Fina Technology, Inc.

Shady Henry

David J Rauscher

Jun Tian

William John Gauthier

Joseph Lyndon Thorman

Kai Hortmann

William J Gauthier

Constance Hayworth Patrick

Nathan Williams

Margaret Kerr

The invention is directed to a metallocene catalyst system and a process for preparing the system. The metallocene catalyst system comprises a support and metallocene bound substantially throughout the support. The selection of certain supports facilitates the production of metallocene catalyst systems having increased catalytic activity than previously recognized.

Polyolefin produced with a high performance support for a metallocene catalyst system

The invention is directed to a metallocene catalyst system comprising an inert silica support having pores with a peak pore volume of greater than about 0.115 mL/g at a pore diameter between about 250 Angstroms and about 350 Angstroms, and an alumoxane activator, with the metallocene being bound substantially throughout the support. The activator is grafted to the support in a solvent at a reflux temperature of toluene to obtain an aluminoxane on silica, and a metallocene component is added to make a MCS having a metallocene loading of about 2 wt %. This facilitates the production of metallocene catalyst systems having increased catalytic activity than previously recognized that is at least about 20 percent higher than the catalytic activity for a metallocene loading of about 1 wt % where the activator is grafted to the support at room temperature.

Polyolefin production with a high performance support for a metallocene catalyst system

Catalyst systems and methods of forming the catalyst systems are described herein. The methods generally include contacting a support material with an activator to form a support composition, contacting a component with at least a portion of an aluminum containing compound including TIBAl, wherein the component is selected from the support composition, the transition metal catalyst compound and combinations thereof and contacting the support composition with a transition metal catalyst compound to form a supported catalyst system.

Transition metal catalyst systems and formation thereof

Transition metal catalyst and formation thereof

Supported stereospecific catalysts and processes for the stereotactic propagation of a polymer chain derived from ethylenically unsaturated monomers such as the polymerization of propylene to produce syndiotactic polypropylene or isotactic polypropylene. The supported catalyst comprises a stereospecific metallocene catalyst component and a co-catalyst component comprising an alkylalumoxane. Both the metallocene catalyst component and the co-catalyst component are supported on a particulate polyamide support comprising spheroidical particles of a polyamide having an average diameter with the range of 5-60 microns, and a porosity permitting distribution of a portion of the co-catalyst within the pore volume of the polyamide particles while retaining a substantial portion on the surface of the particles. The polyamide support is characterized by relatively low surface area, specifically a surface area less than 20 square meters per gram. The metallocene component can take the form of a single metallocene or two or more co-supported metallocenes.

Polyamide supported metallocene catalysts

A process for preparing low melting copolymers comprising contacting a mixture of olefin monomers with a CpFlu-type metallocene catalyst under reaction conditions sufficient to form a copolymer. The copolymers thus prepared desirably display melt temperatures from about 100&#xb0; C. to about 140&#xb0; C. and may be produced with reduced amounts of ethylene. The copolymers may also exhibit reduced levels of undesirable xylene solubles, relatively narrow molecular weight distribution, and other improved optical and physical properties.

Process for increasing ethylene incorporation into random copolymers

Supported metallocene catalysts and processes for the use of such catalysts in isotactic polymerization of a Cethylenically unsaturated monomer. The supported catalysts comprise a particulate silica support, an alkyl alumoxane component, and a metallocene catalyst component. The support has an average particle size of 10-50 microns, a surface area of 200-800 m/g and a pore volume of 0.9-2.1 milliliters per gram (ml/g). Alumoxane is incorporated onto the support to provide a weight ratio of alumoxane to silica of at least 0.8:1. The metallocene is present in an amount of at least 1 weight percent of the silica and the alumoxane and is of the formula B(CpRaRb)(Fl')MQin which Fl&#x2032; is an unsubstituted fluorenyl group or a fluorenyl group symmetrically substituted at the 3 and 6 positions, B is a structural bridge between Cp and Fl&#x2032;, Ra is a bulky substituent in a distal position, Rb is a less bulky substituent proximal to the bridge and non-vicinal to the distal substituent, M is a Group IVB transition metal or vanadium, and Q is a halogen or a C-Calkyl group.

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