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Basf Akteingesellschaft

Ralf Zolk

Juergen Kerth

Klaus-Dieter Hungenberg

Rainer Hemmerich

Harald Schwager

Rainer Alexander Werner

Peter Koelle

Guenther Schweier

Wolfgang Gruber

Rudolf Mueller-Mall

Patrik Mueller

Werner Schoene

Klaus-Dieter Ruempler

Rueger Schlund

Guenther Schweter

Catalyst systems of the Ziegler-Natta type contain, as active components

Ziegler-natta catalyst systems containing specific organosilicon

Copolymers of propylene with other 1-alkenes, obtainable by gas-phase polymerization of a mixture of propylene and another 1-alkene in the absence of a liquid reaction medium under a pressure of from 15 to 30 bar, at from 60.degree. to 90.degree. C. and with an average holdup time of the polymer of from 1 to 5 hours, with the aid of a Ziegler-Natta catalyst system which, besides a titanium-containing solid component, contains an aluminum component and an electron donor, with the temperature being chosen so that, under the preset pressure, no condensation of the monomer mixture takes place in the gas space and, moreover, the ratio of the partial pressures of propylene and the other 1-alkene is adjusted to from 5:1 to 100:1, are particularly suitable for producing sheets and shaped articles.

Process for preparing copolymers of propylene with other 1-alkenes

Propylene polymers have a molecular weight ratio Q (M.sub.w /M.sub.n) of from 6 to 30 and are obtainable by Ziegler-Natta polymerization in the presence of hydrogen as molecular weight regulator and are particularly suitable for the production of films and moldings.

Propylene polymers having a broad molecular weight ratio Q

Polymers of propene are prepared using a Ziegler-Natta catalyst system consisting of (1) a titanium component which is based on a finely divided, shape-imparting silica gel and contains, in addition to titanium, magnesium, chlorine and a benzenecarboxylic acid derivative, (2) an aluminum component and (3) a silane component. In this process, a titanium component (1) is used which is obtained by a method in which (1.1) first (I) a carrier is prepared from (Ia) a silica gel, (Ib) an alkanol, (Ic) an organomagnesium compound and (Id) a gaseous chlorinating agent by a procedure in which (1.1.1) first (Ia) is reacted with (Ib), (1.1.2) then the mixture obtained in (1.1.1) is combined with (Ic), (1.1.3) then (Id) is passed into the mixture obtained in (1.1.2) and (I) is isolated, (1.2) thereafter a solid-phase intermediate is prepared from (I), (II) an alkanol, (III) titanium tetrachloride and (IV) a phthalic acid drivative by a procedure in which (1.2.1) first (I) is reacted with (II), (1.2.2) then (III) is introduced into the mixture resulting from (1.2.1), with the proviso that (IV) is also introduced during (1.2.1) and/or (1.2.2), (1.3) then the solid-phase product resulting from (1.2) is extracted with titanium tetrachloride and (1.4) finally the solid-phase product resulting from (1.3) is washed with a liquid hydrocarbon.

Preparation of homopolymers and copolymers of propene using a

Propylene/ethylene block copolymers are prepared by a continuous process in which, in each case in an agitated fixed bed of finely divided polymer from the gas phase, first (I) in a first polymerization zone, propylene is homopolymerized by feeding in a Ziegler-Natta catalyst system consisting of (1) a titanium component which contains titanium, magnesium, chlorine and a phthalic acid derivative, (2) an aluminumalkyl component and (3) a silane component, and (II) in a second polymerization zone, a mixture of propylene and ethylene is polymerized with the propylene homopolymer present in the reaction mixture obtained in the first polymerization zone by feeding in the said reaction mixture. In the process, (A) a titanium component (1) is used which is obtained by a method in which (1.1) first, (1.1.1) in a liquid hydrocarbon, (1.1.2) a finely divided magnesium halide, (1.1.3) an alkanol, (1.1.4) a certain phthalic acid derivative and (1.1.5) titanium tetrachloride are reacted with one another under certain conditions, (1.2) the solid intermediate obtained from (1.1) is extracted with titanium tetrachloride or a liquid alkylbenzene until the remaining solid substance has become substantially richer in magnesium, and (1.3) finally, the solid substance remaining in (1.2) is washed with an alkane in a certain manner, (B) a specific silane is used as (3), and (C) specifically selected polymerization parameters are employed, with relationships between the first and second polymerization zones.

Preparation of propylene/ethylene polymers of the toughened

Polymers of propene are prepared using a Ziegler-Natta catalyst system consisting of (1) a titanium component which is based on a finely divided, shape-imparting silica gel and contains titanium, magnesium, chlorine and a benzenecarboxylic acid derivative, (2) an aluminum component and (3) a silane component. In the process, a titanium component (1) is employed which is obtained by (1.1) first preparing (I) a carrier from (Ia) a silica gel which has a relatively high moisture content, (Ib) an organomagnesium compound and (Ic) a gaseous chlorinating agent by a method in which (1.1.1) first (Ia) is reacted with (Ib), (1.1.2) then (Ic) is passed into the mixture obtained in (1.1.1), and (I) is isolated, (1.2) thereafter a solid-phase intermediate is prepared from (I), (II) an alkanol, (III) titanium tetrachloride and (IV) a phthalic acid derivative by a procedure in which (1.2.1) first (I) is reacted with (II), (1.2.2) then (III) is introduced into the mixture resulting from (1.2.1), with the proviso that (IV) is also introduced during (1.2.1) and/or (1.2.2), (1.3) then the solid-phase product resulting from (1.2) is extracted with titanium tetrachloride or a titanium tetrachloride/hydrocarbon mixture, and (1.4) finally the solid-phase product resulting from (1.3) is washed with a liquid hydrocarbon.

Polymers of propene are prepared using a Ziegler-Natta catalyst system consisting of (1) a titanium component which contains titanium, magnesium, chlorine and a benzenecarboxylic acid derivative on a carrier, (2) an aluminum component and (3) a silane component. The process employs a titanium component (1) which is obtained by a method in which (1.1) first a solid-phase intermediate is prepared from (I) magnesium chloride, (II) an alkanol, (III) a carrier which in turn consists of a finely divided inorganic oxide carrier material which has been pretreated with an alkylchlorosilane, (IV) titanium tetrachloride and (V) a phthalic acid derivative, in such a way that (1.1.1) first (I) is reacted with (II), (1.1.2) then the carrier (III) is introduced into the substance resulting from (1.1.1), (1.1.3) thereafter the solid-phase substance resulting from (1.1.2) is reacted with (IV) in a liquid hydrocarbon, with the proviso that (V) is also introduced in (1.1.1) or (1.1.2) or (1.1.3), the (1.2) the solid-phase substance resulting from (1.1) is extracted with titanium tetrachloride, and finally the solid-phase substance resulting from (1.2) is extracted with a liquid hydrocarbon.

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