MUNRO JEFFREY C (US)
ZHOU ZHE (US)
YOUNG ANDREW J (US)
CASTELLUCCIO ANTHONY J (US)
KARJALA JR (US)
AMENDED CLAIMS received by the International Bureau on 21 June 2021 (21.06.2021) Claims [Claim 1] A process comprising: contacting ethylene and octene under polymerization conditions at a temperature greater than 125°C with a catalyst system comprising (i) a first polymerization catalyst having the structure of catalyst 1 catalyst 1 (ii) a second polymerization catalyst having the structure of catalyst 2 catalyst 2 (iii) a first co-catalyst that is a borate-based co-catalyst; (iv) a second co-catalyst that is an aluminum-based co-catalyst; (v) a chain shuttling agent; maintaining, during the contacting, an aluminum to hafnium molar ratio from 7.1 to 15.6; and forming an ethylene/octene multi-block copolymer having a normalized 000 triad content greater than 0.25. [Claim 2] The process of claim 1 comprising contacting the ethylene and octene under polymerization conditions at a temperature from 130°C to 170°C; and forming an ethylene/octene multi-block copolymer having hard segments and soft segments, the soft segments having a soft segment melting temperature (SS-Tm) from -30°C to 30°C, the ethylene/octene multi-block copolymer having a first TGIC peak temperature (Tpi) and 40 a second TGIC peak temperature (Tp2) wherein Tp2 fulfills Equation (A) Tp2< 0.0068 x (SS-Tm)2 + 0.07 x (SS-Tm) + 73.2. [Claim 3] A composition comprising: an ethylene/octene multi-block copolymer comprising hafnium and aluminum at an aluminum to hafnium molar ratio from 7.1 to 15.6; and the ethylene/octene multi-block copolymer has a normalized OOO triad content greater than 0.25. [Claim 4] The composition of claim 3 wherein the ethylene/octene multi-block copolymer comprises from 10 mol % to 30 mol % of octene. [Claim 5] The composition of claim 4 wherein the ethylene/octene multi-block copolymer comprises hard segments and soft segments, the soft segments having a soft segment melting temperature (SS-Tm) from -30°C to 30°C, the ethylene/octene multi block copolymer having a first TGIC peak temperature (Tpi) and a second TGIC peak temperature (Tp2) wherein Tp2 fulfills Equation (A) Tp2< 0.0068 x (SS-Tm)2 + 0.07 x (SS-Tm) + 73.2. [Claim 6] The composition of claim 5 wherein the ethylene/octene multi-block copolymer has Tp[ from 125°C to 150°C and a Tp2from 68°C to 90°C. [Claim 7] The composition of claim 6 wherein the ethylene/octene multi-block copolymer has a glass transition temperature (Tg) from -70°C to -55°C. [Claim 8] The composition of claim 7 wherein the ethylene/octene multi-block copolymer has a density from 0.855 to 0.890 grams per cubic centimeter (g/cc). [Claim 9] The composition of claim 8 wherein the ethylene/octene multi-block copolymer has an unconfined yield strength (UYS) from 0 lb/ft2 to less than 200 lb/ft2 at 21°C after two months. [Claim 10] The composition of any of claims 8-9 wherein the ethylene/octene multi-block copolymer has a funnel flow from greater than 150 g/s to 200 g/s after 6 weeks. [Claim 11] The composition of any of claims 8-10 wherein the ethylene/octene multi-block copolymer has an unconfined yield strength (UYS) from 0 lb/ft2 to less than 73 lb/ft2 at 0°C after two months. 41 |