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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 27, 2001
Filed:
Oct. 08, 1997
Saiki Hasegawa, Yokkaichi, JP;
Makoto Sone, Mie-ken, JP;
Hisami Yasuda, Mie-ken, JP;
Akihiro Yano, Yokkaichi, JP;
Tosoh Corporation, Shinnanyo, JP;
Abstract
An ethylene/&agr;-olefin copolymer of a weight-average molecular weight of not less than 40000 is produced by copolymerization of ethylene with an &agr;-olefin having three or more carbons by use of an olefin polymerization catalyst at a polymerization temperature of not lower than 120° C., the olefin polymerization catalyst comprising, as constitutional components, a) a metallocene compound, b) an ionizing ionic compound, and c) an organoaluminum compound, the ionizing ionic compound (b) being a compound which is capable of changing the metallocene compound (a) into a cationic form and does not further react the cationic form of the metallocene compound. This process produces an ethylene/&agr;-olefin copolymer of high molecular weight in high efficiency.