Process for producing polyethylene
AssigneeEastman Chemical Company
InventorsRandal Ray Ford, William Albert Ames, Kenneth Alan Dooley, Jeffrey James Vanderbilt, Alan George Wonders
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Abstract
A novel process for producing homopolymers and copolymers of ethylene which involves contacting ethylene and/or ethylene and at least one or more olefin comonomer(s) under polymerization conditions with a Ziegler-Natta type catalyst, trimethylaluminum and tetrahydrofuran. Also provided are films and articles produced therefrom.
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A process for polymerizing ethylene or ethylene and at least one or more other olefin(s) comprising contacting, under polymerization conditions, the ethylene or ethylene and at least one or more olefin(s) with a Ziegler-Natta catalyst, trimethylaluminum and tetrahydrofuran as external electron donor.
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