Montedison S.p.a.

Ausimont S.p.a.

Himont Incorporated

Ausimont

Umberto Zucchini

Illaro Cuffiani

Enrico Albizzati

Gianni Pennini

Roberto Fabbri

Gian F Margelli

Maurizio Stefano Galimberti

Umberto Giannini

Romano Mazzocchi

Paolo Longi

Paolo Galli

Viviano Banzi

Arrigo Soverini

Illaro Cuffiana

Enrico Pettenati

Disclosed are polymers and copolymers of CH.sub.2 .dbd.CHR alpha olefins where R is hydrogen or a 1-6 carbon atom alkyl radical, containing in the chain from 0.1 to 40 mole % of monomeric units ##STR1## where X is selected from the group consisting of (CH.sub.2).sub.r CH.sub.2 CH.sub.2 Y ##STR2## where r=0-10, Y is a halogen atom, R.sup.1 is a hydrocarbon radical with 1-18 carbon atoms.

Alpha olefins functionalized polymers

Solid catalyst components for the preparation of catalysts capable of producing polymers and copolymers of ethylene with ultra high molecular weight are obtained in the form of particles having an average diameter of less than 10 micrometers, by way of reaction, in the presence of H.sub.2 O, between:

Components and catalysts for the polymerization of ethylene

Catalysts for the preparation of copolymers of ethylene and/or alpha-olefins and optionally dienes, are obtained by reacting an Al-alkyl with a solid catalytic component comprising:

Catalysts for the preparation of elastomeric olefinic copolymers

Catalytic components for copolymerizing ethylene with alpha-olefins, or alpha-olefins with one another, and possibly with a diene as a termonomer, suitable for producing saturated and unsaturated elastomeric copolymers are disclosed. The catalytic components are compounds obtained by the reaction of:

Catalysts for preparing saturated elastomeric olefinic copolymers and

Crystalline copolymers of ethylene and alpha-olefins CH.sub.2 .dbd.CHR in which R is an alkyl group having 2 to 8 carbon atoms, containing 0.5 to 3% by moles of polymerized alpha-olefin and having a density lower than 0.945 g/cc are obtained by polymerizing, in the gas phase, mixtures of ethylene and the alpha-olefins in contact with catalysts prepared from (1) Ti compounds supported on Mg halides and (2) organometallic compounds, which are active in the polymerization of ethylene but exhibit little, if any, activity in the homo- or copolymerization of the alpha-olefins.

Ethylene/butene-1 copolymers

Disclosed are catalysts for the polymerization of ethylene and of mixtures thereof with olefins, comprising the product obtained by reacting the following components:

Catalysts for homo- and copolymerization of ethylene and the polymers

Components of catalysts for the polymerization of ethylene and of mixtures thereof with other olefins, in the form of emulsions or dispersions, in an inert liquid medium or in an inert gas phase of a liquid phase, comprising a compound of a metal of Groups IV to VI inclusive, of the Mendelyeev Periodic System, or a composition containing such a compound of the Mendelyeev Periodic System, which compound or composition is immiscible with aliphatic hydrocarbons, or which components are obtained from emulsions or dispersions, in an inert liquid medium or in gas phase, of a precursor of the catalyst component which, in the liquid state, is immiscible with the aliphatic hydrocarbons. An object of this invention is to provide new catalyst components for use in the polymerization of ethylene and of mixtures thereof with olefins and the catalysts obtained therefrom. More particularly, the invention provides new liquid catalytic components used in emulsion or dispersion in an inert liquid medium and the use of the catalysts deriving therefrom in the polymerization of ethylene and of mixtures thereof with alpha-olefins and/or with polyenes containing at least two double bonds.

Catalyst components for the polymerization of ethylene and of mixtures

New olefin polymerization catalysts are disclosed which are prepared by mixing

Process for preparing components of catalysts for the polymerization of

There are disclosed components of catalysts for polymerizing ethylene and mixtures of ethylene with alpha-olefins comprising the reaction product of (A) a magnesium compound, such as Mg-chloride, Mg-alcoholate or a Grignard compound, with (B) a titanium, vanadium or zirconium compound having at least two metal-oxygen bonds, such as a tetra-alcoholate, and with (C) a halogenated compound of metals of B, such as Ti tetrachloride. According to an aspect of the invention, the reaction product (A)+(B), before being reacted with (C), is treated with a silicum compound having a halogenating and/or reducing action. The catalysts according to the invention are suitable for obtaining ethylene polymers having a broad distribution of molecular weights.

Catalyst components for polymerizing olefins

There are disclosed new catalyst-forming components and catalysts prepared therefrom which, used in the polymerization of olefins, result in high yields of polyolefins having a narrow molecular weight distribution and which do not require special purifying after-treatments for the removal of catalyst residues. More particularly, the new catalyst components and catalysts prepared from them are useful in the polymerization of ethylene or alpha-olefins CH.sub.2 .dbd.CHR, in which R is an alkyl or aryl radical of from 1 to 8 carbon atoms, or mixtures of ethylene with said alpha-olefins.

Catalyst-forming components and catalysts prepared therefrom useful in

There are disclosed catalyst components for polymerizing olefins, consisting of the product obtained by successively reacting

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