Branched propylene-based polymer and production method therefor

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-2024182609-A1
Application number	US-202218283127-A
Country	US
Kind code	A1
Filing date	Mar 11, 2022
Priority date	Mar 29, 2021
Publication date	Jun 6, 2024
Grant date	—

Abstract

A branched propylene-based polymer having the following properties (1) to (5):property (1): MFR of 10 g/10 min to 100 g/10 min;property (2): Mw/Mn is 2.5 or more and less than 3.5; Mz/Mw is 3.0 to 4.7; and Mz is 50.0×104 to 94.0×104;property (3): in an integral molecular weight distribution curve obtained by GPC, a percentage of a component having a molecular weight of 100×104 or more, is 1.5 mass to 4.0 mass %;property (4): in a molecular weight distribution curve obtained by 3D-GPC, a branching index g′(100×104) at an absolute molecular weight Mabs of 100×104 is more than 0.70 and 0.85 or less; andproperty (5): a ratio [η*(0.01)η*(100)] between a complex viscosity η*(0.01) and a complex viscosity η*(100) in dynamic viscoelasticity measurement, is 4.0 to 20, and η*(0.01)/η*(100) and the MFR satisfy specific relations.

First claim

1 . A branched propylene-based polymer having the following properties (1) to (5):
property (1): a melt flow rate (MFR) measured at a temperature of 230° C. and a load of 2.16 kg is 10 g/10 min or more and 100 g/10 min or less; property (2): a ratio (Mw/Mn) between a weight average molecular weight (Mw) and a number average molecular weight (Mn), both of which are obtained by gel permeation chromatography (GPC), is 2.5 or more and less than 3.5; a ratio (Mz/Mw) between a z average molecular weight (Mz) and a weight average molecular weight (Mw), both of which are obtained by GPC, is 3.0 or more and 4.7 or less; and the z average molecular weight (Mz) is 50.0×10 4 or more and 94.0×10 4 or less; property (3): in an integral molecular weight distribution curve obtained by GPC, a percentage (W100×10 4 ) of a component having a molecular weight of 100×10 4 or more, is 1.5 mass % or more and 4.0 mass % or less; property (4): in a molecular weight distribution curve obtained by 3D-GPC, a branching index g′(100×10 4 ) at an absolute molecular weight M a b s of 100×10 4 is more than 0.70 and 0.85 or less; and property (5): a ratio [η*(0.01)/η*(100)] between a complex viscosity η*(0.01) at an angular frequency ω of 0.01 rad/s (ω=0.01 rad/s) and a complex viscosity η*(100) at an angular frequency ω of 100 rad/s (ω=100 rad/s) in dynamic viscoelasticity measurement, is 4.0 or more and 20 or less, and η*(0.01)/η*(100) and the MFR satisfy the following formulae (1) and (2):
η*(0.01)/η*(100)≤−21×Log(MFR)+45  Formula (1)

η*(0.01)/η*(100)≥−21×Log(MFR)+38  Formula (2).

2 . The branched propylene-based polymer according to claim 1 , further having the following property (4′):
property (4′): a weight average molecular weight (Mw abs ) of the absolute molecular weight obtained by 3D-GPC is less than 100×10 4 , and in the molecular weight distribution curve obtained by 3D-GPC, a branching index g′(Mw abs ) at the weight average molecular weight Mw abs of the absolute molecular weight and the branching index g′ (100×10 4 ) satisfy the following formula (3):
0 ≤g ′(Mw abs )− g ′(100×10 4 )≤0.10  Formula (3).

3 . The branched propylene-based polymer according to claim 1 , further having the following property (6):
property (6): a mesotriad fraction (mm) measured by 13 C-NMR, is 95% or more and less than 99%; a heterologous bond amount (2,1 bond) is 0.05 mol % or more and 0.50 mol % or less; and a heterologous bond amount (1,3 bond) is 0.05 mol % or more and 0.50 mol % or less.

4 . The branched propylene-based polymer according to claim 1 , further having the following property (7):
property (7): in an elution curve obtained by temperature rising elution fractionation (TREF) measurement with o-dichlorobenzene (ODCB), a component eluted at a temperature of 40° C. or less, is 0.1 mass % or more and 3.0 mass % or less.

5 . The branched propylene-based polymer according to claim 1 , further having the following property (8):
property (8): a melting point (Tm) measured by differential scanning calorimetry (DSC) is more than 150.0° C. and less than 160.0° C.

6 . The branched propylene-based polymer according to claim 1 , further having the following property (9):
property (9): a number of long-chain branches measured by 13 C-NMR is 0.1/1000 monomers or more and 0.5/1000 monomers or less.

7 . A method for producing the branched propylene-based polymer defined by claim 1 , wherein propylene is homopolymerized or copolymerized with a comonomer in the presence of a propylene polymerization catalyst comprising the following components [A-1], [A-2], [B] and [C]:
component [A-1]: a metallocene compound which gives, when the propylene is homopolymerized at 70° C., a propylene homopolymer a-1 having a terminal vinyl rate (Rv) of 0.5 or more, component [A-2]: a metallocene compound which gives, when the propylene is homopolymerized at 70° C., a propylene homopolymer a-2 having a larger weight average molecular weight than the propylene homopolymer a-1 and having a terminal vinyl rate (Rv) of less than 0.5, component [B]: a compound or layered silicate which is reactive with the components [A-1] and [A-2] to form an ion pair, and component [C]: an organoaluminum compound.

8 . The method for producing the branched propylene-based polymer according to claim 7 , wherein the propylene is homopolymerized or copolymerized with the comonomer by keeping a hydrogen concentration constant.

9 . The method for producing the branched propylene-based polymer according to claim 7 , wherein the propylene is homopolymerized or copolymerized with the comonomer by keeping the hydrogen concentration constant by continuously introducing hydrogen and the propylene into a polymerization reactor and keeping a ratio between an amount of the introduced hydrogen and that of the introduced propylene constant.

Assignees

• Japan Polypropylene Corp

Inventors

• Ito Masaaki
• Shinozaki Jun
• Uchida Tomoki
• Takizawa Miori

Classifications

• C08F2400/04

  High pressure, i.e. P > 50 MPa, 500 bars or 7250 psi · CPC title

• C08F110/06 Primary

  Propene · 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

• C08F4/6492

  containing aliphatic unsaturation · CPC title

• C08F4/65904

  in combination with another component of C08F4/64 · CPC title