Abstract:
Spherical adducts comprising a MgCl2, an alcohol ROH in which R is a C1-C10 hydrocarbon group, present in a molar ratio with MgCl2 ranging from 0.5 to 6 and less than 20% mol based on the mol of MgCl2 of a compound of formula Mg(OR1)2 in which R1 is selected from C1-C10 alkyl groups or R2CO groups in which R2 is selected from C1-C6 alkyl or aryl groups.
Abstract:
A pre-polymerized catalyst component for the polymerization of olefins endowed with high activity and morphological stability comprises a non-stereospecific solid catalyst component containing Ti, Mg and a halogen, and an amount of an ethylene/alpha-olefin block (co)polymer ranging from 0.1 up to 5 g per g of said solid catalyst component, said prepolymerized catalyst component being characterized by a mercury porosity, due to pores having radius up to 1 μm, ranging from 0.15 to 0.5 cm3/g and by the fact that at least 55% of said porosity is due to pores having pore radius up to 0.2 μm.
Abstract:
A propylene ethylene copolymer having the following features:
an ethylene content of between 1.0 and 4.0% by weight; a molecular weight distribution (MWD), expressed in terms of Mw/Mn, of greater than 4.0; a content of xylene soluble fraction (XS) and ethylene content (C2) that fulfills the following relationship:
Abstract:
A Prepolymerized catalyst component for the polymerization of olefins comprising a solid catalyst component which comprises Mg, Ti, and chlorine atoms and an electron donor (ID) said prepolymerized catalyst component being characterized by the fact that: the electron donor (ID) is constituted by at least 80% mol of 1,3 diethers with respect to the total molar amount of electron donor compounds; the prepolymerized catalyst has a porosity due to pores with diameters up to 1 μm of less than 0.2 cm3/g; it contains an amount of ethylene prepolymer of less than 45% with respect to the total weight of prepolymerized catalyst.
Abstract:
The present disclosure relates to a process for the preparation of a porous propylene carried out in the presence of a catalyst system comprising (a) a Ziegler-Natta catalyst containing at least two electron donor compounds, one of which is present in an amount from 50 to 90% by mol with respect to the total amount of donors and selected from succinates, and the other being selected from 1,3 diethers, (b) an aluminum alkyl and comprising the following steps: i) contacting the catalyst components (a) and (b) for a period of time ranging from 1 to 60 minutes, at a temperature ranging from 35 to 55° C.; optionally, ii) pre-polymerizing with one or more olefins of formula CH2═CHR, where R is H or a C1-C10 hydrocarbon group, up to forming amounts of polymer from about 0.1 up to about 1000 g per gram of solid catalyst component (a); and iii) polymerizing propylene in the optional presence of minor amounts of ethylene and/or C4-C10 alpha olefins for producing the porous propylene (co)polymer.
Abstract:
The present technology relates to a pre-polymerized catalyst component for the polymerization of olefins, characterized by a non-stereospecific solid catalyst component comprising Ti, Mg and a halogen and an amount of a (co)polymer of an alpha-olefin CH2═CHR1, where R1 is a C1-C12 hydrocarbon group ranging from 0.1 to 500 g per g of said solid catalyst component. In some embodiments, the (co)polymer is characterized by an isotacticity, expressed in terms isotactic pentads, of higher than 60 molar % and an intrinsic viscosity, measured in tetraline at 135° C., of at least 1.0 dL/g.
Abstract:
The present disclosure relates to a porous solid adduct comprising magnesium chloride and ethanol, characterized by a relationship between the content of alcohol, average pore radius and amount of porosity deriving from pores with radii of 100-1000 nm, and catalyst components produced therefrom that are capable of producing polyolefins with increased porosity.
Abstract:
Propylene terpolymers are prepared by polymerizing propylene, ethylene and an alpha-olefin selected from the group of C4-C8 alpha-olefins in the presence of a catalyst system obtained by contacting a solid catalyst component comprising a magnesium halide, a titanium compound having at least a Ti-halogen bond and at least two electron donor compounds one of which being present in an amount from 40 to 90% by mol with respect to the total amount of donors and selected from succinates and the other selected from 1,3 diethers, an aluminum hydrocarbyl compound, and optionally an external electron donor compound.
Abstract:
The present invention relates to a slurry process for preparing an ethylene polymer having a melt flow ratio F/P, which is the ratio among the melt index value measured according to ASTM 1238 condition “F” and the melt index value measured according to ASTM 1238 condition “P” of equal to or lower than 27, carried out in two or more stages of polymerization at temperatures in the range from 60 to 120° C., in which at least two of the said two or more polymerization stages are carried out under different amounts of molecular weight regulator, said process being carried out in the presence of (A) a solid catalyst component comprising Ti, Mg, halogen, having a porosity (PF), measured by the mercury method and due to pores with radius equal to, or lower than, 1 μm, of at least 0.3 cm3/g and a surface area determined by BET method, of lower than 100 m2/g, and being further characterized by the fact that more than 50% of the titanium atoms are in a valence state lower than 4 and (B) of an organoaluminum compound.
Abstract:
A process for the preparation of propylene polymer compositions comprising from 50 to 90% by weight of a propylene (co)polymer fraction insoluble in xylene at 25° C., and from 10 to 50% by weight of an ethylene copolymer fraction soluble in xylene at 25° C., said process comprising: (i) a first step of polymerizing propylene in the optional presence of ethylene and/or C4-C10 alpha olefins, to produce a propylene (co)polymer being for at least 85% by weight insoluble in xylene at 25° C.; and (ii) a successive step, carried out in gas-phase, in the presence of the product coming from step (i), of copolymerizing a mixture of ethylene with one or more α-olefins CH2═CHR in which R is a hydrocarbon radical having 1-10 carbon atoms, to produce an ethylene copolymer; the process being carried out in the presence of a catalyst system comprising: the product obtained by contacting: (a) a solid catalyst component comprising a magnesium halide, a titanium compound having at least a Ti-halogen bond and at least two internal electron donor compounds one of which being present in an amount from 35 to 90% by mol with respect to the total amount of donors and being selected from succinates and the other being selected from 1,3-diethers, the total amount of internal electron donor compounds being lower than 14.0% by weight with respect to the total weight of the solid catalyst component; with (b) an aluminum hydrocarbyl compound, and optionally with (c) an external electron donor compound.