Process for preparing cross-linked polyolefins

US7056987B2 · kind B2 · utility

Assignee

• Borealis Technology Oy · FI

Inventors

• Kjetil Borve · Odda, NO
• Keith Redford · Hagan, NO
• Aage Stori · Oslo, NO

Key dates

• Filing date: Aug 31, 2001
• Grant date: Jun 6, 2006
• Expiry date: Aug 31, 2021

Classification

• Technology area (CPC C): Chemistry; Metallurgy
• CPC primary: C08F2810/20
• WIPO field: Macromolecular chemistry, polymers
• WIPO sector: Chemistry

Abstract

The present invention refers to a process for preparing cross-linked polyolefins, comprising the steps of adding a diazido compound of the formula (I) N═N═N—X—R—X—N═N=N wherein R represents an aryl, alkyl or aralkyl group having 3 to 20 carbon atoms and X stands for —CO—, —O—CO— —SO2—, —PO2—, —PO3—, or —Si (═O)—, and a peroxide compound of the general formula (II) R1—X1—OO—X2—R2 wherein R1 and R2 are the same or different and represent hydrogen, an aryl, alkyl or aralkyl group having 3 to 20 carbon atoms and optionally comprising further peroxide groups, wherein one of R1 and R2 can form a ring, and X1 and X2 are the same or different and stand for a direct bond, —CO2— or —CO— to a polyolefin in powder or pellet form; mixing the product to obtain a mixture; extruding the mixture in an extruder at a temperature above the decomposition temperature of the diazido compound of formula (I) and of the peroxide compound of formula (II).