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Title: Vanadium catalyst systems for olefin polymerization

Patent ·
OSTI ID:5355586

This patent describes a catalyst system for the isotactic polymerization of alpha-olefins. It comprises: a solid precursor comprising the reaction product of a halogenated vanadium compound wherein the vanadium has a valence of 2 to 5; a magnesium compound; and an inside electron donor wherein the molar ratio of inside electron donor to vanadium compound is in the range of about 0.2:1 to about 2:1; the atomic ratio of magnesium to vanadium is in the range of about 3:1 to about 40:1; and the reaction product is a solid having a surface area greater than about 10 square meters per gram or is adsorbed on the surface of an inert inorganic support having a surface area grater than about 10 square meters per gram; a hydrocarbyl aluminum cocatalyst wherein the atomic ratio of aluminum to vanadium is in the range of about 2:1 to about 300:1; and an outside electron donor wherein the molar ratio of outside electron donor to aluminum is in the range of about 0.2:1 to about 1:1.

Assignee:
Academy of Applied Science, Inc., Concord, NH (United States)
Patent Number(s):
US 5089460; A
Application Number:
PPN: US 7-665911
OSTI ID:
5355586
Resource Relation:
Patent File Date: 1 Mar 1991
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English