Patent ID: 6017859
Filing Date: 2000-01-25
Classification: C08F,C10L,C10M,C10N

Abstract:
Monounsaturated olefinic hydrocarbon polymer suitable for use as a fuel or lubricant additive, said polymer having the following characteristics:(a) an average ethylene sequence length, ESL, of from about 1.0 to about 1.5;(b) an average of at least 5 branches per 100 carbon atoms of the polymer chains comprising said polymer;(c) at least about 50% of said branches being methyl and/or ethyl branches;(d) at least about 30% of said polymer chains terminated with a vinyl or vinylene group;(e) a number average molecular weight, Mn, of from about 300 to about 10,000; and(f) substantial solubility in hydrocarbon and/or synthetic base oil.