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Procedure for making copolymers of ethylene and long-chained alpha olefins

US4690991A · kind A · utility

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Filing dateFeb 4, 1985
Grant dateSep 1, 1987
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Expiry dateFeb 4, 2005

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  • Technology area (CPC C)Chemistry; Metallurgy
  • CPC primaryC08F210/16
  • WIPO fieldMacromolecular chemistry, polymers
  • WIPO sectorChemistry

Abstract

The present invention concerns a procedure for copolymerization of ethylene and alpha olefins with at least eight carbon atoms in the presence of a catalyst of Ziegler-Natta type to become a polymer, in which the quantity of alpha olefin containing at least eight carbon atoms can be regulated between 0.01 and 15% by weight. Polymerization is carried out at a temperature not exceeding 120.degree. C. in a fluid in which the polymer is insoluble. The monomer mixture contains, for increasing the reactivity of the long-chained alpha olefin, 0.01 to 2.0 mol/dm.sup.3 of short-chained alpha olefin with not more than five carbon atoms. The alpha olefin containing not more than five carbon atoms is preferably 1-butylene or propylene.

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