Inventors:
Kevin Joseph Cann - Rocky Hill NJ, US
Ronald S. Eisinger - Charleston WV, US
Mark Gregory Goode - Hurricane WV, US
John H. Moorhouse - Kendall Park NJ, US
Cliff R. Mure - Hillsborough NJ, US
Stephen P. Jaker - Woodbridge NJ, US
Maria A. Apecetche - Bridgewater NJ, US
Assignee:
Univation Technologies, LLC - Houston TX
International Classification:
C08F 4/00
C08F 4/06
C08F 4/24
C08F 210/00
US Classification:
526 90, 526 95, 526104, 526348
Abstract:
Disclosed herein are various processes, including continuous fluidized-bed gas-phase polymerization processes for making a high strength, high density polyethylene copolymer, comprising (including): contacting monomers that include ethylene and optionally at least one non-ethylene monomer with fluidized catalyst particles in a gas phase in the presence of hydrogen gas at an ethylene partial pressure of 100 psi or more and a polymerization temperature of 105 C. or less to produce a polyethylene copolymer having a density of 0. 945 g/cc or more and an ESCR Index of 1. 0 or more wherein the catalyst particles are prepared at an activation temperature of 700 C. or less, and include silica, chromium, and titanium.