High melt strength polymers and method of making same
A polymer composition that has a backbone chain; and a plurality of long chain branches connected to the backbone is described. The polymer composition also has a value of 2 g′ LCB - 1 g′ LCB that is less than about 0.22, where 1 g′ LCB is the long chain branching index for a fraction of the composition having a M w of 100,000 and 2 g′ LCB is the long chain branching index for a fraction of the composition having a M w of 500,000.
1. An olefin homopolymer or interpolymer composition, comprising:
a) a backbone chain; and
b) a plurality of long chain branches connected to the backbone;
c) a fraction of the composition having a weight averaged molecular weight, Mw, of 100,000;
d) a fraction of the composition having a weight averaged molecular weight, Mw, of 500,000; and
e) a value of 2 g′ LCB - 1 g′ LCB of less than about 0.22, where 1 g′ LCB is the long chain branching index for the fraction of the composition having a M w of 100,000 and 2 g′ LCB is the long chain branching index for the fraction of the composition having a M w of 500,000.
2. The composition of claim 1 , wherein 2 g′ LCB - 1 g′ LCB is less than or equal to 0.20.
3. The composition of claim 1 , wherein 2 g′ LCB - 1 g′ LCB is less than or equal to 0.15.
4. The composition of claim 1 , wherein 2 g′ LCB - 1 g′ LCB is less than or equal to 0.12.
5. The composition of claim 1 , wherein the composition has a molecular weight distribution greater than 3.0.
6. The composition of claim 1 , wherein the composition has a molecular weight distribution from greater than 3.0 to about 12.0.
7. The composition of claim 1 comprising a high molecular weight (HMW) component and a low molecular weight (LMW) component.
8. The composition of claim 7 wherein the composition is multimodal.
9. The composition of claim 7 , wherein the composition is bimodal.
10. The composition according to any one of claims 1 , 7 , 8 , or 9 , wherein the HMW component has a Mw/Mn of about 1.5 to about 4.0.
11. The composition according to any one of claims 1 , 7 , 8 , or 9 , wherein the LMW component has a Mw/Mn of about 1.5 to about 4.0.
12. The composition according to any one of claims 1 , 7 , 8 , or 9 , wherein the HMW component has a Mw greater than about 300,000 g/mol.
13. The composition according to any one of claims 1 , 7 , 8 , or 9 , wherein the LMW component has a Mw less than about 200,000.
14. The composition of claim 1 , wherein the composition is characterized by a DOS of about 5 or higher.
15. The composition of claim 1 , wherein the composition is characterized by a DOS of about 5 to about 50,000.
16. The composition of claim 1 , wherein the composition is characterized by a DOS of about 20 or higher.
17. The composition of claim 1 , wherein the composition is characterized by a DOS of about 20 to about 50,000.
18. The composition of claim 1 , wherein the composition is characterized by a DOS of 50 or higher.
19. The composition of claim 1 , wherein the composition is characterized by a DOS of 100 or higher.
20. The composition of claim 1 , wherein the composition is characterized by a DOS of 1000 or higher.
21. The composition of claim 1 , wherein the composition is characterized by a DOS of 10000 or higher.
22. The composition according to any one of claims 1 , 7 , 8 , or 9 , wherein the HMW component has a molecular weight distribution of less than about 3.0 and the LMW component has a molecular weight distribution of less than about 3.0.
23. The composition according to any one of claims 1 , 7 , 8 , or 9 , wherein the HMW component and the LMW component have a substantially equal comonomer incorporation.
24. The composition according to any one of claims 1 , 7 , 8 , or 9 , wherein composition has a ratio of the molecular weight of the HMW component to the molecular weight of the LMW component, that is greater than about 10.
25. The composition according to any one of claims 1 , 7 , 8 , or 9 , wherein the HMW component comprises from greater than 0% to about 50% by weight of the total composition and the LMW component comprises from about 50% by weight to less than about 100% by weight of the total composition.
26. The composition according to any one of claims 1 , 7 , 8 , or 9 , wherein the HMW component comprises from greater than 1% to about 10% by weight of the total composition and the LMW component comprises from about 90% by weight to about 99% by weight of the total composition.
27. The composition according to any one of claims 1 , 7 , 8 , or 9 , wherein the HMW component comprises from greater than 2% to about 5% by weight of the total composition and the LMW component comprises from about 95% by weight to about 98% by weight of the total composition.
28. The composition of claim 1 wherein the composition has a melt strength (MS) that satisfies the following relationship:
MS
≥
x
I
2
+
y
where x is greater than or equal to about 12.5 and y is greater than or equal to about 3.
29. The composition of claim 1 wherein the composition has a melt strength (MS) that satisfies the following relationship:
MS
≥
x
I
2
+
y
where x is greater than or equal to about 12.5 and y is greater than or equal to about 4.5.
30. The composition of claim 1 wherein the composition has a melt strength (MS) that satisfies the following relationship:
MS
≥
x
I
2
+
y
where x is greater than or equal to about 15.0 and y is greater than or equal to about 4.5.
31. The composition of claim 1 wherein the composition has a melt strength (MS) that satisfies the following relationship:
MS
≥
x
I
2
+
y
where x is greater than or equal to about 20 and y is greater than or equal to about 7.5.