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Process for making propylene homo or copolymers

US6084041A · kind A · utility

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Filing dateMay 17, 1996
Grant dateJul 4, 2000
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Expiry dateMay 17, 2016

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  • Technology area (CPC Y)Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
  • CPC primaryY10S526/905
  • WIPO fieldMacromolecular chemistry, polymers
  • WIPO sectorChemistry

Abstract

A process for homo or copolymerizing propylene, wherein propylene is polymerized in the presence of a catalyst at an elevated temperature in a reaction medium in which a major part of the reaction medium is propylene and the polymerization is carried in at least one CSTR or loop reactor, where the polymerization is carried out at a temperature and a pressure which are above the corresponding critical temperature and the pressure of the reaction medium and where the residence time is at least 15 minutes. The process can also comprise a supercritical loop polymerization before the supercritical stage polymerization or a gas phase polymerization after the supercritical stage polymerization.

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