Inventors:
Daniel Marissal - Houston TX
Robert E. Sander - Houston TX
Paul Fiasse - Houston TX
Ross M. Mahan - Humble TX
Steven D. Sandstrum - Kingwood TX
Assignee:
Solvay Polyolefins Europe-Belgium - Brussels
International Classification:
C08F11002
B60R 1301
Abstract:
An ethylene homopolymer having a density of from about 0. 956 to about 0. 970 g/cm. sup. 3 and a high load melt index (190. degree. C. and 21. 6 kg) of from about 7 to about 21 g/10 min. A continuous polymerization process for the production of the ethylene homopolymer, in the presence of a diluent chosen from the group consisting essentially of n-butane, n-hexane, n-heptane, isobutane, isopentane, isooctane, 2,2-dimethylpropane, cyclopentane, cyclohexane and their mixtures, wherein ethylene is brought into contact with a chromium oxide catalyst deposited on an inorganic support containing from about 0. 1 to about 5 wt % chromium and activated at a temperature from about 600 to about 900. degree. C. , at a polymerization temperature from about 55 to about 150. degree. C. , the ethylene concentration in the diluent being from about 1 to about 10 mol %.