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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 16, 2003
Filed:
Mar. 29, 2001
Applicant:
Inventors:
Shaotian Wang, Mason, OH (US);
Jean A. Merrick-Mack, West Chester, OH (US);
Assignee:
Equistar Chemicals, LP, Houston, TX (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
C08F 4/44 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
C08F 4/44 ;
Abstract
An ethylene polymerization process is disclosed. The process uses a single-site catalyst that contains a boraaryl ligand. It comprises supporting the catalyst, forming a slurry of the supported catalyst in an organic solvent, mixing the catalyst slurry with trialkyl aluminum compound, and polymerizing ethylene in the presence of the trialkyl aluminum-treated catalyst slurry. The process gives polyethylene having a controlled long-chain-branch index.