Abstract:
A PROCESS FOR THE PRODUCTION OF HOMOPOLYMERS OF ETHYLENE BY POLYMERIZATION OF ETHYLENE AT HIGH PRESSURE AND ELEVATED TEMPERATURE USING A MIXTURE OF A HYDROPERIOXIDE AND OXYGEN AS A POLYMERIZATION INITIATOR WITH OR WITHOUT A POLYMERIZATION REGULATOR. AN ESSENTIAL FEATURE OF THE PROCESS ACCORDING TO THE INVENTIONS IS THE USE OF HYDROPEROXIDES OF A SPECIALLY SELECTED CLASS OF COMPOUNDS.
Abstract:
Production of polyethylene by polymerizing ethylene at elevated temperatures and elevated pressure under the action of a polymerization initiator, consisting of oxygen and t-butyl hydroperoxide, and of a polymerization regulator. The process of the invention is characterized in that temperature ranging from 310* to 400*C are used and that the polymerization initiator consists of from 1 to 12 molar parts of oxygen and from 1 to 5 molar parts of t-butyl hydroperoxide per million molar parts of the ethylene being polymerized. The process of the invention is preferably carried out continuously in a tubular reactor. The process permits easy control of the reaction with high yields and provides products with high flexibility and elongation.
Abstract:
A PROCESS FOR POLYMERIZING ETHYLENE AT PRESSURES OF MORE THAN 1000 ATMOSPHERES AND AT TEMPERATURES OF FROM 150* TO 400*C. IN THE PRESENCE OF METHYL ISOBUTYL KETONE PEROXIDE. POLYETHYLENE HAVING A DENSITY OF FROM 0.924 TO 0.935 G/CCM. IS OBTAINED IN HIGHER YIELDS THAN IN CONVENTIONAL METHODS; IT IS USED FOR THE PRODUCTION OF TRANSPARENT FILM AND SHEETING.
Abstract:
A process for the production of ethylene copolymers containing hydroxyl groups which contain polymerized units of ethylene, an alkenol and if desired other monomers copolymerizable with ethylene, by copolymerization of a mixture of ethylene, alkenol and the other copolymerizable monomer(s), if any, at superatmospheric pressure and elevated temperature under the action of a free-radical polymerization initiator in the presence or absence of a polymerization regulator. 3-methyl-3-buten-1-ol is used as the alkenol. The process has the advantage that it is more easily carried out than comparable prior art methods and that it gives copolymers containing a relatively high proportion of polymerized units of alkenol.
Abstract:
PRODUCTION OF ETHYLENE HOMOPOLYMERS OR COPLYMERS BY POLYMERIZATION OF ETHYLENE OR OF MIXTURES OF MAJOR AMOUNTS OF ETHYLENE AND MINOR AMOUNTS OF OTHER MONOMERS AT SUPERATMOSPHERIC PRESSURE AND ELEVATED TEMPERATURE USING A POLYMERZATON INITIATOR. IT IS CHARACTERISTIC OF THE PROCESS ACCORDING TO THE INVENTIN THAT A 2-HYDROPEROXY-2-ISOPROPYLPHENYLPROPANE IS USED AS POLYMERIZATION INITIATOR.