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US5100978A Expired / Lapsed US ⏱️ 0.0 years remaining

Preparation of polyethylene and copolymers of predominant amounts of ethylene

Assignee: Basell Polyolefine GmbH
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Filing: 1990-04-12
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Granted: 1992-03-31
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Expires: 2010-04-12
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Abstract

Abstract Polyethylene and copolymers of predominant amounts of ethylene and minor amounts of comonomers which are polymerizable with ethylene are obtainable by free radical polymerization of the monomers under from 1,500 to 5,000 bar and at from 40° to 250° C. by means of an initiator with virtually complete exclusion of oxygen in not less than n=3 polymerization stages, by a method in which, in the first stage, the total amount of the predominant part of the monomers are subjected to polymerization using some of the initiator required, until said polymerization comes virtually to a stop, thereafter a further part of the initiator and, if required, of the monomers are added to the mixture, which has been cooled by 20°-60° C., and this process is repeated in the subsequent stages until the n th stage, with the proviso that the initiators used in the (n-1) th stage have a half-life temperature of from 80° to 160° C.

Inventors

  • 👤 Norbert Hasenbein
  • 👤 Wolfgang Ball
  • 👤 Juergen Schmidt-Theummes
  • 👤 Gernot Koehler

Bibliographic Details

Application Number —
Jurisdiction US
Data Source google_patents
Last Synchronized 2026-11-03 04:54
CPC Classifications
C; C08; C08F; C08F10/00; C08F10/02

Claims Analysis

Total Claims: 4
Claim 1
Independent Claim 171 words
A process for the preparation of a polymer or copolymer by free radical polymerization of ethylene in the presence or absence of minor amounts of comonomers which are polymerizable with ethylene, under from 1,500 to 5,000 bar, wherein an initiator is used at from 40° to 250° C. and the reaction is carried out with virtually complete exclusion of oxygen in not less than n=3 polymerization stages, in the first stage a mixture of a regulator and the total amount or the predominant part of the monomers being subjected to polymerization using some of the initiator required, until said polymerization comes virtually to a stop, thereafter a further part of the initiator and, if required, of the monomers being added to the mixture, which has been cooled by 20°-60° C. from the maximum temperature reached during polymerization, this process being repeated until the n th stage, with the proviso that the initiators used in all stages except the n th stage have a half-life temperature of from 80° to 160° C.
Claim 2
Dependent Claim 171 words
A process for the preparation of a polymer or copolymer by free radical polymerization of ethylene in the presence or absence of minor amounts of comonomers which are polymerizable with ethylene, under from 1,500 to 5,000 bar, wherein an initiator is used at from 40° to 250° C. and the reaction is carried out with virtually complete exclusion of oxygen in not less than n=3 polymerization stages, in the first stage a mixture of a regulator and the total amount or the predominant part of the monomers being subjected to polymerization using some of the initiator required, until said polymerization comes virtually to a stop, thereafter a further part of the initiator and, if required, of the monomers being added to the mixture, which has been cooled by 20°-60° C. from the maximum temperature reached during polymerization, this process being repeated until the n th stage, with the proviso that the initiators used in all stages except the n th stage have a half-life temperature of from 80° to 160° C.
Claim 3
Dependent Claim 28 words
The process as described in claim 1, wherein the polymerization is carried out continuously in a tube reactor which is provided with n feed points for the initiator.
Claim 4
Dependent Claim 40 words
The process as defined in claim 1, wherein the polymerization in the first polymerization stage is carried out in a reactor with back-mixing, at from 40° to 230° C., and all further stages are carried out in a tube reactor.

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