1. Automatic ship position and course logger of the type comprised of: A positioning system (1); A system for communications (3) between the positioning system (1) and the data processing system; A data processing system (3); A graphic display video monitor (4); A graphics printer (5); and a user keyboard (6), characterized essentially because the digital maps employed as databases for the processing system (3) include not only information regarding the coastlines, but also the boundaries of the territorial waters, such that, by using a specially-designed program, precise indications are provided in each position (defined by longitude and latitude) of the shortest distances to the coastlines and to the above-mentioned boundary lines of territorial waters.
2. Automatic ship position and course logger as per claim 1, characterized essentially because the information processed by the data processing system (3) is mapped out on the printer (5) and is logged in the non-volatile data storage memory of the central processing unit (3), in conjunction with the listing of position (longitude and latitude), date and time.
3. Automatic ship position and course logged as per the preceding claims, characterized essentially because all of the component parts of the logger (positioning system, connections, interface, computer) are sealable in order to guarantee the tamperproofness of the information automatically collected; and all of the specially-designed programs employed for the functioning thereof (decoding and logging, data processing, display and printing)are duly quality-approved in order to guarantee the effectiveness and accuracy thereof.
The claims below are in addition to those above.
All refrences to claim(s) which appear below refer to the numbering after this setence.
1. A polypropylene composition comprising a random propylene copolymer (R-PP), a high melt strength polypropylene (HMS-PP) and a clarifier (C), wherein
(a) the random propylene copolymer (R-PP) comprises units derived from propylene and at least another C2 to C20 \u03b1-olefin,
(b) optionally the high melt strength polypropylene (HMS-PP) has a branching index g\u2032 of less than 1.0,
(c) the clarifier (C) comprises at least one \u03b1-nucleating agent (N), and
(d) the polypropylene composition has a MFR2 (230\xb0 C.) in the range of 2.0 to 6.0 g10 min,
wherein further the \u03b1-nucleating agent(s) (N) are selected from the group consisting of
(i) sodium benzoate, and aluminum tert-butylbenzoate, and
(ii) dibenzylidenesorbitol and C1-C8-alkyl-substituted dibenzylidenesorbitol derivatives, and
(iii) salts of diesters of phosphoric acid, and
(iv) vinylcycloalkane polymer and vinylalkane polymer.
2. A polypropylene composition according to claim 1, wherein the polypropylene composition has a strain hardening behavior with a haul-off force Fmax of at least 7.0 cN and a draw down velocity vmax of at least 180 mms.
3. A polypropylene composition according to claim 1, wherein the polypropylene composition has an xylene hot insoluble fraction (XHI) of not more than 1.0 wt.-%.
4. A polypropylene composition according to claim 1, wherein the polypropylene composition has a xylene cold soluble fraction (XCS) of not more than 15.0 wt-%.
5. A polypropylene composition according to claim 1, wherein the amount of units derived from C2 to C20 \u03b1-olefins other than propylene is not more than 7.0 wt.-% in the polypropylene composition.
6. A polypropylene composition according to claim 1, wherein the amount of units derived from C2 to C20 \u03b1-olefins other than propylene is in the range of 1.0 to 7.0 wt.-% in the random propylene copolymer (R-PP).
7. A polypropylene composition according to claim 1, wherein the random propylene copolymer (R-PP) has a xylene cold soluble fraction (XCS) of not more than 15.0 wt-%.
8. A polypropylene composition according to claim 1, wherein the polypropylene composition andor the random propylene copolymer (R-PP) hashave a MFR2 (230\xb0 C.) of not more than 4.5 g10 min.
9. A polypropylene composition according to claim 1, wherein the high melt strength polypropylene (HMS-PP) has a strain hardening behavior with a haul-off force Fmax of at least 10.0 cN and a draw down velocity vmax of at least 200 mms.
10. A polypropylene composition according to claim 1, wherein the high melt strength polypropylene (HMS-PP) comprises units derived from
(i) propylene and
(ii) bifunctionally unsaturated monomer(s) andor multifunctionally unsaturated low molecular weight polymer(s).
11. A polypropylene composition according to claim 1, wherein the high melt strength polypropylene (HMS-PP) composition has an xylene hot insoluble fraction (XHI) of not more than 1.0 wt.-%.
12. A polypropylene composition according to claim 1, wherein the high melt strength polypropylene (HMS-PP) composition has a MFR2 (230\xb0 C.) of 1.0 to 10.0 g10 min.
13. A polypropylene composition according to claim 1, wherein the polypropylene composition has been visbroken and the visbroking ratio (final MFR2 (230\xb0 C.)initial MFR2 (230\xb0 C.)) is 1.3 to 3.0.
14. A polypropylene composition according to claim 1, wherein the polypropylene composition comprises
(a) 70.0 to 95.0 wt.-% the random propylene copolymer (R-PP),
(b) 5.0 to 20.0 wt.-% of the high melt strength polypropylene (HMS-PP), and
(c) 0.01 to 5.0 wt.-% of the clarifier (C),
based on the total polypropylene composition.
15. A method for producing an extrusion blown molded product, comprising the steps of:
providing a polypropylene composition comprising a random propylene copolymer (R-PP), a high melt strength polypropylene (HMS-PP) and a clarifier (C), wherein
(a) the random propylene copolymer (R-PP) comprises units derived from propylene and at least another C2 to C20 \u03b1-olefin,
(b) optionally the high melt strength polypropylene (HMS-PP) has a branching index g\u2032 of less than 1.0,
(c) the clarifier (C) comprises at least one \u03b1-nucleating agent (N), and
d) the polypropylene composition a MFR2 (230\xb0 C.) in the range of 2.0 to 6.0 g10 min,
wherein further the \u03b1-nucleating agent(s) (N) are selected from the group consisting of
(i) sodium benzoate, and aluminum tert-butylbenzoate, and
(ii) dibenzylidenesorbitol and C1-C8-alkyl-substituted dibenzylidenesorbitol derivatives, and
(iii) salts of diesters of phosphoric acid, and
(iv) vinylcycloalkane polymer and vinylalkane polymer; and
extruding an extrusion blown molded product using said polypropylene composition.
16. Extrusion blown molded article comprising a polypropylene composition comprising a random propylene copolymer (R-PP), a high melt strength polypropylene (HMS-PP) and a clarifier (C), wherein
(a) the random propylene copolymer (R-PP) comprises units derived from propylene and at least another C2 to C20 \u03b1-olefin,
(b) optionally the high melt strength polypropylene (HMS-PP) has a branching index g\u2032 of less than 1.0,
(c) the clarifier (C) comprises at least one \u03b1-nucleating agent (N), and
(d) the polypropylene composition has a MFR2 (230\xb0 C.) in the range of 2.0 to 6.0 g10 min,
wherein further the \u03b1-nucleating agent(s) (N) are selected from the group consisting of
(i) sodium benzoate, and aluminum tert-butylbenzoate, and
dibenzylidenesorbitol and C1-C8-alkyl-substituted dibenzylidenesorbitol derivatives, and
(iii) salts of diesters of phosphoric acid, and
(iv) vinylcycloalkane polymer and vinylalkane polymer.
17. Article according to claim 16, wherein the article is a bottle.