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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 29, 1978
Filed:
Jan. 27, 1977
Guenther Schweier, Ludwigshafen, DE;
Erich Kolk, Bad Durkheim, DE;
Heinz Mueller-Tamm, Ludwigshafen, DE;
Hans Frielingsdorf, Bad Durkheim, DE;
Robert Bachl, Worms, DE;
Wolfgang Gruber, Frankenthal, DE;
BASF Aktiengesellschaft, Ludwigshafen, DE;
Abstract
A process for the manufacture of homopolymers and copolymers of .alpha.-monoolefins of 2 to 6 carbon atoms by polymerizing the monomer or monomers by means of a Ziegler catalyst system comprising (1) a catalyst component containing titanium and (2) a particular compound of the metals aluminum, magnesium or zinc, the atomic ratio of titanium from catalyst component (1) to metal from catalyst component (2) being from 1:0.1 to 1:500, wherein the titanium-containing catalyst component (1) employed is the solid-phase product (IV) obtained by bringing into contact (1.1) a finely divided, porous, inorganic oxidic material (I) which has the formula SiO.sub.2 . aAl.sub.2 O.sub.3 --, where a is a number from 0 to 2, and (1.2) a solution (II) formed on bringing together (IIa) 100 parts by weight of an alcohol of the general formula Z--OH, where Z is a saturated hydrocarbon radical of 1 to 8 carbon atoms, (IIb) from 0.01 to 6 parts by weight (calculated as titanium) of a titanium trihalide and (IIc) from 0.01 to 4 parts by weight (calculated as magnesium) of a magnesium compound which is soluble in the alcohol (IIa), so as to form a dispersion (III), with the proviso that the weight ratio of inorganic oxidic material (I) to titanium in the titanium trihalide (IIb) is from 1:0.01 to 1:0.2 and the weight ratio of inorganic oxidic material (I) to magnesium in the magnesium compound (IIc) is from 1:0.01 to 1:0.25, and evaporating the dispersion (III) until it has a dry consistency, thus forming the solid-phase product (IV). The new process is particularly advantageous for the manufacture of homopolymers and copolymers having, for example, particularly advantageous morphological properties.