Vapor phase process for polymerizing carbon monoxide and olefins
US4778876A · kind A · utility
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| Filing date | May 26, 1987 |
| Grant date | Oct 18, 1988 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | May 26, 2007 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC C)Chemistry; Metallurgy
- CPC primaryC08G67/02
- WIPO fieldMacromolecular chemistry, polymers
- WIPO sectorChemistry
Abstract
Polymers of relatively high bulk density are produced at a satisfactory rate by polymerization carried out as a gas phase polymerization, in which the monomers are contacted with the catalyst composition in the substantial absence of a liquid non-polymerizable diluent. Comparison of polymerization in liquid phase and in gas phase polymerization shows that when for both polymerizations the temperature is lowered to achieve the same increase in molecular weight, the gas phase polymerization shows a considerably smaller loss of reaction rate and bulk density. It has further been found that when polymers of the same molecular weights are prepared in both gas phase and liquid phase polymerizations, the rate at which the polymers are produced is higher in the case of the gas phase polymerizations, and, in addition, the gas phase prepared polymers have higher bulk densities.
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