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Catalyst efficiency for supported metallocene catalyst

US6225251A · kind A · utility

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Filing dateMay 4, 1999
Grant dateMay 1, 2001
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Expiry dateMay 4, 2019

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC Y)Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
  • CPC primaryY10S526/943
  • WIPO fieldMacromolecular chemistry, polymers
  • WIPO sectorChemistry

Abstract

The invention provides a polymerization process with improved catalyst activity of a metallocene catalyst supported on silica treated with MAO, a process for supporting a metallocene compound on silica treated with MAO, a metallocene catalyst supported on silica treated with MAO within a certain temperature range and a process for making a metallocene catalyst supported on silica treated with MAO. The invention includes supporting the metallocene compound on a MAO-treated silica at a temperature of below 0.degree. C. The supported catalyst is activated with an aluminum alkyl. The catalyst may be prepolymerized in a tubular reactor prior to being introduced into the polymerization reaction zone.

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