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Crystalline random propylene copolymer composition and composite laminate comprising said composition
Assignee: Shell USA Inc
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Filing: 1987-03-23
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Granted: 1988-03-29
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Expires: 2007-03-23
Abstract
Abstract A crystalline random propylene copolymer composition comprising (i) a crystalline random propylene copolymer comprising 99 to 85 mole % of propylene and 1 to 15 mole % of an alpha-olefin other than propylene and (ii) a random 1-butene copolymer comprising ethylene and 1-butene, the weight ratio of the copolymer (i) to the copolymer (ii) being in the range of from 5:95 to 90:10, said random 1-butene copolymer (ii) satisfying the following conditions: (A) it comprises 1 to 50 mole % of the ethylene component and 50 to 99 mole % of the 1-butene component, (B) it has an intrinsic viscosity [ eta ], measured in decalin at 135 DEG C., of from 0.5 to 6 dl/g, (C) it has a melting point [Tm], measured by a differential scanning calorimeter, of from 30 DEG to 130 DEG C., (D) it has a crystallinity, measured by X-ray diffractometry, of from 1 to 60%, (E) the amount [W1 in % by weight] of that portion of it which is soluble in boiling methyl acetate is not more than 2%, and (F) the amount [W2 in % by weight] of that portion of it which is soluble in a 1:1 by volume mixture of acetone and n-decane at 10 DEG C. is less than 5x[ eta ]-1.2.
Inventors
- 👤 Masaki Kohyama
- 👤 Takeshi Muranaka
- 👤 Kunisuke Fukui
- 👤 Norio Kashiwa
Bibliographic Details
Application Number
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Jurisdiction
US
Data Source
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Last Synchronized
2026-10-31 00:15
CPC Classifications
C; C08; C08L; C08L23/00; C08L23/02; C08L23/10; C08L23/14; C08L23/142; C08L23/18; C08L23/20; C09; C09J; C09J123/00; C09J123/02; C09J123/10; C09J123/18; C09J123/20; C08L2666/00; C08L2666/02; C08L2666/04; Y; Y10; Y10T; Y10T428/00; Y10T428/26; Y10T428/263; Y10T428/264; Y10T428/265; Y10T428/31504; Y10T428/31855; Y10T428/31909; Y10T428/31913
Claims Analysis
Total Claims: 27
Claim 1
Independent Claim
209 words
A crystalline random propylene copolymer composition comprising (i) a crystalline random propylene copolymer comprising 99 to 85 mole % of propylene and 1 to 15 mole % of an alpha-olefin other than propylene and (ii) a random 1-butene copolymer comprising ethylene and 1-butene, the weight ratio of the copolymer (i) to the copolymer (ii) being in the range of from 5:95 to 90:10, said random 1-butene copolymer (ii) satisfying the following conditions: (A) it comprises 1 to 50 mole % of the ethylene component and 50 to 99 mole % of the 1-butene component, (B) it has an intrinsic viscosity [η], measured in decalin at 135° C., of from 0.5 to 6 dl/g, (C) it has a melting point [Tm], measured by a differential scanning calorimeter, of from 30° to 130° C., (D) it has a crystallinity, measured by X-ray diffractometry, of from 1 to 60%, (E) the amount [W 1 in % by weight] of that portion of it which is soluble in boiling methyl acetate is not more than 2%, and (F) the amount [W 2 in % by weight] of that portion of it which is soluble in a 1:1 by volume mixture of acetone and n-decane at 10° C. is less than 5×[η] -1 .2.
Claim 2
Dependent Claim
209 words
A crystalline random propylene copolymer composition comprising (i) a crystalline random propylene copolymer comprising 99 to 85 mole % of propylene and 1 to 15 mole % of an alpha-olefin other than propylene and (ii) a random 1-butene copolymer comprising ethylene and 1-butene, the weight ratio of the copolymer (i) to the copolymer (ii) being in the range of from 5:95 to 90:10, said random 1-butene copolymer (ii) satisfying the following conditions: (A) it comprises 1 to 50 mole % of the ethylene component and 50 to 99 mole % of the 1-butene component, (B) it has an intrinsic viscosity [η], measured in decalin at 135° C., of from 0.5 to 6 dl/g, (C) it has a melting point [Tm], measured by a differential scanning calorimeter, of from 30° to 130° C., (D) it has a crystallinity, measured by X-ray diffractometry, of from 1 to 60%, (E) the amount [W 1 in % by weight] of that portion of it which is soluble in boiling methyl acetate is not more than 2%, and (F) the amount [W 2 in % by weight] of that portion of it which is soluble in a 1:1 by volume mixture of acetone and n-decane at 10° C. is less than 5×[η] -1 .2.
Claim 3
Dependent Claim
30 words
The composition of claim 1 wherein the 1-butene copolymer further has a stress at yield point (G), measured in accordance with JIS K-7113, of 10 to 200 kg/cm 2 .
Claim 4
Dependent Claim
30 words
The composition of claim 1 wherein the 1-butene copolymer further has a stress at break point (H), measured in accordance with JIS K-7113, of 3 to 1000 kg/cm 2 .
Claim 5
Dependent Claim
27 words
The composition of claim 1 wherein the 1-butene copolymer further has an elongation at break point (I), measured in accordance with JIS K-7113, of at least 300%.
Claim 6
Dependent Claim
28 words
The composition of claim 1 wherein the 1-butene copolymer further has a torsional rigidity (J), measured in accordance with JIS K-6745, of 5 to 3000 kg/cm 2 .
Claim 7
Dependent Claim
27 words
The composition of claim 1 wherein the 1-butene copolymer has a Young's modulus (K), measured in accordance with JIS K-7113, of 10 to 5000 kg/cm 2 .
Claim 8
Dependent Claim
34 words
The composition of claim 1 wherein the standard deviation (L) of the 1-butene content of the 1-butene copolymer is not more than 0.4a mole in which a represents the ethylene content of said copolymer.
Claim 9
Dependent Claim
30 words
The composition of claim 1 wherein the 1-butene copolymer is composed of 60 to 99 mole % of the 1-butene component and 1 to 40 mole % of the ethylene.
Claim 10
Dependent Claim
31 words
The composition of claim 1 wherein the weight ratio of the crystalline random propylene copolymer (i) to the 1-butene-type random copolymer (ii) is in the range of from 10:90 to 85:15.
Claim 11
Dependent Claim
34 words
A polypropylene composite laminate comprising a substrate layer of crystalline propylene and a layer of the crystalline random propylene copolymer composition of claim 1 laminated to at least one surface of said substrate layer.
Claim 12
Dependent Claim
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The laminate of claim 10 wherein the substrate layer of crystalline polypropylene is in the non-stretched state.
Claim 13
Dependent Claim
19 words
The laminate of claim 10 wherein the layer of the crystalline random propylene copolymer is in the non-stretched state.
Claim 14
Dependent Claim
23 words
The laminate of claim 10 wherein the layer of the crystalline random propylene copolymer composition has a thickness of 0.1 to 50 microns.
Claim 15
Dependent Claim
25 words
The laminate of claim 10 wherein the crystalline polypropylene constituting the substrate layer is selected from crystalline homopolymer of propylene and crystalline propylene/alpha-olefin random copolymers.
Claim 16
Dependent Claim
40 words
The composition of claim 1 wherein the amount of that portion of the 1-butene-type copolymer (ii) which is soluble in a mixture of acetone and n-decane at 10° C. is 0.1×[η] -1 .2 to 5×[η] -1 .2 % by weight.
Claim 17
Dependent Claim
40 words
The composition of claim 1 wherein the amount of that portion of the 1-butene-type copolymer (ii) which is soluble in a mixture of acetone and n-decane at 10° C. is 0.2×[η] -1 .2 to 4.5×[η] -1 .2 % by weight.
Claim 18
Dependent Claim
37 words
The composition of claim 1 wherein the amount of that portion of the 1-butene-type copolymer (ii) which is soluble in a mixture of acetone and n-decane at 10° C. is 0.3×[η] -1 .2 to 4×[η]% by weight.
Claim 19
Dependent Claim
40 words
The laminate of claim 10 wherein the amount of that portion of the 1-butene-type copolymer (ii) which is soluble in a mixture of acetone and n-decane at 10° C. is 0.1×[η] -1 .2 to 5×[η] -1 .2 % by weight.
Claim 20
Dependent Claim
40 words
The laminate of claim 10 wherein the amount of that portion of the 1-butene-type copolymer (ii) which is soluble in a mixture of acetone and n-decane at 10° C. is 0.2×[η] -1 .2 to 4.5×[η] -1 .2 % by weight.
Claim 21
Dependent Claim
40 words
The laminate of claim 10 wherein the amount of that portion of the 1-butene-type copolymer (ii) which is soluble in a mixture of acetone and n-decane at 10° C. is 0.3×[η] -1 .2 to 4×[η] -1 .2 % by weight.
Claim 22
Dependent Claim
32 words
The composition of claim 1 wherein the crystalline random propylene copolymer (i) comprises 98 to 90 mole percent of propylene and 2 to 10 mole percent of the alpha-olefin other than propylene.
Claim 23
Dependent Claim
27 words
The composition of claim 21 wherein the alpha-olefin other than propylene is ethylene, 1-butene, 1-pentene, 1-hexene, 4-methyl-1-pentene or a mixture of at least two of these alpha-olefins.
Claim 24
Dependent Claim
130 words
The composition of claim 1 wherein the random 1-butene copolymer (ii) satisfies the following conditions: (A) it comprises 1 to 40 mole percent of ethylene and 60 to 99 mole percent of 1-butene, (B) it has an intrinsic viscosity (η), measured in decalin at 135° C., of 1.7 to 3.5 dl/g, (C) it has a melting point (Tm), measured by a differential scanning calorimeter, of from 120° to 145° C., (D) it has a crystallinity, measured by X-ray diffractometry, of from 1 to 55%, (E) the amount (W 1 in percent by weight) of that portion of it which is soluble in boiling methylacetate is from 0.02 to 1% by weight, and (F) the amount (W 2 in percent by weight) is from 0.2×(η) -1 .2 to 4.5×(η) -1 .2.
Claim 25
Dependent Claim
21 words
The laminate of claim 10 wherein the the substrate layer of crystalline polypropylene is in the monoaxially or biaxially stretched state.
Claim 26
Dependent Claim
22 words
The laminate of claim 10 wherein the layer of the crystalline random propylene copolymer is in the monoaxially or biaxially stretched state.
Claim 27
Dependent Claim
23 words
The laminate of claim 10 wherein a layer of said crystalline random propylene copolymer is laminated to both surfaces of said substrate layer.
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