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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 07, 2003
Filed:
Apr. 18, 2002
Applicant:
Inventors:
Douglas D. Klendworth, West Chester, OH (US);
Mark K. Reinking, Mason, OH (US);
Edward D. Kist, Cincinnati, OH (US);
Karen E. Meyer, Cincinnati, OH (US);
Assignee:
Equistar Chemicals, LP, Houston, TX (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
C08F 4/42 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
C08F 4/42 ;
Abstract
A process for polymerizing propylene is disclosed. The process involves charging propylene and about 90 to 99% of an organoaluminum cocatalyst to a reactor and heating this mixture to at least about 50° C. This is followed by addition of a premix of 1 to 10% of the organoaluminum cocatalyst with a magnesium halide-supported Ziegler-Natta catalyst. The temperature of the reaction mixture is maintained to produce a propylene polymer. The process gives improved catalyst activity.