Ethylene/alpha-olefins block interpolymers
First Claim
1. An ethylene/α
- -olefin interpolymer comprising polymerized units of ethylene and α
-olefin, wherein the interpolymer is characterized by an average block index greater than zero and up to about 1.0 and a molecular weight distribution, Mw/Mn, greater than about 1.3.
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Abstract
Embodiments of the invention provide a class of ethylene/α-olefin block interpolymers. The ethylene/α-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, the block index is from about 0.2 to about 1. In addition or alternatively, the block ethylene/α-olefin interpolymer is characterized by having at least one fraction obtained by Temperature Rising Elution Fractionation (“TREF”), wherein the fraction has a block index greater than about 0.3 and up to about 1.0 and the ethylene/α-olefin interpolymer has a molecular weight distribution, Mw/Mn, greater than about 1.3.
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44 Claims
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1. An ethylene/α
- -olefin interpolymer comprising polymerized units of ethylene and α
-olefin, wherein the interpolymer is characterized by an average block index greater than zero and up to about 1.0 and a molecular weight distribution, Mw/Mn, greater than about 1.3. - View Dependent Claims (3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 27, 28, 29, 30, 31, 32, 33, 34, 35, 36)
- -olefin interpolymer comprising polymerized units of ethylene and α
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2. An ethylene/α
- -olefin interpolymer comprising polymerized units of ethylene and α
-olefin, wherein the average block index is greater than 0 but less than about 0.4 and a molecular weight distribution, Mw/Mn, greater than about 1.3. - View Dependent Claims (37, 38, 39, 40, 41, 42, 43, 44)
- -olefin interpolymer comprising polymerized units of ethylene and α
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19. An ethylene/α
- -olefin interpolymer comprising polymerized units of ethylene and α
-olefin, the interpolymer characterized by having at least one fraction obtained by Temperature Rising Elution Fractionation (“
TREF”
), wherein the fraction has a block index greater than about 0.3 and up to about 1.0 and the ethylene/α
-olefin interpolymer has a molecular weight distribution, Mw/Mn, greater than about 1.3. - View Dependent Claims (21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26)
- -olefin interpolymer comprising polymerized units of ethylene and α
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20. An ethylene/α
- -olefin interpolymer comprising polymerized units of ethylene and α
-olefin, the interpolymer characterized by having at least one fraction obtained by TREF, wherein the fraction has a block index greater than about 0 and up to about 0.4 and the ethylene/α
-olefin interpolymer has a molecular weight distribution, Mw/Mn, greater than about 1.3.
- -olefin interpolymer comprising polymerized units of ethylene and α
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