IP Library Granted Patent US 12,415,914
Granted Patent B2
US 12,415,914 · App. 17/619,426 · Granted Sep 16, 2025

Polypropylene-based resin composition containing ultrahigh molecular weight propylene (co)polymer

Inventors: Yutaka Yokoyama (Tokyo, JP); Hiroshi Kajioka (Kanagawa, JP); Akihiro Kamimura (Kanagawa, JP); Shuji Akinaga (Kanagawa, JP)
Assignees: SUNALLOMER LTD.; RESONAC CORPORATION
C08L23/16C08F4/654C08F4/6576C08F10/06C08L23/12C08L2203/14C08L2205/025C08L2205/03
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Patent No.
US 12,415,914
App. No.
17/619,426
Granted
Sep 16, 2025
Kind
B2
Abstract

A polypropylene-based resin composition contains: a component (A1) being a propylene homopolymer or a copolymer of propylene and a 30 wt % or less α-olefin having 2 or 4 to 8 carbon atoms, having a intrinsic viscosity of more than 20 dl/g, as measured in a tetralin solvent at 135° C.; and a component (A2) being a polymer selected from the group consisting of (A2-1) a propylene homopolymer, (A2-2) a random copolymer of propylene and an α-olefin having 2 or 4 to 8 carbon atoms, (A2-3) a block copolymer of propylene and an α-olefin having 2 or 4 to 8 carbon atoms, and a combination of the (A2-1), (A2-2), and (A2-3). The resin composition has a content of the component (A1) of 0.1 to 10 wt % and a content of the component (A2) of 99.9 to 90 wt % based on the total amount of the component (A1) and the component (A2). The component (A2) has a melt flow rate (MFR) (230° C., load: 2.16 kg) of 1 to 500 g/10 min.

Claims (30)

1. A polypropylene-based resin composition containing: a component (A1) being a propylene-ethylene a copolymer wherein the component (A1) has an intrinsic viscosity of 23 dl/g or more, as measured in a tetralin solvent at 135° C., and a content of the ethylene of 3 to 30 wt %,

a component (A2) being a polymer selected from a group consisting of

(A2-1) a propylene homopolymer,

(A2-2) a random copolymer of propylene and an α-olefin having 2 or 4 to 8 carbon atoms,

(A2-3) a block copolymer of propylene and an α-olefin having 2 or 4 to 8 carbon atoms, and

a combination of the (A2-1), (A2-2), and (A2-3),

and having a content of the component (A1) of 0.1 to 10 wt % and a content of the component (A2) of 99.9 to 90 wt % based on a total amount of the component (A1) and the component (A2), and

the component (A2) having a melt flow rate (MFR) (230° C., load: 2.16 kg) of 1 to 500 g/10 min.

2. The resin composition according to claim 1 , wherein the component (A1) has a melting point determined using a differential scanning calorimeter (DSC) at a heating rate of 10° C./min, and the melting point, Tm (° C.), of the propylene-ethylene copolymer and the content of the ethylene in the propylene-ethylene copolymer, C2 (wt %), satisfy formula (1) below:

Tm≥− 3.4× C 2+162  (1).

3. A method for producing the resin composition according to claim 1 , comprising the polymerization of a corresponding monomer using a catalyst to prepare the component (A1),

wherein the catalyst contains

(a) a solid catalyst containing magnesium, titanium, halogen, and an electron donor compound as essential components;

(b) an organoaluminum compound; and

(c) an external electron donor compound as necessary.

4. The resin composition according to claim 1 , the resin composition being obtained by a production method including polymerizing one or more monomers corresponding to the components (A1) and (A2) in two or more polymerization stages carried out sequentially or continuously.

5. The resin composition according to claim 4 , wherein a process of polymerizing a monomer corresponding to the component (A1) includes a pre-polymerization process.

6. The resin composition according to claim 1 , the resin composition having an MFR (230° C., load: 2.16 kg) of 1 to 20 g/10 min.

7. The resin composition according to claim 1 , the resin composition having a melt tension (200° C., diameter: 2.095 mm) of 2.5 to 30 g-weight.

8. A foam formed from the resin composition according to claim 1 .

9. A polypropylene-based resin composition containing: a component (A1) being a propylene-ethylene copolymer having up to 30 wt % ethylene, having an intrinsic viscosity of more than 20 dl/g, as measured in a tetralin solvent at 135° C., and having a melting point determined using a differential scanning calorimeter (DSC) at a heating rate of 10° C./min, and the melting point, Tm (° C.), of the propylene-ethylene copolymer and the content of the ethylene in the propylene-ethylene copolymer, C2 (wt %), satisfy formula (1) below:

Tm≥− 3.4× C 2+162  (1);

and

a component (A2) being a polymer selected from a group consisting of

(A2-1) a propylene homopolymer,

(A2-2) a random copolymer of propylene and an α-olefin having 2 or 4 to 8 carbon atoms,

(A2-3) a block copolymer of propylene and an α-olefin having 2 or 4 to 8 carbon atoms, and

a combination of the (A2-1), (A2-2), and (A2-3),

and having a content of the component (A1) of 0.1 to 10 wt % and a content of the component (A2) of 99.9 to 90 wt % based on a total amount of the component (A1) and the component (A2), and

the component (A2) having a melt flow rate (MFR) (230° C., load: 2.16 kg) of 1 to 500 g/10 min.

Assignments (3)
CHANGE OF ADDRESS Recorded Feb 9, 2024
From: RESONAC CORPORATION
To: RESONAC CORPORATION
Reel/Frame 066547/0677 →
CHANGE OF NAME Recorded Mar 14, 2023
From: SHOWA DENKO K.K
To: RESONAC CORPORATION
Reel/Frame 063088/0927 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Dec 15, 2021
From: YOKOYAMA, YUTAKA; KAJIOKA, HIROSHI; KAMIMURA, AKIHIRO; AKINAGA, SHUJI
To: SUNALLOMER LTD.; SHOWA DENKO K.K.
Reel/Frame 058398/0787 →
Priority Claims (1)
JP 2019-111963 · Jun 17, 2019 · national
Continuity (1)
Related Publication 20220177686A1 · Jun 9, 2022
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