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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 04, 2002
Filed:
Dec. 28, 1999
Applicant:
Inventors:
Robert Charles Job, Bound Brook, NJ (US);
Walter Thomas Reichle, Warren, NJ (US);
Assignee:
Union Carbide Chemicals & Plastics Technology Corporation, Danbury, CT (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
C08F 4/614 ; B01J 3/138 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
C08F 4/614 ; B01J 3/138 ;
Abstract
A solid self-supported hybrid catalyst is disclosed which contains (i) a Ziegler-Natta catalyst component including at least one group IVB metal-containing alkoxide or aryloxide; and (ii) Cp, where Cp is a cycloalkadienyl hydrocarbon having from 3-30 carbon atoms. A method of making the self-supported hybrid catalyst and a method of polymerizing olefins using the catalysts also are disclosed. The catalysts are capable of producing polyolefins in high yield having a broad molecular weight distribution, or a bimodal molecular weight distribution.