2604 results about "Solution polymerization" patented technology

The invention relates to a new catalyst for single active central Ziegler-Natta alkene polymerization. Said catalyst takes salicylal containing dentate or substituted salicylal derivatives as electrons, and is prepared by adding pretreated carrier, metallic compound and electrons into magnesium compound/ tetrahydrofuran solution. The catalyst can produce ethane homopolymer and copolymer with narrow molecular weight distribution (1.6-3.8) and even comonomer distribution, with high activity and under action of adjuvant catalyst of alkyl aluminium and alkyl aluminoxanes. The ethane polymerization, homopolymerization or combined polymerization of ethane and 1- olefin, ring olefin and polar monomer through slurry method or gas phase method by using said catalyst can be realized.

This invention is a solution process for the preparation of high molecular weight ethylene copolymers comprising contacting olefin monomers, with a catalyst system at a polymerization temperature at or above about 80 DEG C. with a catalyst system comprising an unbridged Group 4 metal compound having a monocyclopentadienyl ligand, a phosphinimine ligand and at least one uninegative, activation reactive ligand. The process can be practiced at a reaction temperature of at least 80 DEG C. to obtain high number average molecular weight polymer.

The invention is directed to an oil extended rubber and composition comprising: a solution-polymerized elastomer derived from at least one conjugated diene monomer and at least one vinyl aromatic monomer, the elastomer coupled with at least one metal selected from the group consisting of silicon and tin; and from about 5 to about 70 parts by weight, per 100 parts by weight of elastomer (phr), of a process oil having a glass transition temperature of from about −80° C. to about −40° C., a polycyclic aromatic content of less than 3 percent by weight as determined by the IP346 method, and an aromatic content of less than 20 percent by weight as measured by ASTM D2140.

The invention relates to processes and plants for continuous solution polymerization. Such plant and processes include a pressure source, a polymerization reactor, downstream of said pressure source, pressure let-down device, downstream of said polymerization reactor, and a separator, downstream of said pressure let-down device, wherein said pressure source is sufficient to provide pressure to said reaction mixture during operation of said process plant to produce a single-phase liquid reaction mixture in said reactor and a two-phase liquid-liquid reaction mixture in said separator in the absence of an additional pressure source between said reactor and said separator.

This invention provides a catalys conponent and catalyst. Said catalyst comprises titanium, magnesium and at least three electron donor compounds a, b and c, in which is selected from mono-aliphatic-carboxylate or mono-aromatic-carboxylate compounds, b is selected from a special diatomic alkoxide compound, and c is selected from binary binary-aliphatic-carboxylate or binary-aromatic-carboxylate or b is ether compound. Advantages: high polymerization activity and stereospecificity when used for olefin polymerization, in particular for propylene polymerization, wide molecular weight distribution of obtained polymer and good shape of polymer granulars.

The present invention provides a tetrafluoroethylene polymer aqueous dispersion obtained by carrying out a TFE polymerization in an aqueous medium in the presence of a fluorovinyl group-containing emulsifier, wherein the TFE polymer aqueous dispersion contains a particle comprising a TFE polymer dispersed in the aqueous medium, the fluorovinyl group-containing emulsifier comprises a fluorovinyl group-containing compound, and the TFE polymer aqueous dispersion has a fluorine-containing surfactant content of not higher than 1000 ppm by mass.

A method of forming carbon nanotube-filled composites using miniemulsion polymerization. The carbon nanotubes are preferably single-walled carbon nanotubes. The carbon nanotubes are highly dispersed within and associated with the polymer comprising the composite.

The invention relates to a support of an olefinic polymerization catalyst and a preparation method thereof, solid catalyst components for olefinic polymerization and an olefinic polymerization catalyst. The support of the olefinic polymerization catalyst is dialkoxy magnesium. The preparation method of the support of the olefinic polymerization catalyst comprises the following steps: in an inert gas protective atmosphere, reacting magnesium and alcohol, which serve as raw materials, in the presence of a halogenating agent under reflux to prepare the dialkoxy magnesium, wherein the weight ratio of alcohol to magnesium is (4-50):1; the halogenating agent is at least one of halogen simple substances and halides, and the mol ratio of halogen atom to magnesium is (0.0002-0.2):1; and the dialkoxy magnesium is spherical particles of which the average particle size is 10-150 um and the particle size distribution index SPAN is smaller than 1.1. The olefinic polymerization catalyst prepared by the support has high activity, and the polymer has the advantages of high bulk density, good particle shape and uniform distribution; and thus, the olefinic polymerization catalyst is suitable for producing propylene homopolymer and copolymer.

This invention relates to a catalyst component for olefinic polymerization and its catalyst, said catalyst component comprises titanium compoumd with at least one Ti- halogen bond loaded on MgCl2nROH adduct and reaction product of two electronic doner compounds,wherein electronic doner compound A is chosen from poly alcohol ester compounds, and electronic doner compound B is chosen from ester,ether, ketone, amine and silicane compounds except compound A.The invented catalyst has high catalytic activity for olefinic polymerization ,in particular propylene polymerization, and wider molecular weight distribution.

A process for the preparation of a latex polymer consistent with E/A (emulsion/aggregation/coalescence) toner manufacture. The process utilizes a standard (universal) latex composition and involves chain-transfer agent partitioning, emulsion polymerization that provides a latex polymer with a wide range of molecular properties. In particular, the process customizes a wide range Mw (weight average molecular weight) latex, without substantially varying the Mn (number average molecular weight) and hence, without substantially varying Tg (glass transition temperature) such that good toner performance is maintained. In a preferred process, a latex polymer is prepared by mixing a seed particle latex, generated by aqueous emulsion polymerization of a first portion of a monomer emulsion, with a second portion of the monomer emulsion and at least one chain-transfer agent. The mixing is done in the presence of a free-radical initiator and heated, and wherein the monomer emulsion comprises a mixture of polymerization reagents of at least one monomer, at least one chain-transfer agent, at least one surfactant, and water. This process may be applied to core-shell polymerization as well. These latex polymers are ideally suited in the manufacture of toner and developer for electrophotographic imaging and printing.

A method of synthesizing an endcapped polymer, comprising reacting in a solvent a cationic living polymer with an optionally substituted conjugated diene as an endcapping reagent, whereby the solvent causes termination by halogenation to be faster than the addition of additional molecules of the conjugated diene, thereby producing an endcapped polymer having a halogenated endcap group.

The invention discloses a method for preparing a hydroxy acrylic resin aqueous dispersion and the hydroxy acrylic resin aqueous dispersion prepared by the same and water-based coating using the hydroxy acrylic resin aqueous dispersion as a film forming matter. The hydroxy acrylic resin aqueous dispersion is prepared by a step free radical solution polymerization process and obtains a nucleus-shell structure by using an initiator of a specific type and a chain transfer agent and by a high-temperature polymerization reaction. The nucleus has weak hydrophilicity and no carboxyl, and the shell has a strong hydrophilicity and is rich in carboxyl, so stable storage can be realized. The obtained hydroxy acrylic resin aqueous dispersion has the characteristics of low solution content, high solid content and low viscosity. The coating prepared from the hydroxy acrylic resin aqueous dispersion and a water-based amino resin or a water-based polyurethane cross-linking agent has the characteristics of high brightness, good water resistance and excellent weather resistance. The hydroxy acrylic resin aqueous dispersion can be used for preparing an excellent base material of high-performance environment-friendly industrial protective coatings and widely applied to topcoats and primer-topcoat coatings in various fields.

The invention discloses a graphene filled polymer matrix composite material. The composite material is prepared through using 90-99 parts by weight of a thermoplastic resin, 0.1-10 parts by weight of a graphene microchip, 0.01-1 part of a coupling agent, and 1-10 parts of a lubricant. The invention also discloses a preparation method of the graphene filled polymer matrix composite material. Compared with other carbon system filled composite materials, the graphene filled polymer matrix composite material has the advantages of easy processing, easy forming, less filler filling amount, wide raw material source, environmental protection and the like. The composite material has the characteristics of excellent electric conductivity, excellent thermal conductivity, good mechanical properties, good dimensional stability, good weather resistance and the like; and compared with present technologies for preparing a graphene/polymer composite material through in-situ polymerization or solution polymerization, the melt blending method for preparing the graphene filled polymer matrix composite material in the invention has the advantages of continuous production, suitableness for the large-scale production, and the like.

The present invention is directed, in part, to improved nanocomposite compositions and processes for preparing same. Specifically, in one embodiment, there is provided a process for preparing an aqueous nanocomposite dispersion, wherein the process comprises: polymerizing via suspension polymerization a suspension comprising at least one ethylenically unsaturated monomer and a hydrophobically modified clay to form the nanocomposite dispersion after polymerization, wherein the hydrophobically modified clay is dispersed in the monomer. Other embodiments include processes for preparing aqueous nanocomposite particles, colloids, and dispersions using hydrophobically modified clays in aqueous systems and compositions comprising same.

The application describes a mixed olefin polymerization catalyst composition comprising a support, a reaction product of at least one first organometallic compound and a first activator capable of rendering the first organometallic compound active for insertion polymerization, and at least one second organometallic compound, the activator incapable of rendering the second organometallic compound active for polymerization of the monomers. The mixed catalyst composition can be used to prepare a first polymer component in a first polymerization reactor stage and then, when an effective activator is added for the second organometallic compound, the catalyst composition can be used to prepare a second polymer composition that is homogeneously blended with the first polymer component.

To provide: a process in which a coarse gel itself is made not to form in the case of applying the aqueous solution polymerization; and a process in which the polymerization is mildly controlled and the production is stably carried out in the case of applying the reversed-phase suspension polymerization or static polymerization, in a production of a water-absorbent resin. In a production process for a water-absorbent resin, which comprises a polymerization step that includes the steps of carrying out polymerization, involving crosslinking, of an aqueous solution of a water-soluble unsaturated monomer including acrylic acid(salt);and at the same time carrying out fine division of the resultant hydrogel, or in a production process for a water-absorbent resin, which comprises the steps of carrying out polymerization, involving crosslinking, of an aqueous solution of a water-soluble unsaturated monomer including acrylic acid(salt);and carrying out fine division of the resultant hydrogel, or in a production process for a water-absorbent resin, which comprises a polymerization step that includes the steps of carrying out polymerization, involving crosslinking, of an aqueous solution of a water-soluble unsaturated monomer including acrylic acid(salt); and at the same time obtaining a finely divided hydrogel, the water-soluble unsaturated monomer is adjusted in order to contain furfural in an amount of 11 to 1,000 weight ppm (relative to the monomer).

A catalyst for the polymerization or copdymerization of olefin is composed of Ti-contained solid component A, organoaluminium compound B and organosilicon compound C. Said A is prepared through dissolving magnesium halide in the mixture of organic epoxy compound, organophosphorus compound and inertial diluent, adding educing agent and magnesium halide or its derivatives to educe out Mg/Ti contained deposit, and carrying a surface modifier, a titanium halide or derivative and an electronic doner. It can be used for the polymerization of propene or copolymerization of propene-ethene.

The present invention provides reactive surfactants of the formula

R₁O—(CH₂CHR₂O)_x—(CH₂CH₂O)_y—(CH₂CHR₃O)_z—R₄

where R₁ is either alkyl, aryl, alkylaryl, or aralkylaryl of 8-30 carbon atoms, R₂ is —CH₂OCH₂CH═CH₂ (AGE); R₃ is either H, CH₃, or CH₂CH₃; R₄ is H or —SO3M or —PO3M where M is H or K, Na, NH4, NR4, alkanolamine, or other cationic species and x=2-100; y=4-200 and z=0-50.