
To: KANEKA CORPORATION
Reel/Frame 031207/0283 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Jun 26, 2012
From: OKURA, TETSUO; ABE, TERUMASA; NAKAYAMA, RYOJI
To: KANEKA CORPORATION
Reel/Frame 028443/0371 →