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:
A PROCESS AND APPARATUS FOR THE DEGRADATION OF HIGH MOLECULAR WE MOLECULAR WEIGHT POLYISOBUTYLENE IN A SCREW EXTRUDER PROVIDED WITH A SCREW SPINDLE BY THE ACTION OF SHEARING FORCES IN THREE DEGRADATION ZONES CONNECTED BY CONVEYING ZONES, THE POLYISOBUTYLENE BEING EXPOSED, AS IT IS CONVEYED FROM DEGRADATION ZONE TO DEGRADATION ZONE, TO TEMPERATURES ALTERNATING BETWEEN 150* AND 350*C. AND TO ALTERNATING SHEARING FORCES WHICH RESULT FROM VELOCITY GRADIENTS OF FROM ABOUT 100 TO ABOUT 700 SEC-1 MAINTAINED BETWEEN THE SHEARING SURFACES OF THE WALL OF THE BARREL AND THE SCREW WHICH ARE MOVING IN RELATION TO ONE ANOTHER.