Mitsui Petrochemical Industries, Ltd.

Mitsui Chemicals, Inc.

Mitsui Chismicans, Inc.

Mitsui Cheimcals, Inc.

Mamoru Kioka

Norio Kashiwa

Akinori Toyota

Tetsunori Shinozaki

Toshiyuki Tsutsui

Takashi Ueda

Masao Nakano

Kazumitsu Kawakita

Masaya Yamada

Tsuneo Yashiki

Shin-ichi Kojoh

Shinichi Kojoh

Masaki Kohyama

Kenji Sugimura

Naoshi Ishimaru

Masanobu Ishiyama

Masahiro Sugi

Syuji Minami

Hideki Sakai

Seiichi Ikeyama

Yoshinori Akana

Hiroaki Kitani

Michio Toriumi

Yasuo Futami

Shinichi Kojo

Kenji Iwata

Tetsuya Toida

Toshio Kobayashi

Junji Saito

Hajime Inagaki

Satoru Moriya

Katsuo Okamoto

Yasuhiko Otawa

Shizuo Shimizu

Yoshihisa Ushida

Toshiyuki Hirose

Takeshi Shiraki

Kenji Doi

Yasushi Nakayama

Kazuhiko Murata

Akifumi Kato

Norio Kaneshige

Shinya Matsunaga

Kunie Hiroshige

Masaaki Ohgizawa

Tomohiko Kimura

Hiroshi Nishikawa

Michiharu Suga

Masahiro Kishine

Teruhisa Kojima

Toshiki Sotoyama

Michio Endo

Satoshi Matsumoto

Mitsuo Tomura

Disclosed are a propylene polymer having a high crystallinity of a boiled heptane-insoluble component contained therein, a high stereoregularity and an extremely long mesochain (continuous propylene units wherein directions of {acute over (&agr;)}-methyl carbons are the same as each other), and a process for preparing said polymer. Further disclosed is a propylene polymer composition comprising the above propylene polymer and at least one stabilizer selected from a phenol type stabilizer, an organophosphite type stabilizer, a thioether type stabilizer, a hindered amine type stabilizer a metallic salt of higher aliphatic acid. The propylene block polymer of the invention is well-balanced between rigidity, heat resistance and moisture resistance, and can be favorably used for sheet, filament, injection molded product, blow molded product, etc. The propylene polymer composition of the invention has excellent properties of the propylene polymer of or the propylene block copolymer, and moreover is excellent in heat stability during the molding stage, long-term heat stability and weathering resistance. The propylene polymer composition can be favorably used for sheet, film, filament, injection mold product, blow molded product, etc.

Propylene polymer, propylene block copolymer, process for preparing said polymer and said block copolymer, and propylene polymer composition

Disclosed are a propylene polymer having a high crystallinity of a boiled heptane-insoluble component contained therein, a high stereoregularity and an extremely long mesochain (continuous propylene units wherein directions of &agr;-methyl carbons are the same as each other), and a process for preparing said polymer. Also disclosed are a propylene block copolymer containing a crystalline polypropylene portion having a high crystallinity of a boiled heptane-insoluble component contained therein, a high stereoregularity and an extremely long mesochain, and a process for preparing said copolymer. Further disclosed is a propylene polymer composition comprising the above propylene polymer or propylene block copolymer and at least one stabilizer selected from a phenol type stabilizer, an organophosphite type stabilizer, a thioether type stabilizer, a hindered amine type stabilizer and a metallic salt of higher aliphatic acid. The propylene polymer of the invention is excellent in rigidity, heat resistance and moisture resistance, and can be favorably used for sheet, film, filament, injection molded product, blow molded product, etc. The propylene block polymer of the invention is well-balanced between rigidity, heat resistance and moisture resistance, and can be favorably used for sheet, filament, injection molded product, blow molded product, etc.

Propylene polymer and block copolymer

Olefin polymerization catalyst and process for preparing polypropylene and propylene block copolymer

This invention provides a solid titanium catalyst component which comprises magnesium, titanium, halogen and an electron donor, is free from elimination of titanium when washed with hexane at room temperature, and has a titanium content decrease ratio of less than 15 % by weight when washed with o-dichlorobenzene at 90&deg; C. The catalyst component can be prepared by a process wherein solid titanium (i) which is free from elimination of titanium when washed with hexane at room temperature is contacted with a polar compound having a dipole moment of 0.50 to 4.00 Debye to decrease the titanium content by at least 25 % by weight, whereby a solid titanium catalyst component having a weight ratio of an electron donor to titanium of at least 6 is prepared. Olefin polymerization catalyst containing the solid titanium catalyst component can be used for (co)polymerization of olefins with high activity to obtain a polyolefin of high stereoregularity in decreased quantities of a low stereoregular polyolefin.

Solid titanium catalyst component, process for preparing same, olefin polymerization catalyst containing same, and olefin polymerization process

Crystalline polypropylene contains components insoluble in 64&deg; C. decane satisfying the characteristics involving intrinsic viscosity; Mz/Mn; pentadvisotacticity, D value and Mw/Mn, are excellent in hardness and rigidity, high in melt tension, and excellent in molding properties. Processes for preparing such crystalline polypropylenes, and polypropylene compositions and thermoformed products that contain such crystalline polypropylenes are also described. The number-average molecular weight Mn of the components insoluble in 64&deg; C. decane is preferably 25000 or more.

Crystalline polypropylenes, process for preparing thereof, polypropylene compositions, and thermoformed products

Disclosed are a propylene polymer having a high crystallinity of a boiled heptane-insoluble component contained therein, a high stereoregularity and an extremely long mesochain (continuous propylene units wherein directions of &agr;-methyl carbons are the same as each other), and a process for preparing said polymer. Further disclosed is a propylene polymer composition comprising the above propylene polymer and at least one stabilizer selected from a phenol type stabilizer, an organophosphite type stabilizer, a thioether type stabilizer, a hindered amine type stabilizer and a metallic salt of higher aliphatic acid. The propylene polymer of the invention is excellent in rigidity, heat resistance and moisture resistance, and can be favorably used for sheet, film, filament, injection molded product, blow molded product, etc. The propylene polymer composition of the invention has excellent properties of the propylene polymer or the propylene block copolymer, and moreover is excellent in heat stability during the molding stage, long-term heat stability and weathering resistance. The propylene polymer composition can be favorably used for sheet, film, filament, injection molded product, blow molded product, etc.

Disclosed are a propylene block copolymer containing a crystalline polypropylene portion having a high crystallinity of a boiled heptane-insoluble component contained therein, a high stereoregularity and an extremely long mesochain, and a process for preparing said copolymer. Further disclosed is a propylene polymer composition comprising the above propylene block copolymer and at least one stabilizer selected from a phenol type stabilizer, an organophosphite type stabilizer, a thioether type stabilizer, a hindered amine type stabilizer and a metallic salt of higher aliphatic acid. The propylene block polymer of the invention is well-balanced between rigidity, heat resistance and moisture resistance, and can be favorably used for sheet, filament, injection molded product, blow molded product, etc. The propylene polymer composition of the invention has excellent properties of the propylene polymer or the propylene block copolymer, and moreover is excellent in heat stability during the molding stage, long-term heat stability and weathering resistance.

Olefin polymerization catalyst and process for preparing polypropylene and propylene block copolymers

Solid titanium catalyst component and its use in olefin polymerization catalyst

The present invention provides olefin polymerization catalysts and processes for preparing a polypropylene and a propylene block copolymer using the olefin polymerization catalysts. The olefin polymerization catalyst (1) of the invention is formed from: (I-1) a contact product obtained by contacting: (A) a solid titanium catalyst component, (B) an organometallic compound catalyst component, and (C) a specific organosilicon compound; (II-1) (D) a specific polyether compound; and optionally, (III) an organometallic compound catalyst component. The olefin polymerization catalyst (2) of the invention is formed from: (I-2) a contact product obtained by contacting: (A) a solid titanium catalyst component, (B) an organometallic compound catalyst component, and (D) a specific polyether compound; (II-2) (C) a specific organosilicon compound; and optionally, (III) an organometallic compound catalyst component. The propylene is polymerized in the presence of the above-mentioned olefin polymerization catalysts to prepare highly isotactic polypropylene. The propylene block copolymer is prepared by the steps of polymerizing propylene to form a polypropylene component and copolymerizing ethylene and an &agr;-olefin of 3 to 20 carbon atoms to form an ethylene/&agr;-olefin copolymer component in the presence of the polymerization catalysts.

A process for polymerizing an alpha-olefin using either a catalyst formed by contacting a highly active solid titanium catalyst component, an organo-metallic compound of a metal of Group 1 to 3 of the periodic table, an organic halogen compound or a transition metal compound, and an organosilicon compound or a sterically hindered amine in an inert medium in the absence of an alpha olefin, or a catalyst prepared by preliminarily polymerizing an alpha olefin in the presence of a catalyst comprising the above four catalyst components, provided that the last one is an optional component. This process achieves the industrially advantage that the catalysts are highly active, and give a polymer having excellent stereoregularity.

Process for polymerizing alpha-olefins

Process for preparing solid titanium catalyst component for olefin

An ethylene polymer having small values of Mw/Mn and Mz/Mw, a small proportion of long-chain branches, a high melt tension and a high swell ratio, and a process for preparing the ethylene polymer are disclosed. A solid titanium catalyst component obtained by initially bringing a solid titanium composite which is obtained by the contact of a solid magnesium aluminum composite containing magnesium, halogen, aluminum, and an alkoxy group of 6 or more carbon atoms and/or alcohol of 6 or more carbon atoms with a tetravalent titanium compound into contact with an organometallic compound, and then bringing the resulting product into contact with oxygen is further disclosed. An ethylene polymerization catalyst comprising the above catalyst component and an organometallic compound catalyst component is furthermore disclosed. Therefore, the ethylene polymer is excellent in moldability, and a molded article obtained therefrom is excellent in rigidity and impact resistance and free from poor appearance.

Polymerization catalyst and process for preparing an ethylene polymer

The invention relates to a polymerization catalyst for alpha-olefins and a process for polymerizing alpha-olefins. The catalyst comprises a component having a transition metal compound supported on a carrier and an aluminoxane. The carrier may be pre-treated with an organometallic compound, a halogen-containing silicon compound or an aluminoxane. Alternatively, the above two catalyst components are subjected to preliminary polymerization of olefins. The catalyst of this invention enables the production of a spherical polymer having a good particle size distribution, an excellent bulk density and a narrow molecular weight distribution in a slurry polymerization method or a vapor-phase polymerization method, particulary the vapor-phase polymerization method. When applied to the copolymerization of at least two olefins, the catalyst has excellent polymerization activity such that an olefin copolymer having a narrow molecular weight distribution and a narrrow composition distribution is obtained.

Catalyst for polymerizing alpha-olefins and process for polymerization

An ethylene polymer having small values of Mw/Mn and Mz/Mw, a small proportion of long-chain branches, a high melt tension and a high swell ratio and a process for preparing the same by polymerizing ethylene in the presence of an ethylene polymerization catalyst comprising a solid titanium catalyst component containing titanium, magnesium, halogen and a compound having at least two ether linkages present through plural atoms with an organometallic compound catalyst component.

Ethylene polymer and process for preparing the same

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