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Process for preparing a Ziegler-Natta type catalyst

US5252688A · kind A · utility

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Filing dateDec 23, 1991
Grant dateOct 12, 1993
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Expiry dateDec 23, 2011

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  • Technology area (CPC Y)Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
  • CPC primaryY10S526/904
  • WIPO fieldMacromolecular chemistry, polymers
  • WIPO sectorChemistry

Abstract

The present invention relates to a process for preparing a Ziegler-Natta type catalyst based on a vanadium compound. The process comprises sequentially contacting within a liquid hydrocarbon a spheroidal support comprising (i) MgCl.sub.2 free from any Mg-C bond and (ii) an electron-donor D1 free from labile hydrogen, an electron-donor D2 containing labile hydrogen and an organometallic compound capable of reducing a vanadium compound, (2) washing the solid product with a liquid hydrocarbon resulting from the contacting, and (3) contacting the washed solid product with one or more vanadium compounds soluble in the liquid hydrocarbon, comprising halogen atoms and alkoxy radical, both being bonded to the same or different vanadium atoms. The catalyst which consists of spheroidal particles without fines, is very active in olefin polymerization and is particularly suitable for producing elastomeric copolymers of propylene.

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