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.
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:
PRODUCTION OF ETHYLENE HOMOPLYMERS BY POLYMERIZATION OF ETHYLENE UNDER THE ACTION OF ORGANIC HYDROPEROXIDES AND OXYGEN AS FREE-RADICAL-GENERATING POLYMERIZATION INTIATORS AND POLYMERIZATION MODIFIRES AT ELEVATED TEMPERATURE AND SUPERATMOSPHERIC PRESSURE IN A TUBULAR REACTOR HAVING TWO SUCCESSIVE REACTION ZONES, A MIXTURE OF ETHYLENE, POLYMERIZATION INITIATOR AND POLYMERIZATION MODIFIER BEING INTRODUCED CONTINUOUSLY AT THE BEGINNING OF EACH REACTION ZONE. SPECIFIC TEMPERATURE CONDITIONS, A HYDROPEROXIDE HAVING A SPECIFIC RELATIVELY HIGH HALF VALUE TEMPERATURE AND A POLYMERIZATION MODIFIER HAVING A SPECIFIC RELATIVELY HIGH CS-VALUE ARE USED IN THE FIRST REACTION ZONE, AND SPECIFIC TEMPERATURE CONDITIONS, OXYGEN AND A POLYMERIZATION MODIIRE HAVING A SPECIFIC RELATIVELY HIGH CS-VALUE ARE EMPLOYED IN THE SECOND ZONE. THE ETHYLENE HOMOPOLYMERS OBTAINED HAVE A NARROW MOLECULAR WEIGHT DISTRIBUTION AND ARE PRACTICALLY DEVOID OF VERY HIGH MOLECULAR WEIGHT CONSTITUENTS.
Abstract:
A METHOD OF AFTER-TREATING HIGH-PRESSURE POLYETHYLENE IN SHEARING UNIT, WHEREIN THE HIGH-PRESSURE POLYETHYLENE IS INTRODUCED INTO THE SHEARING UNIT AT 200* TO 300*C. AND A VISCOSITY OF 5X10**3 TO 1X10**5 POISES AND SUBJECTED TO A SHEARING GRADIENT, THE SHEARING SURFACES CONTACTING THE POLYETHYLENE MELT BEING HEATED A TEMPERATURE WHICH IS AT LEAST AS HIGH AS THAT OF THE POLYETHYLENE MELT AND THE POLYETHYLENE MELT BEING SHEARED AT SUCH A SHEARING SPEED THAT THE PRODUCT OF SHEARING SPEED AND RESIDENCE TIME IN THE SHEARING ZONE IS EQUAL TO 5X10**2 TO 5X10**4.
Abstract:
A process for the continuous production of ethylene homopolymers by polymerization of ethylene by means of a polymerization initiator and a polymerization regulator at elevated temperature and superatmospheric pressure in a tubular reactor having two or three successive reaction zones, a mixture of ethylene, the polymerization initiator and the polymerization regulator being introduced continuously at the beginning of each reaction zone. It is characteristic of the process according to the invention that special conditions as regards temperature, pressure, polymerization initiator and polymerization regulator are maintained in the individual reaction zones.
Abstract:
Film having improved transparency prepared from a mixture of an ethylene polymer and from 0.05 to 1.0 percent by weight (based on the mixture) of a copolymer of styrene, a graft copolymer of styrene, a homopolymer of propylene or a copolymer of propylene and ethylene; the film may be used as packaging material.
Abstract:
PRODUCTION OF ETHYLENE HOMOPOLYMERS HAVING A SPECIFIC DENSITY BY POLYMERIZATION OF ETHYLENE UNDER THE ACTION OF ORGANIC PEROXIDES AND OXYGEN AS FREE-RADICAL-GENERATING POLYMERIZATION INITIATORS AND OF POLYMERIZATION MODIFIERS AT ELEVATED TEMPERATURE AND SUPERATMOSPHERIC PRESSURE IN A TUBULAR REACTOR HAVING TWO SUCCESSIVE REACTION ZONES, A MIXTURE OF ETHYLENE, POLYMERIZATION INITIATOR AND POLYMERIZATION MODIFIER BEING INTRODUCED CONTINUOUSLY AT THE BEGINNING OF EACH REACTION ZONE. OXYGEN AS POLYMERIZATION INITIATOR AND A MIXTURE OF A POLYMERIZATION MODIFIER HAVING A SPECIFIC RELATIVELY LOW C5 VALUE AND A POLYMERIZATION MODIFIER HAVING A SPECIFIC RELATIVELY HIGH C5 VALUE ARE USED IN THE FIRST REACTION ZONE, AND AN ORGANIC PEROZIDE HAVING A SPECIFIC HALF VALUE TEMPERATURE AS POLYMERIZATION INITIATOR AND A MIXTURE OF A POLYMERIZATION MODIFIER HAVING A SPECIFIC RELATIVELY LOW C5 VALUE AND A POLYMERIZATION MODIFIER HAVING A SPECIFIC RELATIVELY HIGH POLYMERIZATION MODIFIER HAVING A SPECIFIC RELATIVELY HIGH C5 VALUE ARE EMPLOYED IN THE SECOND REACTION ZONE. THE ETHYLENE HOMOPOLYMERS OBTAINED HAVE A WIDE MOLECULAR WEIGHT DISTRIBUTION AND ARE PRACTICALLY DEVOID OF VERY HIGH MOLECULAR WEIGHT CONSTITUENTS.
Abstract:
PRODUCTION OF ETHYLENE HOMOPOLYMERS HAVING A SPECIFIC DENSITY BY POLYMERIZATION OF ETHYLENE UDER THE ACTION OF ORGANIC PEROXIDES AND OXYGEN AS FREE-RADICAL-GENERATING POLYMERIZATION INITIATORS AND OF POLYMERIZATION MODIFIERS AT ELEVATED TEMPERATURE AND SUPERATOMSPHERIC PRESSURE IN A TUBULAR REACTOR HAVING TWO SUCCESSIVE REACTION ZONES, A MIXTURE OF ETHYLENE, POLYMERIZATION INITIATOR AND POLYMERIZATION MODIFIER BEING INTRODUCED CONTINOUSLY AT THE BEGINNING OF EACH REACTION ZONE. OXYGEN AS POLYMERIZATION INITATOR AND A POLYMERIZATION MODIFIER HAVING A SPECIFIC RELATIVELY LOW CS VALUE ARE USED IN THE FIRST REACTION ZONE, AND AN ORGANIC PEROXIDE AHVING A SPECIFIC HALF VALUE TEMPERATURE AS POLYMERIZATION INITIATOR AND A POLYMERIZATION MODIFIER HAVING A SPECIFIC RELATIVELY LOW CS VALUE ARE EMPLOYED IN THE SECOND REACTION ZONE. THE ETHYLENE HOMOPOLYMERS OBTAINED HAVE A WIDE MOLECULAR WEIGHT DISTRIBUTION AND ARE PRACTICALLY DEVOID OF VERY HIGH MOLECULAR WEIGHT CONSTITUENTS.
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.