Purification of polymerized olefins prepared with catalytic metal compounds

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METHOD FOR REMOVING HEAVY METAL CONSTITUENTS IN CATALYST RESIDUES FROM POLYMERIZED ETHYLENICALLY UNSATURATED MATERIALS PREPARED WITH A HEAVY METAL CATALYST FORMED BY ADMIXING A STRONG REDUCING AGENT WITH COMPOUNDS OF THE GROUP CONSISTING OF THE GROUP IV-B, V-B AND VI-B METALS OF THE PERIODIC SYSTEM AND CONTAINING CATALYST RESIDUES IN WHICH THERE ARE INCORPORATED HEAVY METAL CONSTITUENTS AFTER HAVING BEEN POLYMERIZED WHICH COMPRISES FIRST PRETREATING THE HEAVY METAL CONSTITUENTS OF THE CATALYST RESIDUES IN THE POLYMERIZED PRODUCT WITH GREATER THAN STOICHIOMETRIC QUANTITIES OF A REAGENT MATERIAL WHICH RENDERS THEM REACTIVE WITH A FATTY ACID; THEN CONVERTING THE PRETREATED HEAVY METAL CONSTITUENTS TO A SOLUBLE SALT FORM WITH GREATER THAN STOICHIOMETRIC QUANTITIES OF A FATTY ACID; AND REMOVING THE SOLUBILIZED HEAVY METAL CONSTITUENTS FROM THE POLYMERIZED PRODUCT WITH A NON-POLAR SOLVENT FOR THE HEAVY METAL FATTY ACID SALT.