Polyethylene composition and biaxially stretched film comprising same

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-12509575-B2
Application number	US-202519057074-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Feb 19, 2025
Priority date	Mar 21, 2024
Publication date	Dec 30, 2025
Grant date	Dec 30, 2025

Abstract

A polyethylene composition may include one or more types of ethylene-alpha-olefin copolymers. In the polyethylene composition, a successive self-nucleation and annealing (SSA) thermogram representing a relationship between heat flow and temperature satisfies Equation 1:0.16≤B/A≤0.4. In Equation 1, A means an area for an entire temperature region in the SSA thermogram, and B means an area for a temperature region of 128° C. or higher in the SSA thermogram. A biaxially stretched film may include the polyethylene composition.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1 . A polyethylene composition comprising one or more types of ethylene-alpha-olefin copolymers,
wherein the polyethylene composition has a melting point Tm of 125° C. to 129° C., a crystallization temperature Tc of 110° C. to 115° C., and a crystallinity Xc of 35% to 48%, and wherein, in the polyethylene composition, a successive self-nucleation and annealing (SSA) thermogram representing a relationship between heat flow and temperature satisfies Equation 1:
0.16 ≤B/A≤ 0.4  [Equation 1]

in Equation 1, A means an area for an entire temperature region in the SSA thermogram; and B means an area for a temperature region of 128° C. or higher in the SSA thermogram.

2 . The polyethylene composition of claim 1 , wherein the polyethylene composition has density of 0.925 g/cm 3 to 0.950 g/cm 3 .

3 . The polyethylene composition of claim 1 , wherein the polyethylene composition has a number average molecular weight Mn of 16,000 g/mol or greater, a weight average molecular weight Mw of 80,000 g/mol or greater, and a molecular weight distribution Mw/Mn of 10.0 or less.

4 . The polyethylene composition of claim 1 , comprising:
(a) a first ethylene-alpha-olefin copolymer; and (b) a second ethylene-alpha-olefin copolymer, wherein the first ethylene-alpha-olefin copolymer has density of 0.870 g/cm 3 to 0.920 g/cm 3 and a melt index (MI2.16, 190° C., 2.16 kg load) of 3.0 g/10 min to 10.0 g/10 min, and the second ethylene-alpha-olefin copolymer has density of 0.930 g/cm 3 to 0.960 g/cm 3 and a melt index (MI2.16, 190° C., 2.16 kg load) of 0.2 g/10 min to 2.0 g/10 min.

5 . The polyethylene composition of claim 4 , wherein the first ethylene-alpha-olefin copolymer is included in an amount of greater than 0% by weight and 40% by weight or less, and the second ethylene-alpha-olefin copolymer is included in an amount of 60% by weight or greater and less than 100% by weight.

6 . The polyethylene composition of claim 4 , wherein the first ethylene-alpha-olefin copolymer has a number average molecular weight Mn of 20,000 g/mol or greater, a weight average molecular weight Mw of 60,000 g/mol or greater and less than 95,000 g/mol, and a molecular weight distribution Mw/Mn of 2.0 or greater and less than 3.5.

7 . The polyethylene composition of claim 4 , wherein the second ethylene-alpha-olefin copolymer has a number average molecular weight Mn of 12,000 g/mol or greater, a weight average molecular weight Mw of 80,000 g/mol or greater and 150,000 g/mol or less, and a molecular weight distribution Mw/Mn of 3.5 or greater and 14.0 or less.

8 . A biaxially stretched film comprising a polyethylene composition comprising one or more types of ethylene-alpha-olefin copolymer,
wherein, in the polyethylene composition, a successive self-nucleation and annealing (SSA) thermogram representing a relationship between heat flow and temperature satisfies Equation 1:
0.16 ≤B/A≤ 0.4  [Equation 1]

in Equation 1, A means an area for an entire temperature region in the SSA thermogram; and B means an area for a temperature region of 128° C. or higher in the SSA thermogram.

9 . The biaxially stretched film of claim 8 , wherein the biaxially stretched film satisfies a maximum machine direction (MD) stretching ratio of greater than 4 and a maximum transverse direction (TD) stretching ratio of greater than 6.

10 . The biaxially stretched film of claim 8 , wherein the biaxially stretched film has a shrinkage ratio sum in MD/TD directions of 6.0% or less when shrunken for 7 minutes at 100° C.

11 . The biaxially stretched film of claim 8 , wherein the biaxially stretched film has a shrinkage ratio sum in MD/TD directions of 22.0% or less when shrunken for 7 minutes at 120° C.

12 . The biaxially stretched film of claim 8 , wherein the biaxially stretched film has a tensile strength in an MD direction of 70 MPa or greater and a tensile strength in a TD direction of 130 MPa or greater.

13 . The biaxially stretched film of claim 8 , wherein the biaxially stretched film has a tensile modulus in a MD direction of 450 MPa or greater and a tensile modulus in a TD direction of 600 MPa or greater.

14 . The biaxially stretched film of claim 8 , wherein the biaxially stretched film has a tensile elongation in an MD direction of 150% to 300% and a tensile elongation in a TD direction of 50% to 140%.

15 . The biaxially stretched film of claim 8 , wherein the biaxially stretched film has a tearing strength in a MD direction of 6 N/mm to 14.8 N/mm and a tearing strength in a TD direction of 1.6 N/mm to 6.8 N/mm.

16 . The biaxially stretched film of claim 8 , wherein the biaxially stretched film has a puncture strength of 190 N/mm or greater.

Assignees

• Lg Chemical Ltd

Inventors

• Lee Jong Chan
• Choi Eun Yeob
• Sung Yu Taek
• Kim Tae Jin
• Lee Jeong Kyu
• Park Se Jung
• Oh Sung Joon
• You Young Suk

Classifications

• B29C55/12

  biaxial · CPC title

• C08F2/001

  Multistage polymerisation processes characterised by a change in reactor conditions without deactivating the intermediate polymer (C08F295/00, C08F297/00 take precedence) · CPC title

• C08J2323/08

  Copolymers of ethene (C08J2323/16 takes precedence) · CPC title

• C08L2205/025

  containing two or more polymers of the same hierarchy C08L, and differing only in parameters such as density, comonomer content, molecular weight, structure · CPC title

• C08L2203/16

  used for films · CPC title