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- Embodiments disclosed herein relate generally to a thermoplastic foam shock absorbing layer.
- embodiments described herein relate to a synthetic turf including a thermoplastic foam shock absorbing layer, where the foam may be recyclable.
- Artificial turf consists of a multitude of artificial grass tufts extending upward from a sheet substrate.
- the turf is usually laid upon a prepared, flat ground surface to form a game playing field intended to simulate a natural grass playing field surface.
- a resilient underpad is placed beneath the turf and upon the firm ground support surface to provide a shock absorbing effect.
- a layer of sand or other particulate material is placed upon the upper surface of the carpet base sheet and around the strands.
- Shock absorbing layers may, of course, be more broadly used in other applications, such as in energy dampening in floors, for example. What is still needed, therefore, are improved materials and methods for forming shock absorbing layers, including recyclable shock absorbing layers.
- embodiments disclosed herein relate to a synthetic turf surface comprising a synthetic grass carpet having a flexible base sheet, and a shock absorbing pad, wherein the shock absorbing pad comprises a non-crosslinked polyolefm foam.
- Figure 1 illustrates instrumentation and experimentation for a shock absorption test using FIFA standards.
- Figures 2 and 2c compare results of the compressive stress-strain behavior analyses of foams according to embodiments disclosed herein to those of crosslinked polyethylene foams.
- Figure 3 and 3c compare compressive strain versus time test results for foams according to embodiments disclosed herein to those of crosslinked polyethylene foams.
- Figure 4 compare compressive creep behavior test results for foams according to embodiments disclosed herein to those of crosslinked polyethylene foams.
- Figure 5 illustrates synthetic turf that may be formed using embodiments of the non-crosslinked polyolefin foams described herein. DETAILED DESCRIPTION
- Polymer means a substance composed of molecules with large molecular mass consisting of repeating structural units, or monomers, connected by covalent chemical bonds.
- the term 'polymer' generally includes, but is not limited to, homopolymers, copolymers such as block, graft, random and alternating copolymers, terpolymers, etc., and blends and modifications thereof. Further, unless otherwise specifically limited, the term 'polymer' shall include all possible geometrical configurations of the molecular structure. These configurations include isotactic, syndiotactic, random configurations, and the like.
- Interpolymer means a polymer prepared by the polymerization of at least two different types of monomers.
- the generic term “interpolymer” includes the term “copolymer” (which is usually employed to refer to a polymer prepared from two different monomers) as well as the term “terpolymer” (which is usually employed to refer to a polymer prepared from three different types of monomers).
- the class of materials known as “interpolymers” also encompasses polymers made by polymerizing four or more types of monomers.
- Density of foams is measured according to ASTM D3575/W/B.
- Melt Index (12) is determined according to ASTM D1238 using a weight of
- MFR Melt Flow Rate
- Molecular weight distribution of the polymers is determined using gel permeation chromatography (GPC) on a Polymer Laboratories PL-GPC-220 high temperature chromatographic unit equipped with four linear mixed bed columns (Polymer Laboratories (20-micron particle size)).
- the oven temperature is at 160 0 C with the autosampler hot zone at 16O 0 C and the warm zone at 145°C.
- the solvent is 1,2,4-trichlorobenzene containing 200 ppm 2,6-di-t-butyl-4-methylphenol.
- the flow rate is 1.0 milliliter/minute and the injection size is 100 microliters.
- the molecular weight determination is deduced by using ten narrow molecular weight distribution polystyrene standards (from Polymer Laboratories, EasiCal PSl ranging from 580 - 7,500,000 g/mole) in conjunction with their elution volumes.
- the equivalent polypropylene molecular weights are determined by using appropriate Mark-Houwink coefficients for polypropylene (as described by Th.G. Scholte, N.LJ. Meijerink, H.M. Schoffeleers, and A.M.G. Brands, J. Appl. Polym. Sci., 29, 3763 - 3782 (1984)) and polystyrene (as described by E. P. Otocka, R. J. Roe, N. Y. Hellman, P. M. Muglia, Macromolecules, 4, 507 (1971)) in the Mark-Houwink equation:
- high pressure low density type resin is defined to mean that the polymer is partly or entirely homopolymerized or copolymerized in autoclave or tubular reactors at pressures above 14,500 psi (100 MPa) with the use of free-radical initiators, such as peroxides (see for example US 4,599,392, herein incorporated by reference) and includes "LDPE” which may also be referred to as "high pressure ethylene polymer” or "highly branched polyethylene”.
- the cumulative detector fraction (CDF) of these materials is greater than about 0.02 for molecular weight greater than 1000000 g/mol as measured using light scattering.
- CDF may be determined as described in WO2005/023912 A2, which is herein incorporated by reference for its teachings regarding CDF.
- the preferred high pressure low density polyethylene material (LDPE) has a melt index MI (12) of less than about 20, more preferably less than about 15, most preferably less than 10, and greater than about 0.1, more preferably greater than about 0.2, most preferably more than 0.3 g/10min.
- the preferred LDPE will have a density between about 0.915 g/cm3 and 0.930 g/cm 3 , with less than 0.925g/cm 3 being more preferred.
- Crystallinity means atomic dimension or structural order of a polymer composition. Crystallinity is often represented by a fraction or percentage of the volume of the material that is crystalline or as a measure of how likely atoms or molecules are to be arranged in a regular pattern, namely into a crystal. Crystallinity of polymers can be adjusted fairly precisely and over a very wide range by heat treatment.
- a "crystalline” "semi-crystalline” polymer possesses a first order transition or crystalline melting point (Tm) as determined by differential scanning calorimetry (DSC) or equivalent technique. The term may be used interchangeably with the term “semicrystalline”.
- amorphous refers to a polymer lacking a crystalline melting point as determined by differential scanning calorimetry (DSC) or equivalent technique.
- DSC Differential Scanning Calorimetry
- DSC is calibrated by the following method. First, a baseline is obtained by running the DSC from -90 0 C to 290 0 C without any sample in the aluminum DSC pan. Then 7 milligrams of a fresh indium sample is analyzed by heating the sample to 180 0 C, cooling the sample to 140°C at a cooling rate of 10°C/min followed by keeping the sample isothermally at 14O 0 C for 1 minute, followed by heating the sample from 14O 0 C to 180 0 C at a heating rate of 10°C/min.
- the heat of fusion and the onset of melting of the indium sample are determined and checked to be within 0.5 0 C to 156.6°C for the onset of melting and within 0.5 J/g to 28.71 J/g for the heat of fusion.
- deionized water is analyzed by cooling a small drop of fresh sample in the DSC pan from 25°C to -30 0 C at a cooling rate of 10°C/min.
- the sample is kept isothermally at -3O 0 C for 2 minutes and heated to 30°C at a heating rate of 10°C/min.
- the onset of melting is determined and checked to be within 0.5 0 C to 0°C.
- 190°C (designated as the 'initial temperature').
- About 5 to 8 mg of sample is weighed out and placed in the DSC pan.
- the lid is crimped on the pan to ensure a closed atmosphere.
- the DSC pan is placed in the DSC cell and then heated at a rate of about 100°C/min to a temperature (T 0 ) of about 60°C above the melt temperature of the sample.
- T 0 a temperature
- the sample is kept at this temperature for about 3 minutes.
- the sample is cooled at a rate of 10°C/min to -40°C, and kept isothermally at that temperature for 3 minutes. Consequently the sample is heated at a rate of 10°C/min until complete melting.
- Enthalpy curves resulting from this experiment are analyzed for peak melt temperature, onset and peak crystallization temperatures, heat of fusion and heat of crystallization, and any other DSC analyses of interest.
- T 0 is 230 0 C.
- T 0 is 190 0 C when polyethylene crystallinity is present and no polypropylene crystallinity is present in the sample.
- ⁇ H 0 the heat of fusion for the perfect polymer crystal
- ⁇ H 0 the heat of fusion for the perfect polymer crystal
- ⁇ H 0 the heat of fusion for the perfect polymer crystal
- ⁇ H 0 the heat of fusion for the perfect polymer crystal
- ⁇ H 0 the heat of fusion for the perfect polymer crystal
- ⁇ H 0 the heat of fusion for the perfect polymer crystal
- ⁇ H 0 is taken to be 290 J/g.
- an ethylene-octene copolymer which upon melting of its polyethylene crystallinity is measured to have a heat of fusion of 29 J/g; the corresponding crystallinity is 10 % by weight.
- ⁇ H 0 is taken to be 165 J/g.
- a propylene- ethylene copolymer which upon melting of its propylene crystallinity is measured to have a heat of fusion of 20 J/g; the corresponding crystallinity is 12.1 % by weight.
- Non crosslinked refers to polymers that have between 0-10% gel, more preferably, 0-5%, and more preferably 0-1%. It should not be construed that absolutely zero crossl ⁇ nking is present, as some crosslinking may inevitably occur during processing, but that the crosslinking should be kept to a minimum to allow for recyclability.
- embodiments described herein relate to a thermoplastic foam shock absorbing layer.
- embodiments described herein relate to a synthetic turf including a thermoplastic foam shock absorbing layer.
- embodiments described herein relate to a thermoplastic non-crosslinked polymer foam shock absorption layer having the following characteristics:
- Foam cell size between 0.2 and 3mm.
- % Open cell volume is low, so as to avoid water uptake: typically less than
- the thermoplastic polymer used to form the shock absorbing layer may vary depending upon the particular application and the desired result.
- the polymer is an olefin polymer.
- an olefin polymer in general, refers to a class of polymers formed from hydrocarbon monomers having the general formula C n H 2n .
- the olefin polymer may be present as a copolymer, such as an interpolymer, a block copolymer, or a multi-block interpolymer or copolymer.
- Examples of comonomers include propylene, 1-butene, 3 -methyl- 1- butene, 4-methyl-l-pentene, 3 -methyl- 1-pentene, 1-heptene, 1-hexene, 1-octene, 1- decene, and 1-dodecene.
- comonomers examples include ethylene, 1-butene, 3-methyl- 1-butene, 4-methyl-l-pentene, 3 -methyl- 1-pentene, 1-heptene, 1-hexene, 1-octene, 1- decene, and 1-dodecene.
- the comonomer is present at about 5% by weight to about 25% by weight of the interpolymer.
- a propylene-ethylene interpolymer is used.
- polymers which may be used in the present disclosure include homopolymers and copolymers (including elastomers) of an olefin such as ethylene, propylene, 1-butene, 3 -methyl- 1-butene, 4-methyl-l-pentene, 3 -methyl- 1- pentene, 1-heptene, 1-hexene, 1-octene, 1-decene, and 1-dodecene as typically represented by polyethylene, polypropylene, poly- 1-butene, poly-3 -methyl- 1-butene, poly-3-methyl- 1-pentene, poly-4-methyl- 1-pentene, ethylene-propylene copolymer, ethylene- 1-butene copolymer, and propylene- 1-butene copolymer; copolymers (including elastomers) of an alpha-olefin with a conjugated or non-conjugated diene as typically represented by ethylene-butadiene copolymer and ethylene-
- polystyrene resins may be used either alone or in combinations of two or more.
- polyolefins such as polypropylene, polyethylene, and copolymers thereof and blends thereof, as well as ethylene-propylene-diene terpolymers may be used.
- the olefinic polymers include homogeneous polymers described in U.S. Pat. No. 3,645,992 by Elston; high density polyethylene (HDPE) as described in U.S. Pat. No.
- heterogeneously branched linear low density polyethylene LLCPE
- heterogeneously branched ultra low linear density ULDPE
- homogeneously branched, linear ethylene/alpha-olefln copolymers homogeneously branched, substantially linear ethylene/alpha-olefin polymers which can be prepared, for example, by a process disclosed in U.S. Pat. Nos. 5,272,236 and 5,278,272, the disclosure of which process is incorporated herein by reference
- heterogeneously branched linear ethylene/alpha olefin polymers and high pressure, free radical polymerized ethylene polymers and copolymers such as low density polyethylene (LDPE).
- LDPE low density polyethylene
- the polymers may include an ethylene-carboxylic acid copolymer, such as, ethylene- vinyl acetate (EVA) copolymers, ethyl ene-acrylic acid (EAA) and ethylene-methacrylic acid copolymers such as, for example, those available under the tradenames PRIMACORTM from the Dow Chemical Company, NUCRELTM from DuPont, and ESCORTM from ExxonMobil, and described in U.S. Pat. Nos. 4,599,392, 4,988,781, and 59,384,373, each of which is incorporated herein by reference in its entirety.
- EVA ethylene- vinyl acetate
- EAA ethyl ene-acrylic acid
- ESCORTM from ExxonMobil
- Exemplary polymers include polypropylene, (both impact modifying polypropylene, isotactic polypropylene, atactic polypropylene, and random ethylene/propylene copolymers), various types of polyethylene, including high pressure, free-radical LDPE, Ziegler Natta LLDPE, metallocene PE, including multiple reactor PE ("in reactor") blends of Ziegler-Natta PE and metallocene PE, such as products disclosed in U.S. Patents No. 6,545,088, 6,538,070, 6,566,446, 5,844,045, 5,869,575, and 6,448,341.
- Homogeneous polymers such as olefin plastomers and elastomers, ethylene and propylene-based copolymers (for example polymers available under the trade designation VERSIFYTM available from The Dow Chemical Company and VISTAMAXXTM available from ExxonMobil) may also be useful in some embodiments.
- blends of polymers may be used as well, hi some embodiments, the blends include two different Ziegler-Natta polymers. In other embodiments, the blends may include blends of a Ziegler-Natta and a metallocene polymer. In still other embodiments, the thermoplastic resin used herein may be a blend of two different metallocene polymers.
- the polymer may comprise an alpha-olefin interpolymer of ethylene with a comonomer comprising an alkene, such as 1-octene.
- the ethylene and octene copolymer may be present alone or in combination with another polymer, such as ethylene-acrylic acid copolymer.
- the weight ratio between the ethylene and octene copolymer and the ethylene-acrylic acid copolymer may be from about 1 :10 to about 10:1, such as from about 3:2 to about 2:3.
- the polymer, such as the ethylene-octene copolymer may have a crystallinity of less than about 50%, such as less than about 25%. In some embodiments, the crystallinity of the polymer may be from 5 to 35 percent, hi other embodiments, the crystallinity may range from 7 to 20 percent.
- the polymer may comprise at least one low density polyethylene (LDPE).
- LDPE low density polyethylene
- the polymer may comprise LDPE made in autoclave processes or tubular processes. Suitable LDPE for this embodiment is defined elsewhere in this document.
- the polymer may comprise at least two low density polyethylenes.
- the polymer may comprise LDPE made in autoclave processes, tubular processes, or combinations thereof. Suitable LDPEs for this embodiment are defined elsewhere in this document.
- the polymer may comprise an alpha-olefin interpolymer of ethylene with a comonomer comprising an alkene, such as 1-octene.
- the ethylene and octene copolymer may be present alone or in combination with another polymer, such as a low density polyethylene (LDPE).
- LDPE low density polyethylene
- the weight ratio between the ethylene and octene copolymer and the LDPE may be from about 60:40 to about 97:3, such as from about 80:20 to about 96:4.
- the polymer, such as the ethylene-octene copolymer may have a crystallinity of less than about 50%, such as less than about 25%. In some embodiments, the crystallinity of the polymer may be from 5 to 35 percent. In other embodiments, the crystallinity may range from 7 to 20 percent. Suitable LDPEs for this embodiment are defined elsewhere in this document.
- the polymer may comprise an alpha-olefin interpolymer of ethylene with a comonomer comprising an alkene, such as 1-octene.
- the ethylene and octene copolymer may be present alone or in combination with at least two other polymers from the group: low density polyethylene, medium density polyethylene, and high density polyethylene (HDPE).
- the weight ratio between the ethylene and octene copolymer, the LDPE, and the HDPE are such that the composition comprises one component from 3 to 97% by weight of the total composition and the remainder comprises the other two components.
- the polymer such as the ethylene-octene copolymer, may have a crystallinity of less than about 50%, such as less than about 25%. In some embodiments, the crystallinity of the polymer may be from 5 to 35 percent. In other embodiments, the crystallinity may range from 7 to 20 percent.
- Embodiments disclosed herein may also include a polymeric component that may include at least one multi-block olefin interpolymer.
- Suitable multi-block olefin interpolymers may include those described in U.S. Provisional Patent Application No. 60/818,911, for example.
- the blocks differ in the amount or type of comonomer incorporated therein, the density, the amount of crystallinity, the crystallite size attributable to a polymer of such composition, the type or degree of tacticity (isotactic or syndiotactic), regio-regularity or regio-irregularity, the amount of branching, including long chain branching or hyper-branching, the homogeneity, or any other chemical or physical property.
- the multi-block copolymers are characterized by unique distributions of polydispersity index (PDI or M w /M n ), block length distribution, and/or block number distribution due to the unique process making of the copolymers.
- embodiments of the polymers when produced in a continuous process, may possess a PDI ranging from about 1.7 to about 8; from about 1.7 to about 3.5 in other embodiments; from about 1.7 to about 2.5 in other embodiments; and from about 1.8 to about 2.5 or from about 1.8 to about 2.1 in yet other embodiments.
- embodiments of the polymers When produced in a batch or semi-batch process, embodiments of the polymers may possess a PDI ranging from about 1.0 to about 2.9; from about 1.3 to about 2.5 in other embodiments; from about 1.4 to about 2.0 in other embodiments; and from about 1.4 to about 1.8 in yet other embodiments.
- multi-block olefin interpolymer is an ethylene/ ⁇ -olefin block interpolymer.
- Another example of the multi-block olefin interpolymer is a propylene/ ⁇ -olefin interpolymer. The following description focuses on the interpolymer as having ethylene as the majority monomer, but applies in a similar fashion to propylene-based multi-block interpolymers with regard to general polymer characteristics.
- the ethylene/ ⁇ -olefin multi-block interpolymers may comprise ethylene and one or more co-polymerizable ⁇ -olefin comonomers in polymerized form, characterized by multiple (i.e., two or more) blocks or segments of two or more polymerized monomer units differing in chemical or physical properties (block interpolymer), preferably a multi-block interpolymer.
- the multi-block interpolymer may be represented by the following formula:
- n is at least 1, preferably an integer greater than 1, such as 2, 3, 4, 5, 10, 15, 20, 30, 40, 50, 60, 70, 80, 90, 100, or higher;
- A represents a hard block or segment; and
- B represents a soft block or segment.
- A's and B's are linked in a linear fashion, not in a branched or a star fashion.
- Hard segments refer to blocks of polymerized units in which ethylene is present in an amount greater than 95 weight percent in some embodiments, and in other embodiments greater than 98 weight percent. In other words, the comonomer content in the hard segments is less than 5 weight percent in some embodiments, and in other embodiments, less than 2 weight percent of the total weight of the hard segments.
- the hard segments comprise all or substantially all ethylene.
- Soft segments refer to blocks of polymerized units in which the comonomer content is greater than 5 weight percent of the total weight of the soft segments in some embodiments, greater than 8 weight percent, greater than 10 weight percent, or greater than 15 weight percent in various other embodiments.
- the comonomer content in the soft segments may be greater than 20 weight percent, greater than 25 eight percent, greater than 30 weight percent, greater than 35 weight percent, greater than 40 weight percent, greater than 45 weight percent, greater than 50 weight percent, or greater than 60 weight percent in various other embodiments.
- a blocks and B blocks are randomly distributed along the polymer chain. In other words, the block copolymers do not have a structure like:
- the block copolymers do not have a third block.
- neither block A nor block B comprises two or more segments (or sub-blocks), such as a tip segment.
- the multi-block interpolymers may be characterized by an average block index, ABI, ranging from greater than zero to about 1.0 and a molecular weight distribution, M w /M n , greater than about 1.3.
- the average block index, ABI is the weight average of the block index ("BI") for each of the polymer fractions obtained in preparative TREF from 20 0 C and 11O 0 C, with an increment of 5 0 C: where BIi is the block index for the i th fraction of the multi-block interpolymer obtained in preparative TREF, and w; is the weight percentage of the i th fraction.
- the square root of the second moment about the mean hereinafter referred to as the second moment weight average block index, may be defined as follows:
- BI is defined by one of the two following equations
- Tx is the analytical temperature rising elution fractionation (ATREF) elution temperature for the i th fraction (preferably expressed in Kelvin)
- Px is the ethylene mole fraction for the i th fraction, which may be measured by NMR or IR as described below.
- P AB is the ethylene mole fraction of the whole ethylene/ ⁇ -olefin interpolymer (before fractionation), which also may be measured by NMR or IR.
- T A and P A are the ATREF elution temperature and the ethylene mole fraction for pure "hard segments" (which refer to the crystalline segments of the interpolymer).
- T A and P A values are set to those for high density polyethylene homopolymer.
- T AB is the ATREF elution temperature for a random copolymer of the same composition (having an ethylene mole fraction of P AB ) and molecular weight as the multi-block interpolymer.
- T AB may be calculated from the mole fraction of ethylene (measured by NMR) using the following equation:
- Ln PAB O/TAB + ⁇
- ⁇ and ⁇ are two constants which may be determined by a calibration using a number of well characterized preparative TREF fractions of a broad composition random copolymer and/or well characterized random ethylene copolymers with narrow composition. It should be noted that ⁇ and ⁇ may vary from instrument to instrument. Moreover, one would need to create an appropriate calibration curve with the polymer composition of interest, using appropriate molecular weight ranges and comonomer type for the preparative TREF fractions and/or random copolymers used to create the calibration. There is a slight molecular weight effect. If the calibration curve is obtained from similar molecular weight ranges, such effect would be essentially negligible.
- random ethylene copolymers and/or preparative TREF fractions of random copolymers satisfy the following relationship:
- T xo is the ATREF temperature for a random copolymer of the same composition and having an ethylene mole fraction of Px.
- the weight average block index, ABI for the whole polymer may be calculated.
- ABI is greater than zero but less than about 0.4 or from about 0.1 to about 0.3.
- ABI is greater than about 0.4 and up to about 1.0.
- ABI should be in the range of from about 0.4 to about 0.7, from about 0.5 to about 0.7, or from about 0.6 to about 0.9.
- ABI is in the range of from about 0.3 to about 0.9, from about 0.3 to about 0.8, or from about 0.3 to about 0.7, from about 0.3 to about 0.6, from about 0.3 to about 0.5, or from about 0.3 to about 0.4. In other embodiments, ABI is in the range of from about 0.4 to about 1.0, from about 0.5 to about 1.0, or from about 0.6 to about 1.0, from about 0.7 to about 1.0, from about 0.8 to about 1.0, or from about 0.9 to about 1.0.
- the interpolymer may comprise at least one polymer fraction which may be obtained by preparative TREF, wherein the fraction has a block index greater than about 0.1 and up to about 1.0 and the polymer having a molecular weight distribution, M w /M n? greater than about 1.3.
- the polymer fraction has a block index greater than about 0.6 and up to about 1.0, greater than about 0.7 and up to about 1.0, greater than about 0.8 and up to about 1.0, or greater than about 0.9 and up to about 1.0.
- the polymer fraction has a block index greater than about 0.1 and up to about 1.0, greater than about 0.2 and up to about 1.0, greater than about 0.3 and up to about 1.0, greater than about 0.4 and up to about 1.0, or greater than about 0.4 and up to about 1.0. In still other embodiments, the polymer fraction has a block index greater than about 0.1 and up to about 0.5, greater than about 0.2 and up to about 0.5, greater than about 0.3 and up to about 0.5, or greater than about 0.4 and up to about 0.5.
- the polymer fraction has a block index greater than about 0.2 and up to about 0.9, greater than about 0.3 and up to about 0.8, greater than about 0.4 and up to about 0.7, or greater than about 0.5 and up to about 0.6.
- Ethylene ⁇ -olefin multi-block interpolymers used in embodiments of the invention may be interpolymers of ethylene with at least one C 3 -C 20 ⁇ -olefin.
- the interpolymers may further comprise C 4 -C 18 diolefm and/or alkenylbenzene.
- Suitable unsaturated comonomers useful for polymerizing with ethylene include, for example, ethylenically unsaturated monomers, conjugated or non-conjugated dienes, polyenes, alkenylbenzenes, etc.
- Examples of such comonomers include C 3 -C 20 ⁇ -olefins such as propylene, isobutylene, 1-butene, 1-hexene, 1-pentene, 4-methyl-l-pentene, 1- heptene, 1-octene, 1-nonene, 1-decene, and the like. 1-Butene and 1-octene are especially preferred.
- Suitable monomers include styrene, halo- or alkyl- substituted styrenes, vinylbenzocyclobutane, 1 ,4-hexadiene, 1,7-octadiene, and naphthenics (such as cyclopentene, cyclohexene, and cyclooctene, for example).
- the multi-block interpolymers disclosed herein may be differentiated from conventional, random copolymers, physical blends of polymers, and block copolymers prepared via sequential monomer addition, fluxional catalysts, and anionic or cationic living polymerization techniques.
- the interpolymers compared to a random copolymer of the same monomers and monomer content at equivalent crystallinity or modulus, the interpolymers have better (higher) heat resistance as measured by melting point, higher TMA penetration temperature, higher high- temperature tensile strength, and/or higher high-temperature torsion storage modulus as determined by dynamic mechanical analysis.
- the multi-block interpolymers have lower compression set, particularly at elevated temperatures, lower stress relaxation, higher creep resistance, higher tear strength, higher blocking resistance, faster setup due to higher crystallization (solidification) temperature, higher recovery (particularly at elevated temperatures), better abrasion resistance, higher retractive force, and better oil and filler acceptance.
- olefin interpolymers include polymers comprising monovinylidene aromatic monomers including styrene, o-methyl styrene, p-methyl styrene, t- butylstyrene, and the like.
- interpolymers comprising ethylene and styrene may be used, hi other embodiments, copolymers comprising ethylene, styrene and a C 3 -C 20 ⁇ olefin, optionally comprising a C 4 -C 20 diene, may be used.
- Suitable non-conjugated diene monomers may include straight chain, branched chain or cyclic hydrocarbon diene having from 6 to 15 carbon atoms.
- suitable non-conjugated dienes include, but are not limited to, straight chain acyclic dienes, such as 1,4-hexadiene, 1,6-octadiene, 1 ,7-octadiene, 1,9- decadiene, branched chain acyclic dienes, such as 5 -methyl- 1,4-hexadiene; 3,7- dimethyl- 1,6-octadiene; 3,7-dimethyl-l,7-octadiene and mixed isomers of dihydromyricene and dihydroocinene, single ring alicyclic dienes, such as 1,3- cyclopentadiene; 1,4-cyclohexadiene; 1 ,5-cyclooctadiene and 1,5-cyclododecadiene,
- the particularly preferred dienes are 1 ,4-hexadiene (HD), 5-ethylidene-2-norbornene (ENB), 5-vinylidene-2-norbornene (VNB), 5-methylene-2-norbornene (MNB), and dicyclopentadiene (DCPD).
- HD 1-,4-hexadiene
- ENB 5-ethylidene-2-norbornene
- VNB 5-vinylidene-2-norbornene
- MNB 5-methylene-2-norbornene
- DCPD dicyclopentadiene
- One class of desirable polymers that may be used in accordance with embodiments disclosed herein includes elastomeric interpolymers of ethylene, a C 3 - C 20 ⁇ -olefin, especially propylene, and optionally one or more diene monomers.
- suitable ⁇ -olefins include, but are not limited to, propylene, isobutylene, 1-butene, 1-pentene, 1-hexene, 4-methyl-l-pentene, and 1-octene.
- a particularly preferred ⁇ -olefin is propylene.
- the propylene based polymers are generally referred to in the art as EP or EPDM polymers.
- Suitable dienes for use in preparing such polymers, especially multi-block EPDM type polymers include conjugated or non-conjugated, straight or branched chain-, cyclic- or polycyclic- dienes comprising from 4 to 20 carbons.
- Preferred dienes include 1 ,4-pentadiene, 1,4- hexadiene, 5-ethylidene-2 ⁇ norbornene, dicyclopentadiene, cyclohexadiene, and 5- butylidene-2-norbornene.
- a particularly preferred diene is 5-ethylidene-2- norbornene.
- the polymers (homopolymers, copolymers, interpolymers and multi-block interpolymers) described herein may have a melt index, I 2 , from 0.01 to 2000 g/10 minutes in some embodiments; from 0.01 to 1000 g/10 minutes in other embodiments; from 0.01 to 500 g/10 minutes in other embodiments; and from 0.01 to 100 g/10 minutes in yet other embodiments.
- the polymers may have a melt index, I 2 , from 0.01 to 10 g/10 minutes, from 0.5 to 50 g/10 minutes, from 1 to 30 g/10 minutes, from 1 to 6 g/10 minutes or from 0.3 to 10 g/10 minutes.
- the melt index for the polymers may be approximately lg/10 minutes, 3 g/10 minutes or 5 g/10 minutes, hi other embodiments, the polymers may have a melt index greater than 20 dg/min; greater than 40 dg/min in other embodiments; and greater than 60 dg/min in yet other embodiments.
- the polymers described herein may have molecular weights, M w , from 1,000 g/mole to 5,000,000 g/mole in some embodiments; from 1000 g/mole to 1,000,000 in other embodiments; from 10,000 g/mole to 500,000 g/mole in other embodiments; and from 10,000 g/mole to 300,000 g/mole in yet other embodiments.
- the density of the polymers described herein may be from 0.80 to 0.99 g/cm 3 in some embodiments; for ethylene containing polymers from 0.85 g/cm 3 to 0.97 g/cm 3 ; and in some embodiments between 0.87 g/cm and 0.94 g/cm .
- the polymers described herein may have a tensile strength above 10 MPa; a tensile strength > 11 MPa in other embodiments; and a tensile strength > 13MPa in yet other embodiments, hi some embodiments, the polymers described herein may have an elongation at break of at least 600 percent at a crosshead separation rate of 11 cm/minute; at least 700 percent in other embodiments; at least 800 percent in other embodiments; and at least 900 percent in yet other embodiments.
- the polymers described herein may have a storage modulus ratio, G'(25°C)/G'(100°C), from 1 to 50; from 1 to 20 in other embodiments; and from 1 to 10 in yet other embodiments.
- the polymers may have a 7O 0 C compression set of less than 80 percent; less than 70 percent in other embodiments; less than 60 percent in other embodiments; and, less than 50 percent, less than 40 percent, down to a compression set of 0 percent in yet other embodiments.
- the ethylene/ ⁇ -olefm interpolymers may have a heat of fusion of less than 85 J/g.
- the ethylene/ ⁇ -olefin interpolymer may have a pellet blocking strength of equal to or less than 100 pounds/foot 2 (4800 Pa); equal to or less than 50 lbs/ft 2 (2400 Pa) in other embodiments; equal to or less than 5 lbs/ft 2 (240 Pa), and as low as 0 lbs/ft 2 (0 Pa) in yet other embodiments.
- block polymers made with two catalysts incorporating differing quantities of comonomer may have a weight ratio of blocks formed thereby ranging from 95:5 to 5:95.
- the elastomeric interpolymers in some embodiments, have an ethylene content of from 20 to 90 percent, a diene content of from 0.1 to 10 percent, and an ⁇ -olef ⁇ n content of from 10 to 80 percent, based on the total weight of the polymer.
- the multi-block elastomeric polymers have an ethylene content of from 60 to 90 percent, a diene content of from 0.1 to 10 percent, and an ⁇ -olefin content of from 10 to 40 percent, based on the total weight of the polymer.
- the interpolymer may have a Mooney viscosity (ML
- such polymers may have an ethylene content from 65 to 75 percent, a diene content from 0 to 6 percent, and an ⁇ -olefin content from 20 to 35 percent.
- the polymer may be a propylene-ethylene copolymer or interpolymer having an ethylene content between 5 and 20% by weight and a melt flow rate (230°C with 2.16 kg weight) from 0.5 to 300 g/10 min.
- the propylene-ethylene copolymer or interpolymer may have an ethylene content between 9 and 12% by weight and a melt flow rate (230 0 C with 2.16 kg weight) from 1 to 100 g/10 min.
- the polymer is a propylene-based copolymer or interpolymer.
- a propylene/ethylene copolymer or interpolymer is characterized as having substantially isotactic propylene sequences.
- substantially isotactic propylene sequences mean that the sequences have an isotactic triad (mm) measured by C NMR of greater than about 0.85, preferably greater than about 0.90, more preferably greater than about 0,92 and most preferably greater than about 0.93. Isotactic triads are well-known in the art and are described in, for example, U.S. Pat. No.
- the ethylene- ⁇ olefin copolymer may be ethylene-butene, ethylene-hexene, or ethylene-octene copolymers or interpolymer s.
- the propyl ene- ⁇ olefin copolymer may be a propylene- ethylene or a propylene-ethylene- butene copolymer or interpolymer.
- the polymers described herein may be produced using a single site catalyst and may have a weight average molecular weight of from about 15,000 to about 5 million, such as from about 20,000 to about 1 million.
- the molecular weight distribution of the polymer may be from about 1.01 to about 80, such as from about 1.5 to about 40, such as from about 1.8 to about 20.
- the polymer may have a Shore A hardness from 30 to
- the polymer may have a Shore A hardness from 40 to 90; from 30 to 80 in other embodiments; and from 40 to 75 in yet other embodiments.
- the olefin polymers, copolymers, interpolymers, and multi-block interpolymers may be functionalized by incorporating at least one functional group in its polymer structure.
- Exemplary functional groups may include, for example, ethylenically unsaturated mono- and di-functional carboxylic acids, ethylenically unsaturated mono- and di-functional carboxylic acid anhydrides, salts thereof and esters thereof.
- Such functional groups may be grafted to an olefin polymer, or it may be copolymerized with ethylene and an optional additional comonomer to form an interpolymer of ethylene, the functional comonomer and optionally other comonomer(s).
- Means for grafting functional groups onto polyethylene are described for example in U.S. Patents Nos. 4,762,890, 4,927,888, and 4,950,541, the disclosures of which are incorporated herein by reference in their entirety.
- One particularly useful functional group is maleic anhydride.
- the amount of the functional group present in the functional polymer may vary.
- the functional group may be present in an amount of at least about 1.0 weight percent in some embodiments; at least about 5 weight percent in other embodiments; and at least about 7 weight percent in yet other embodiments.
- the functional group may be present in an amount less than about 40 weight percent in some embodiments; less than about 30 weight percent in other embodiments; and less than about 25 weight percent in yet other embodiments.
- the foam sheets according to embodiments disclosed herein may include a single layer or multiple layers as desired.
- the foam articles may be produced in any manner so as to result in at least one foam layer.
- the foam layers described herein may be made by a pressurized melt processing method such as an extrusion method.
- the extruder may be a tandem system, a single screw extruder, a twin screw extruder, etc.
- the extruder may be equipped with multilayer annular dies, flat film dies and feedblocks, multi-layer feedblocks such as those disclosed in U.S. Pat. No. 4,908,278 (Bland et al.), multi-vaned or multi-manifold dies such as a 3-layer vane die available from Cloeren, Orange, Tex.
- a foamable composition may also be made by combining a chemical blowing agent and polymer at a temperature below the decomposition temperature of the chemical blowing agent, and then later foamed.
- the foam may be coextruded with one or more barrier layers.
- One method of producing the foams described herein is by using an extruder, as mentioned above.
- the foamable mixture polymer + blowing agent
- the fugitive gas nucleates and forms cells within the polymer to create a foam article.
- the resulting foam article may then be deposited onto a temperature-controlled casting drum.
- the casting drum speed i.e., as produced by the drum RPM
- the casting drum speed can affect the overall thickness of the foam article. As the casting roll speed increases, the overall thickness of the foam article can decrease.
- the barrier layer thickness at the die exit, which is where foaming occurs is the diffusion length for the system.
- the barrier layer thickness may decrease until the foam article solidifies.
- the barrier layer diffusion length i.e., thickness
- Blowing agents suitable for use in forming the foams described herein may be physical blowing agents, which are typically the same material as the fugitive gas, e.g., CO 2 , or a chemical blowing agent, which produces the fugitive gas. More than one physical or chemical blowing agent may be used and physical and chemical blowing agents may be used together.
- Physical blowing agents useful in the present invention include any naturally occurring atmospheric material which is a vapor at the temperature and pressure at which the foam exits the die.
- the physical blowing agent may be introduced, i.e., injected into the polymeric material as a gas, a supercritical fluid, or liquid, preferably as a supercritical fluid or liquid, most preferably as a liquid.
- the physical blowing agents used will depend on the properties sought in the resulting foam articles. Other factors considered in choosing a blowing agent are its toxicity, vapor pressure profile, ease of handling, and solubility with regard to the polymeric materials used.
- Nonflammable, non-toxic, non-ozone depleting blowing are preferred because they are easier to use, e.g., fewer environmental and safety concerns, and are generally less soluble in thermoplastic polymers.
- Suitable physical blowing agents include, e.g., carbon dioxide, nitrogen, SF.sub.6, nitrous oxide, perfluorinated fluids, such as C 2 F 6 , argon, helium, noble gases, such as xenon, air (nitrogen and oxygen blend), and blends of these materials.
- Chemical blowing agents that may be used in the present invention include, e.g., a sodium bicarbonate and citric acid blend, dinitrosopentamethylenetetramine, p- toluenesulfonyl hydrazide, 4-4'-oxybis(benzenesulfonyl hydrazide, azodicarbonamide (l,r-azobisformamide), p-toluenesulfonyl semicarbazide, 5-phenyltetrazole, 5- phenyltetrazole analogues, diisopropylhydrazodicarboxylate, 5-phenyl-3,6-dihydro- l,3,4-oxadiazin-2-one, and sodium borohydride.
- the blowing agents are, or produce, one or more fugitive gases having a vapor pressure of greater than 0.689 MPa at 0 0 C.
- the total amount of the blowing agent used depends on conditions such as extrusion-process conditions at mixing, the blowing agent being used, the composition of the extrudate, and the desired density of the foamed article.
- the extrudate is defined herein as including the blowing agent blend, a polyolefin resin(s), and any additives.
- the extrudate typically comprises from about 18 to about 1 wt % of blowing agent. In other embodiments, 1% to 10% of blowing agent maybe used.
- the blowing agent blend used in the present invention comprises less than about 99 mol % isobutane.
- the blowing agent blend generally comprises from about 10 mol % to about 60 or 75 mol % isopentane.
- the blowing agent blend more typically comprises from about 15 mol % to about 40 mol % isopentane. More specifically, the blowing agent blend comprises from about 25 or 30 mol % to about 40 mol % isobutane.
- the blowing agent blend generally comprises at least about 15 or 30 mol % of co-blowing agent(s). More specifically, the blowing agent blend comprises from about 40 to about 85 or 90 mol % of co-blowing agent(s).
- the blowing agent blend more typically comprises from about 60 mol % to about 70 or 75 mol % of co-blowing agent(s).
- a nucleating agent or combination of such agents may be employed in the present invention for advantages, such as its capability for regulating cell formation and morphology.
- a nucleating agent, or cell size control agent may be any conventional or useful nucleating agent(s). The amount of nucleating agent used depends upon the desired cell size, the selected blowing agent blend, and the desired foam density. The nucleating agent is generally added in amounts from about 0.02 to about 20 wt % of the polyolefin resin composition.
- Some contemplated nucleating agents include inorganic materials (in small particulate form), such as clay, talc, silica, and diatomaceous earth.
- Other contemplated nucleating agents include organic nucleating agents that decompose or react at the heating temperature within an extruder to evolve gases, such as carbon dioxide, water, and/or nitrogen.
- An organic nucleating agent is a combination of an alkali metal salt of a polycarboxylic acid with a carbonate or bicarbonate.
- alkali metal salts of a polycarboxylic acid include, but are not limited to, the monosodium salt of 2,3-dihydroxy-butanedioic acid (commonly referred to as sodium hydrogen tartrate), the monopotassium salt of butanedioic acid (commonly referred to as potassium hydrogen succinate), the trisodium and tripotassium salts of 2-hydroxy-l,2,3-propanetricarboxylic acid (commonly referred to as sodium and potassium citrate, respectively), and the disodium salt of ethanedioic acid (commonly referred to as sodium oxalate), or polycarboxylic acid such as 2-hydroxy-l,2,3-propanetricarboxylic acid.
- a carbonate or a bicarbonate include, but are not limited to, sodium carbonate, sodium bicarbonate, potassium carbonate, potassium bicarbonate, and calcium carbonate.
- nucleating agents may be added in the present invention.
- Some more desirable nucleating agents include talc, crystalline silica, and a stoichiometric mixture of citric acid and sodium bicarbonate (the stoichiometric mixture having a 1 to 100 percent concentration where the carrier is a suitable polymer such as polyethylene).
- Talc may be added in a carrier or in a powder form.
- Gas permeation agents or stability control agents may be employed in the present invention to assist in preventing or inhibiting collapsing of the foam.
- the stability control agents suitable for use in the present invention may include the partial esters of long-chain fatty acids with polyols described in U.S. Pat. No. 3,644,230, saturated higher alkyl amines, saturated higher fatty acid amides, complete esters of higher fatty acids such as those described in U.S. Pat. No. 4,214,054, and combinations thereof described in U.S. Pat. No. 5,750,584.
- the partial esters of fatty acids that may be desired as a stability control agent include the members of the generic class known as surface active agents or surfactants.
- a preferred class of surfactants includes a partial ester of a fatty acid having 12 to 18 carbon atoms and a polyol having three to six hydroxyl groups. More preferably, the partial esters of a long chain fatty acid with a polyol component of the stability control agent are glycerol monostearate, glycerol distearate or mixtures thereof. It is contemplated that other gas permeation agents or stability control agents may be employed in the present invention to assist in preventing or inhibiting collapsing of the foam.
- fillers may be used in making the foam.
- the foam of the invention may contain filler materials in amounts, depending on the application for which they are designed, ranging from about 2-100 percent (dry basis) of the weight of the polymer component.
- These optional ingredients may include, but are not limited to, calcium carbonate, titanium dioxide powder, polymer particles, hollow glass spheres, polymeric fibers such as polyolefin based staple monofilaments and the like.
- foams useful for disclosed embodiments may have thickness between 1 and 500 mm, and in some embodiments, 5 to 100 mm, and in some embodiments 8 and 30 mm.
- foams may have a density between about 20 and 600 kg/m 3 , preferably 25 to 300 kg/m 3 , and more preferably, 30 to 150 kg/m 3 .
- foams may have a cell size between about 0.1 to 6mm, preferably 0.2 to 4.5 mm, and more preferably 0.2 to 3 mm.
- the foam layer may be perforated in order to facilitate drainage, so that in the event of rain, water may drain off of the playing surface.
- the above described foams may be used as a shock absorbing layer in a synthetic turf. Additionally, tests may be performed to analyze temperature performance and aging, as well as the bounce and spin properties of the resulting turf. Briefly, the significant tests & desired results for artificial turf performance as specified by the FIFA Quality Concept Manual (March 2006 Edition) are shown in the below table. Those having ordinary skill in the art will appreciate that this is but one use of the foams described herein, and that the artificial turf and foams described herein may be useful in a number of other applications an a number of other sports, such as rugby and field hockey, for example.
- '*' denotes foam commercially available from Qycell Corporation (Ontario, California, USA)
- a foam sample is loaded into the Instron in the same manner as above. A pre-load of 2.5N is applied at 5 mm/min, and the crosshead position is re-zeroed. Then the sample is compressed at 10 mm/min until the stress reaches 0.38 MPA, designated as the compression step. Immediately, the crosshead is then reversed until a load of 0.0038MPa is reached, designated as decompression. Without interruption, the sample is compressed and decompressed for 10 cycles.
- Instron in the same manner as above, except that the environmental chamber is in place and preheated to a temperature of 65°C.
- the sample is placed in between the compression plates, at 65°C.
- a pre-load of 2.5 N is applied at 5 mm/min, and the crosshead position is re-zeroed. Load is then applied at 0.16 MPa.
- Crosshead position is then adjusted automatically by the Instron computer, to maintain a stress of 0.16 MPa for 12 hours. Compressive strain versus time is measured, the results of which are presented in Figures 3 and 3 c. After 12 hours, the crosshead returns to its starting position.
- Figures 3, 3c, and 4 illustrate that essentially the same compressive creep performance and subsequent recovery may be achieved despite the elimination of crosslinking.
- a non-crosslinked polythene foam is provided as a shock absorption layer, which may be bonded to a backing. Artificial grass is attached to the backing, and the spaces between the grass may be filled with an infill.
- Embodiments using non-crosslinked polyethylene may be advantageous as non-crosslinked polyethylene is recyclable, and, thus, there are no environmental issues.
- Embodiments of the polymer foams described herein may also be useful as heavy layers for noise and vibration dampening, among others.
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