Abstract:
A method for producing a solid catalyst component includes bringing a magnesium compound, a titanium halide compound, and one or more internal electron donor compounds into contact with each other to effect a reaction; washing the resulting product with a first inert organic wash solvent that does not have reactivity with the titanium halide compound, and has a solubility parameter (SP) of 8.0 to 9.0; washing the resulting intermediate product in the absence of the titanium halide compound with a second inert organic wash solvent that includes a hydrocarbon compound and does not have reactivity with the titanium halide compound, but has a solubility parameter (SP) of more than 9.0; and washing the resulting product in the absence of the titanium halide compound with a third inert organic wash solvent that does not have reactivity with the titanium halide compound, and has a solubility parameter (SP) of less than 8.0.
Abstract:
A method for producing a solid catalyst for olefin (co)polymerization includes bringing into contact with each other a magnesium compound, a tetravalent titanium halide compound, an organic compound represented the following general formula (1) R1k(C6H4-k)(COOR2)(COOR3) (1) and an organic compound represented the following general formula (2) R4R5C═C (COOR6)(COOR7) (2) wherein R1 is a halogen atom or an alkyl group, R2 and R3 are a linear alkyl group, R4 and R5 are independently an atom or group selected from a hydrogen atom, halogen, a linear alkyl group, a branched alkyl group a vinyl group, a linear or branched alkenyl group, a cycloalkenyl group, an aromatic hydrocarbon group, and R6 and R7 are independently a linear alkyl group, a branched alkyl group, a vinyl group, a linear or branched alkenyl group a cycloalkyl group, a cycloalkenyl group, or an aromatic hydrocarbon group.
Abstract:
A method for producing a propylene-based block copolymer ensures excellent olefin polymerization activity and activity with respect to hydrogen (hydrogen response) during polymerization, and produces a propylene-based block copolymer that exhibits a high MFR, high stereoregularity, and excellent rigidity. The method includes copolymerizing propylene and an α-olefin in the presence of a catalyst that includes (I) a solid catalyst component that includes titanium, magnesium, a halogen, and a compound represented by R1O—C(═O)—O—Z—OR2, and (II) a compound represented by R3pAlQ3-p, to obtain a propylene-based block copolymer.
Abstract:
A technique is provided in which valuable material is recovered from solid recovered material generated during chlorinating process of titanium-containing raw material, and in particular, in which chlorine gas and titanium-containing raw material can be efficiently separated and recovered from the solid recovered material. The method for production of titanium tetrachloride includes: a chlorinating process in which titanium-containing raw material, coke and chlorine are reacted, a recovering process in which chlorine gas, titanium oxide and coke are recovered by treating solid recovered material which is byproduced during the chlorinating process, and a reusing process in which these recovered material are reused as raw material for the chlorinating process.
Abstract:
A method for producing a potassium titanate easily and inexpensively produces a potassium titanate that exhibits high thermal stability and has a significantly low fibrous potassium titanate content. The method for producing a potassium titanate includes calcining a raw material mixture by heating the raw material mixture to a maximum calcination temperature that exceeds 1000° C. while controlling the heating rate from 1000° C. to the maximum calcination temperature to 15° C./min or less to obtain a calcine, and cooling the calcine while controlling the cooling rate from the maximum calcination temperature to 500° C. to 100° C./min or more, followed by grinding, the raw material mixture including a titanium compound and a potassium compound so that the molar ratio (number of moles of titanium compound on a titanium atom basis/number of moles of potassium compound on a potassium atom basis) of the number of moles of the titanium compound on a titanium atom basis to the number of moles of the potassium compound on a potassium atom basis is 2.7 to 3.3.
Abstract:
A solid catalyst component for olefin polymerization makes it possible to polymerize an olefin with high polymerization activity when used for an olefin polymerization catalyst, and produce an olefin polymer having a low fine powder content, a low coarse powder content, and a low volatile organic compound (VOC) content in high yield. The solid catalyst component for olefin polymerization is produced by suspending (a) a dialkoxymagnesium, and (b) at least one alcohol selected from ethanol, n-propanol, n-butanol, isopropanol, isobutanol, and t-butanol, in an inert organic solvent so that the total amount of the alcohol is 0.5 to 1.5 parts by mass based on 100 parts by mass of the dialkoxymagnesium, to prepare a suspension, and bringing (c) an internal electron donor and (d) a titanium halide compound into contact with the suspension.
Abstract:
A method for producing a solid catalyst component for olefin polymerization produces a novel solid catalyst component for olefin polymerization that achieves excellent olefin polymerization activity and activity with respect to hydrogen during polymerization, and can produce an olefin polymer that exhibits a high MFR, high stereoregularity, and excellent rigidity. The method includes a first step that brings a magnesium compound, a tetravalent titanium halide compound, and one or more first internal electron donor compounds selected from specific aromatic dicarboxylic diesters into contact with each other to effect a reaction, followed by washing, a second step that brings a tetravalent titanium halide compound and one or more second internal electron donor compounds into contact with a product obtained by the first step to effect a reaction, followed by washing, and a third step that brings one or more third internal electron donor compounds into contact with a product obtained by the second step to effect a reaction.
Abstract:
Provided is a method for producing a titanium-containing electrodeposit, which can achieve good refinement by an electrodeposition without using the Kroll method. A method for producing a titanium-containing electrodeposit, including an electrodeposition step of electrodepositing a titanium-containing electrodeposit in a chloride bath, the chloride bath being a molten salt, using an anode including a TiAlO conductive material containing titanium, aluminum, and oxygen, and a cathode, wherein, in the electrodeposition step, a current density of the cathode is in a range of 0.3 A/cm2 or more and 2.0 A/cm2 or less, and wherein the chloride bath contains 1 mol % or more of a titanium subchloride.
Abstract:
Provided is a method for producing metal titanium by molten salt electrolysis using a conductive material containing titanium, aluminum, oxygen and other impurities. A method for producing metal titanium, wherein a refining process includes: a rough electrodeposition step of performing a molten salt electrolysis using an electrode containing a TiAlO conductive material in a chloride bath Bf to obtain a titanium-containing electrodeposit TC; and one or more refinement electrodeposition steps of performing a molten salt electrolysis using an electrode containing the titanium-containing electrodeposit TC in a chloride bath Bf, and wherein at least one of the chloride bath Bf used for the rough electrodeposition step and the chloride bath Bf used for the refinement electrodeposition step contains 30 mol % or more of magnesium chloride.
Abstract:
Provided is a novel olefin polymer which is excellent in lightness and moldability, has high rigidity and yields molded products excellent in flexural elasticity. The olefin polymer includes a propylene initial polymerization product formed in the presence of an olefin polymerization catalyst which is a contact reaction product of an olefin polymerization solid catalyst component containing a titanium atom, a magnesium atom, a halogen atom and an internal electron donating compound, at least one organoaluminum compound selected from the compounds of the general formula (I), and a first external electron donating compound; and a polypropylene part formed of a propylene polymerization product formed in the presence of the olefin polymerization catalyst and a second external electron donating compound higher in adsorption to the surface of the olefin polymerization solid catalyst component than the first external electron donating compound.