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Process for the preparation of a particulate bimodal polyethylene product

US8445607B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Filing dateDec 17, 2010
Grant dateMay 21, 2013
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Expiry dateDec 17, 2030

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  • Technology area (CPC C)Chemistry; Metallurgy
  • CPC primaryC08F110/02
  • WIPO fieldMacromolecular chemistry, polymers
  • WIPO sectorChemistry

Abstract

The invention relates to a process for the preparation of a particulate bimodal polyethylene product having a median particle diameter of less than 300 μm in a serially connected double loop reactor, wherein said polymerization catalyst applied in the polymerization process comprises a particulate metallocene-alumoxane catalyst immobilized on a porous silica support, wherein said polymerization catalyst has a median particle diameter of less than 50 μm; and whereby the ratio of the median particle diameter of the obtained bimodal polyethylene product to the median particle diameter of the applied polymerization catalyst is less than 30.

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