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US 6,642,324 B2Granted
Process that produces polymers
AssigneePhillips Petroleum Company
InventorsJoseph J. Bergmeister, Steven J. Secora, Gerhard Guenther, Elizabeth A. Benham, Max P. McDaniel
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Abstract
A process comprising polymerizing ethylene, or polymerizing ethylene and at least one other olefin, to produce a polymer is provided.
Claims9
A polymer of ethylene and optionally a comonomer selected from alpha olefins having from 1 to 12 carbon atoms, said polymer having the following properties:
- a density in the range of from about 0.94 to about 0.96,
- a HLMI in the range of about 5 to about 45 g/10 min,
- a shear ratio in the range of from about 150 to about 400,
- a Mw/Mn in the range of from about 15 to about 55
- an ESCR condition A greater than about 1000 hours,
- an ESCR condition B greater than about 200 hours,
- a normalized die swell in the range of from about 0.8 to about 1.1,
- a weight swell in the range of from about 300 to about 500 percent, and
- an onset of melt fracture greater than about 2000 sec−1;
- and
- wherein the polymer is a product of a process comprising polymerizing ethylene and optionally the comonomer,
- wherein said polymerizing is conducted using a catalyst that comprises chromium on a support and a cocatalyst that is an organoboron compound,
- wherein the amount of said chromium on said support is from about 0.5 to 5 weight percent,
- wherein said support consists essentially of silica and titania, wherein the support comprises between about 3.5 and 10 weight percent titania based on the weight of the support, and wherein the said support has a surface area of from about 400 to about 650 square meters per gram, and wherein said support has a pore volume from about 2 to about 2.7 cubic centimeters per gram, and
- wherein said catalyst has been activated at a temperature in the range of about 600° F. and 1100° F. in the presence of an oxidizing ambient.
12 more elements
A polymer of ethylene and optionally a comonomer selected from alpha olefins having from 4 to 12 carbon atoms, having a shear ratio of greater than 200 and a Mw/Mn greater than 30.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.