Polyethylene stabilized with tetraalkanol substituted ethylene diamines

Claim 1

NON-CORROSIVE COMPOSITION COMPRISING POLYETHYLENE PREPARED BY POLYMERIZING ETHYLENE IN THE PRESENCE OF A HALOGEN-CONTAINING CATALYST FORMED BY ADMIXING (1) A STRONG REDUCING AGENT SELECTED FROM THE GROUP CONSISTING OF ALUMINUM TRIALKYLS, DIALKYL ALUMINUM HALIDES, DIALKYL ALUMINUM HYDRIDES AND DIALKYL ALUMINUM ALKOXIDES AND (2) A COMPOUND SELECTED FROM THE GROUP CONSISTING OF HALOGENIDES, OXYHALOGENIDES, COMPLEX HALOGENIDES, FRESHLY PRECIPITATED OXIDES, FRESHLY PRECIPITATED HYDROXIDES, ALCOHOLATES, ACETATES, BENZOATES AND ACETYL ACETONATES OF THE GROUP IV-B, V-B AND VI-B METALS OF THE MENDELYEEV PERIODIC SYSTEM, SAID POLYETHYLENE CONTAINING HALOGENINCLUDING CATALYST RESIDUES AFTER HAVING BEEN POLYMERIZED AND AS AN OXIDATIVE-CORROSION-INHIBITOR, BETWEEN ABOUT 0.005 AND 5 PERCENT BY WEIGHT, BASED ON THE WEIGHT OF THE COMPOSITION, OF A TETRA-ALKANOL-SUBSTITUTED DERIVATIVE OF ETHYLENE DIAMINE IN WHICH EACH ALKANOL SUBSTITUENT CONSISTS OF A MONOHYDROXY ALKYL GROUP THAT CONTAINS NOT MORE THAN THREE CARBON ATOMS THEREIN.