Polypropylene resin composition and molded product thereof

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-10822483-B2
Application number	US-201715839112-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Dec 12, 2017
Priority date	Mar 10, 2017
Publication date	Nov 3, 2020
Grant date	Nov 3, 2020

Abstract

A polypropylene resin composition includes: a base resin including a propylene homopolymer having a melt index of 20 g/10 min to 35 g/10 min measured at a temperature of 230° C. and under a load of 2.16 kg and an ethylene-propylene copolymer having a melt index of 90 g/10 min to 100 g/10 min measured at a temperature of 230° C. and under a load of 2.16 kg; a thermoplastic elastomer having a melt index of 10 g/10 min to 40 g/10 min measured at a temperature of 230° C. and under a load of 2.16 kg; an inorganic filler; and a sodium phosphate-based nucleating agent.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A polypropylene resin composition comprising:
a base resin comprising a propylene homopolymer having a melt index of 20 g/10 min to 35 g/10 min measured at a temperature of 230° C. and under a load of 2.16 kg and an ethylene-propylene copolymer having a melt index of 90 g/10 min to 100 g/10 min measured at a temperature of 230° C. and under a load of 2.16 kg;
a thermoplastic elastomer having a melt index of 10 g/10 min to 40 g/10 min measured at a temperature of 230° C. and under a load of 2.16 kg;
an inorganic filler; and
a sodium phosphate-based nucleating agent,
wherein the propylene homopolymer has an intrinsic viscosity (ii) of about 0.7 dl/g to about 2.5 dl/g measured in decalin at 135° C. in a xylene extract,
wherein the ethylene-propylene copolymer has an intrinsic viscosity (ii) of about 3.0 dl/g to about 6.0 dl/g measured in decalin at 135° C. in a xylene extract, and
wherein the thermoplastic elastomer comprises one selected from the group consisting of a copolymer of ethylene and an α-olefin having 4 to 12 carbon atoms.

2. The polypropylene resin composition of claim 1 , wherein the base resin comprises the propylene homopolymer to the ethylene-propylene copolymer at a weight ratio of 1:9 to 3:7.

3. The polypropylene resin composition of claim 1 , wherein the polypropylene resin composition comprises the base resin in an amount of 50 wt % to 75 wt %.

4. The polypropylene resin composition of claim 1 , wherein the propylene homopolymer has a pentad fraction (% mmmm) of 96% or more measured by 13C-NMR.

5. The polypropylene resin composition of claim 1 , wherein the ethylene-propylene copolymer comprises ethylene in an amount of 3 wt % to 17 wt %.

6. The polypropylene resin composition of claim 1 , wherein the thermoplastic elastomer is comprised in an amount of 13 parts by weight to 50 parts by weight based on 100 parts by weight of the base resin.

7. The polypropylene resin composition of claim 1 , wherein the inorganic filler comprises a talc having an average particle diameter of more than 10 μm and 40 μm or less.

8. The polypropylene resin composition of claim 1 , wherein the inorganic filler is comprised in an amount of 20 parts by weight to 50 parts by weight based on 100 parts by weight of the base resin.

9. The polypropylene resin composition of claim 1 , wherein the sodium phosphate nucleating agent comprises a compound represented by the following Chemical Formula 1:

in Chemical Formula 1, R 1 and R 2 are each independently hydrogen, a substituted or unsubstituted C1 to C10 alkyl group, the following Chemical Formula 2, or the following Chemical Formula 3 formed by linking R 1 and R 2 to each other,

in Chemical Formulae 2 and 3, R is each independently a substituted or unsubstituted C1 to C10 alkyl group,
m is an integer from 0 to 3, and n is an integer from 0 to 3.

10. The polypropylene resin composition of claim 1 , wherein the sodium phosphate nucleating agent is a compound represented by the following Chemical Formula 4:

in Chemical Formula 4, R is a substituted or unsubstituted C1 to C10 alkyl group, and m is an integer from 0 to 3.

11. The polypropylene resin composition of claim 1 , wherein the sodium phosphate-based nucleating agent is comprised in an amount of 0.1 part by weight to 4 parts by weight based on 100 parts by weight of the base resin.

12. A molded product comprising an injection molding of the polypropylene resin composition which includes:
a base resin comprising a propylene homopolymer having a melt index of 20 g/10 min to 35 g/10 min measured at a temperature of 230° C. and under a load of 2.16 kg and an ethylene-propylene copolymer having a melt index of 90 g/10 min to 100 g/10 min measured at a temperature of 230° C. and under a load of 2.16 kg;
a thermoplastic elastomer having a melt index of 10 g/10 min to 40 g/10 min measured at a temperature of 230° C. and under a load of 2.16 kg; an inorganic filler; and
a sodium phosphate-based nucleating agent,
wherein the propylene homopolymer has an intrinsic viscosity (ii) of about 0.7 dl/g to about 2.5 dl/g measured in decalin at 135° C. in a xylene extract,
wherein the ethylene-propylene copolymer has an intrinsic viscosity (ii) of about 3.0 dl/g to about 6.0 dl/g measured in decalin at 135° C. in a xylene extract, and
wherein the thermoplastic elastomer comprises one selected from the group consisting of a copolymer of ethylene and an α-olefin having 4 to 12 carbon atoms.

13. The polypropylene resin composition of claim 1 , wherein the sodium phosphate nucleating agent is 2,2′-methylene-bis-(4,6-di-tert-butylphenyl)phosphate sodium salt.

14. The polypropylene resin composition of claim 1 , wherein the sodium phosphate nucleating agent is bis-(2,2′-methylene-bis(4-tert-butylphenyl)phosphate sodium salt.

15. The polypropylene resin composition of claim 1 , wherein the ethylene-propylene copolymer is obtained by copolymerizing a propylene monomer unit and an ethylene monomer unit at a weight ratio of 5:1 to about 25:1.

16. The polypropylene resin composition of claim 1 , wherein the ethylene-propylene copolymer comprises an ethylene monomer unit in an amount of about 3 wt % to about 30 wt %.

17. The polypropylene resin composition of claim 1 , further comprising at least one additive selected from the group consisting of compatibilizer, a coupling agent, a slip agent, an antioxidant, a neutralizer, a light stabilizer and an antistatic agent.

18. The polypropylene resin composition of claim 17 , wherein the compatibilizer includes a polyolefin-based compatibilizer.

Assignees

• Hyundai Motor Co Ltd
• Kia Motors Corp
• Lg Hausys Ltd
• Gs Caltex

Inventors

• Kim Hyun Gyung
• Lee Hee Joon
• Lee Seung Jae
• Lee Hyung Tak
• Sung Ki Hyun
• Park Chun Ho

Classifications

• C08K5/0083

  Nucleating agents promoting the crystallisation of the polymer matrix · CPC title

• C08L2207/04

  Thermoplastic elastomer · CPC title

• C08F2500/12

  Melt flow index or melt flow ratio · CPC title

• C08L23/12 Primary

  Polypropene · CPC title

• C08K5/527

  Cyclic esters · CPC title