Bimodal polyethylene composition and articles made therefrom

The invention relates to a polyethylene composition with a bimodal molecular weight distribution and articles made therefrom, such as high topload blow moldings and transmission and distribution pipes. The composition comprises a low-molecular-weight (LMW) ethylene homopolymer component and a homoge...

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Hauptverfasser: VAN DUN JOZEF J, SCHOUTERDEN PATRICK J. C, DIXIT RAVI S, VAN DEN BERGHEN PETER F, NICASY RUDDY A. J, SEHANOBISH KALYAN, GEMOETS FREDERIK E, VANVOORDEN JOHAN, JIVRAJ NOORALLAH
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Zusammenfassung:The invention relates to a polyethylene composition with a bimodal molecular weight distribution and articles made therefrom, such as high topload blow moldings and transmission and distribution pipes. The composition comprises a low-molecular-weight (LMW) ethylene homopolymer component and a homogeneous, high-molecular-weight (HMW) ethylene interpolymer component, wherein the LMW component is characterized as having a molecular weight distribution, MWDL, of less than about 8. The composition is characterized as having a bimodal molecular weight distribution, and a ductile-brittle transition temperature, Tdb, of less than −20° C. In some embodiments, the HMW component is characterized by a reverse comonomer distribution.