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• the present invention relates to the process for the preparation of ethylene copolymers, to the catalyst components used for such preparation and to specific elastomeric ethylene copolymers.
• Ethylene copolymers represent a very broad family of products having a prominent importance in the polyolefin field.
• LLDPE Linear low- density polyethylene
• LLDPE is commercially produced with liquid phase processes (solution or slurry) or via the gas-phase processes. Both processes involve the widespread use of Ziegler-Natta MgCl -supported catalysts that are generally formed by the reaction of a solid catalyst component, in which a titanium compound is supported on a magnesium halide, with an alkylaluminium compound.
• said catalysts are required to show high comonomer incorporation properties and good comonomer distribution suitably coupled with high yields.
• the above characteristics in fact would ensure the preparation of a product having the desired density and, at the same time, a low content of hydrocarbon soluble fractions.
• Another important group of ethylene copolymers is represented by the elastomeric ethylene copolymers such as ethylene/propylene (EPM) elastomers optionally containing smaller proportions of dienes (EPDM).
• the said elastomers are produced industrially by solution processes or slurry processes carried out, for example, in the presence of certain Ziegler- Natta catalysts based on vanadium compounds such as vanadium acetylacetonate. These catalysts in fact, in view of their good capability to randomly distribute the comonomers, are able to produce a softer and more elastomeric product with respect to the catalysts based on titanium compounds.
• R is a Ci-Cio hydrocarbon group
• Ri is methyl or ethyl, optionally containing a heteroatom
• R is a C4-C12 linear alkyl group optionally containing a heteroatom, with (ii) an organo-Al compound.
• R is a C1-C5 alkyl group
• Ri is methyl
• R2 s a C7 C10 linear alkyl group.
• Examples of representative 1,3 diethers that are included in the above formula (I) are: 2- methyl-2-pentyl- 1 ,3-dimethoxypropane, 2-methyl-2-n-hexyl- 1 ,3-dimethoxypropane, 2-n- heptyl-2-methyl-l ,3-dimethoxypropane, 2-n-octyl-2-methyl-l ,3-dimethoxypropane, 2-n-decyl- 2-methyl- 1 ,3-dimethoxypropane, 2-ethyl-2-butyl-l ,3-dimethoxypropane, 2-ethyl-2-pentyl-l ,3- dimethoxypropane, 2-ethyl-2-n-hexyl-l ,3-dimethoxypropan
• 2-n-octyl-2-methyl-l ,3-dimethoxypropane is particularly preferred.
• the solid catalyst components comprising a titanium compound, containing at least one Ti-halogen bond, and an internal electron-donor compound chosen from the above mentioned 1,3-diethers, supported on magnesium halide.
• the Mg-halide is in active form.
• the active form of the magnesium halides present in the catalyst components of the invention is recognizable by the fact that in the X-ray spectrum of the catalyst component the major intensity reflection which appears in the spectrum of the non-activated magnesium halides (having surface area smaller than 3 m /g) is no longer present, but in its place there is a halo with the position of the maximum intensity shifted with respect to the position of the major intensity reflection, or by the fact that the major intensity reflection presents a half-peak breadth at least 30% greater that the one of the corresponding reflection of the non-activated Mg halide.
• the most active forms are those in which the halo appears in the X-ray spectrum of the solid catalyst component.
• the chloride is the preferred compound. In the case of the most active forms of the magnesium chloride, the halo appears in place of the reflection which in the spectrum of the non-activated magnesium chloride is situated at the interplanar distance of 2.56 A.
• Preferred titanium compounds are the halides or the compounds of formula TiX n (OR ) -n , where 0 ⁇ n ⁇ 3, X is halogen, preferably chlorine, and R is Ci-Cio hydrocarbon group.
• the titanium tetrachloride is the preferred compound. Satisfactory results can also be obtained with the trihalides, particularly TiCl 3 HR, TiCb ARA, and with the halogen alcoholates such as TiCl 3 OR, where R is a C ⁇ -C]o hydrocarbon radical.
• the 1,3-diethers of the present invention can be prepared according to the methods disclosed in the European patent application No.0361493.
• Said diethers, used in the preparation of Ziegler-Natta catalysts are generally synthesized by the reaction of alkylating agents with the diols corresponding to the above diethers.
• a way of synthesis of said diols consists in the reduction of the corresponding malonates.
• the preparation of the solid catalyst components can be carried out using various methods.
• the magnesium halide preferably used in a form containing less than 1% of water
• the titanium compound and the electron-donor compound are milled together under conditions that cause the activation of the magnesium halide; the milled product is then caused to react one or more times with TiCU in excess, optionally in the presence of an electron-donor, at a temperature ranging from 80 to 135°C, and then repeatedly washed with a hydrocarbon (such as hexane) until no chlorine ions can be detected in the wash liquid.
• a hydrocarbon such as hexane
• the anhydrous magnesium halide is preactivated according to known methods and then reacted with an excess of TiCl 4 containing the electron-donor compound and optionally an aliphatic, cycloaliphatic, aromatic or chlorinated hydrocarbon solvent (for example hexane, heptane, cyclohexane, toluene, ethylbenzene, chlorobenzene, dichloroethane).
• an aliphatic, cycloaliphatic, aromatic or chlorinated hydrocarbon solvent for example hexane, heptane, cyclohexane, toluene, ethylbenzene, chlorobenzene, dichloroethane.
• the operation takes place at a temperature between 80° and T35°C.
• the reaction with TiCl 4 in the presence or absence of an electron-donor, is optionally repeated and the solid is then washed with hexane to eliminate the non-reacted TiCl
• a MgCl 2 «nROH adduct (particularly in the form of spheroidal particles) where n is generally from 1 to 6, and ROH is an alcohol, preferably ethanol, is caused to react with an excess of TiCl 4 containing the electron-donor compound and optionally one of the above mentioned hydrocarbon solvents.
• the reaction temperature initially is from 0° to 25°C, and is then increased to 80-135°C. Then, the solid is reacted once more with TiCU, in the presence or absence of the electron-donor, separated and washed with a hydrocarbon until no chlorine ions can be detected in the wash liquid.
• MgC-2 «nROH adduct can be prepared in spherical form from melted adducts, by emulsifying the adducts in a liquid hydrocarbon and thereafter causing them to solidify by fast quenching.
• a typical method for preparing these spherulized adducts is reported in US patent 4,399,054, the description of which is herein incorporated by reference.
• the thus obtained spherulized adducts can be subjected to thermal dealcoholation at a temperature ranging from 50 and 150°C until the alcohol content is reduced to values lower than 2 and preferably comprised between 1.5 and 0.3 mols per mol of magnesium dihalide, and are finally treated with chemical reagents capable of reacting with the OH groups of the alcohol and of further dealcoholatmg the adduct until the content is reduced to values which are generally lower than 0.5 mols.
• the treatment with the dealcoholatmg chemical agents is ⁇ carried " out by using an amount of such an agent which is large enough to react with the OH groups present in the alcohol contained in the adduct.
• the treatment is carried out using a slight excess of said agent, which is then removed prior to the reaction of the titanium compound with the thus obtained support.
• the chemical dealcoholation of the MgCk-pROH adduct can be carried out by using agents having a reducing activity, for instance an Al-alkyl compound such as Al-triethyl,
• agents having a reducing activity for instance an Al-alkyl compound such as Al-triethyl
• magnesium alcoholates and chloroalcoholates are caused to react with TiCU in excess containing the electron-donor compound, operating under the reaction conditions already described.
• the MgCl2»2Ti(OC4H 9 )4 complex is a typical example
• the reaction with TiCU is carried out at a temperature ranging from 80° to 130°C.
• the MgCl 2 and titanium alcoholate complex is caused to react in a hydrocarbon solution with polyhydrosiloxane; the separated solid product is reacted at 50°C with silicon tetrachloride containing the electron-donor compound; the solid is then reacted with TiCU in excess, in the presence or absence of electron-donor, operating at
• porous resins such as partially cross-linked styrene-divinylbenzene in spherical particle form, or porous inorganic oxides such as silica and alumina, impregnated with solutions of magnesium compounds or complexes soluble in organic solvents.
• the MgCl /electron-donor molar ratio used in the reactions indicated above generally ranges from 2:1 to 30:1, preferably from 4:1 to 12:1.
• the electron-donor compound is fixed on the magnesium halide in a quantity generally ranging from 1 to 25% molar with respect to MgCl 2 .
• 1,3-diethers of formula (I) are present on the catalyst component in a quantity generally ranging from 5 to 30% weight, preferably from 8 to 25% weight.
• the Mg/Ti molar ratio is generally from 30:1 to 3:1; in the components supported on resins or on inorganic oxides the ratio can be different and usually ranges from 20:1 to 2:1.
• the said catalyst are able to produce ethylene copolymers characterized by a good comonomer distribution.
• R is a Ci-Cio alkyl group
• Ri is methyl or ethyl, optionally containing a heteroatom
• R 2 is a C4-C12 linear alkyl group optionally containing a heteroatom with the proviso that when R is ethyl R 2 is higher than C4.
• Y is the value of the Shore A measured according to ASTM D2240
• X is the weight percentage of ethylene units in the polymer calculated by NMR and A is 153.
• A is 145 and more preferably 137.
• the content of 2-1 regioinvertions is lower than 1% and it is also preferred that the
• Mw/Mn ratio is higher than 4 and more preferably higher than 4.5.
• the said elastomeric copolymers are also characterized by a low content of insoluble fraction which is generally lower than 15% and in particular lower than
• the elastomeric copolymers used in the present invention are also characterized by a low crystallinity.
• the crystallinity expressed as the enthalpy of fusion determined by DSC analysis, is lower than 10 J/g, more preferably lower than 5.
• the said elastomeric copolymers moreover have an intrinsic viscosity [ ⁇ ] ranging from 1 to
• R is an alkyl having from 1 to 3 carbon atoms and in particular propylene.
• polyene units When polyene units are present their amount preferably ranges from 0.1 to 20% by weight, preferably from 1 to 10%.
• the content by weight of units derived from ethylene is preferably between 35 and 70%, more preferably between 40 and 60%.
• the content by weight of units derived from the ⁇ -olefin is preferably between 30 and 65%, more preferably between
• Polyenes which can be used in the process of the present invention include:
• polyenes capable of giving unsaturated units, such as: unconjugated linear dienes such as trans-l,4-hexadiene, cis-l,4-hexadiene,
• 6-methyl-l,5-he ⁇ tadiene 3,7-dimethyl-l,6-octadiene, 11 -methyl- 1,10- dodecadiene, 5,6-dimethyl-l,6-octadiene, 7-methyl-l,6-octadiene; monocyclic diolefins such as, for example, cis-l,5-cyclooctadiene and
• 5-methyl-l ,5-cyclooctadiene bicyclic diolefins such as, for example, 4,5,8,9-tetrahydroindene and 6- and/or 7-methyl-4,5,8,9-tetrahydroindene; alkenyl or alkylidene norbornenes such as, for example, 5-ethylidene-2- norbornene, 5-isopropylidene-2-norbornene, exo-5-isopropenyl-2- norbornene and 5-vinyl-2-norbornene; polycyclic diolefins such as, for example, dicyclopentadiene, tricyclo[6.2.1.0 2 ' 7 ]-4,9-undecadiene and the 4-methyl derivative thereof;
• conjugated dienes such as, for example, butadiene and isop ' rene.
• the said elastomers can be used as such or they can be blended with predominantly crystalline propylene polymers in the preparation of heterophasic polymer compositions.
• the polymeric compositions of the invention may be prepared by mixing the components in the melted state, for example in a single or twin screw extruder.
• the components of the mixture may be fed directly into the extruder or may be premixed in the solid state. However, it is preferred to prepare such composition via the reactor blending technique comprising two or more sequential polymerization step.
• a further subject of the present invention is therefore a polyolefin composition, comprising:
• the amount of (A) is from 10 to 90 and more preferably from 30 to 70 while for the component (B) preferably the amount is from 10 to 90 and more preferably from 30 to 70.
• the propylene polymer constituting component (A) preferably has an isotactic index, determined by means of measuring the solubility in xylene, greater than 85, more preferably greater than 90.
• R is an alkyl having from 1 to 4 carbon atoms and in particular propylene.
• polyene units When polyene units are present their amount preferably ranges from 0.1 to 20% by weight, preferably from 1 to 10%.
• the content by weight of units derived from ethylene is preferably between 35 and 70%, more preferably between 40 and 60%.
• the content by weight of units derived from the ⁇ -olefin is preferably between 30 and 65%, more preferably between
• heterophasic compositions of the invention are, for the same average content of ethylene, more flexible than the compositions of the prior art and this represent an important advantage in this application field.
• thermoplastic elastomeric compositions for use in the application sectors cited above.
• vulcanization and crosslinking comprise " both the actual crosslinking or vulcanization of the elastomer and the reaction by means of which the grafting of the more or less crosslinked elastomer on the crystalline polypropylene phase can take place as a result of the reaction promoted by the crosslinking system used.
• the preferred technique is dynamic vulcanization.
• the compositions of the invention are subjected to kneading or to other shear forces in the presence of crosslinking agents and, if appropriate, coadjuvants thereof, at temperatures between 140 and 240°C, preferably at temperatures higher than the melting point of the crystalline phase.
• the compositions of the invention can be impregnated with an oil extender for regulating their hardness, either before the addition of the crosslinking agent or at the start or end of vulcan- ization.
• the oil extender used can be of various types, for example aromatic, naphthenic or preferably paraffinic.
• crosslinking agents which can be used are those commonly known in the art, such as organic peroxides, preferably having a half-life of the order of 10-200 seconds in the temperature range in which crosslinking normally takes place, and non-peroxidic agents such as the derivatives of 1,2-diphenylmethane, 1,2-diphenylethane and benzopinacol.
• a particularly suitable group of non-peroxidic agents consists of the furane derivatives described in EP361205, among which difurfuralaldazine and l,5-di-furfuryl-l,4-pentadien-3-one can also be used.
• liquid 1,2-polybutadiene or compounds of the triallyl cyanurate type can be used as coadjuvant compounds for the crosslinking.
• the elastomers of the present inventions when subject to crosslinking display valuable properties.
• the combination of good elastic properties, as evidenced by low values of compression and tension set, and high value tensile strength break makes them suitable products for all the conventional applications of these polymers.
• the high capability that they have in the incorporation of extending oils makes it possible to lower the Shore of the formulations until to the desired value without suffering from blooming problems.
• compositions of the invention can be provided with various additives, such as heat stabilizers, antioxidants, mineral fillers or any other type of agents customarily used in the art.
• a further subject of the invention is therefore vulcanized thermoplastic compositions obtained by the vulcanization processes described above, as manufactured, as well as moulded articles obtainable from the said compositions.
• the polymerization process of the invention for producing ethylene copolymers can be carried out either continuously or discontinuously.
• Said polymerization process can be carried out according to known techniques for example slurry polymerization using as diluent an inert hydrocarbon solvent, or bulk polymerization using the liquid monomer (for example propylene) as a reaction medium.
• the polymerization is generally carried out at temperatures ranging from 20 to 120°C, preferably from 40 to 80°C. Hydrogen or other compounds capable to act as chain transfer agents can be used to control the molecular weight of the polymer.
• the catalyst component of the invention can be in the above processes as such or, alternatively, it can be pre-polymerized before being used in the main polymerization process. This is particularly preferred when the main polymerization process is carried out in the gas phase.
• the pre-polymerization step can be carried out at temperatures from -10°C to 80°C, preferably from 5 to 50°C, in the liquid or gas phase.
• the co-catalyst can be the same as, or different from, the cocatalyst used in the main polymerization process.
• the pre-polymerization step can be performed in-line as a part of a continuous polymerization process or separately in a batch process.
• the batch pre- polymerization of the catalyst of the invention with ethylene in order to produce an amount of polymer ranging from 0.5 to 20 g per gram of catalyst component is particularly preferred.
• the prepolymerized catalyst component can also be subject to a further treatment with a titanium compound before being used in the main polymerization step, hi this case the use of TiCU is particularly preferred.
• the reaction with the Ti compound can be carried out by suspending the prepolymerized catalyst component in the liquid Ti compound optionally in mixture with a liquid diluent; the mixture is heated to 60-120°C and kept at this temperature for 0.5-2 hours.
• gas-phase processes wherein it is possible to use the catalysts of the invention are described in WO 92/21706, USP 5,733,987 and WO 93/03078. These processes comprise a pre-contact step of the catalyst components, a pre-polymerization step and a gas phase polymerization step in one or more reactors in a series of fluidized or mechanically stirred bed.
• heterophasic compositions of the invention are prepared by sequential polymerisation operating in at least two reactors in series in which, whatever the order and using the same catalyst of the invention in the various reactors, in one of the reactors the (co)polymer (A) is synthesised and in the other reactor the copolymer (B) is synthesised.
• the polymerization can conveniently be carried out in the gas phase using a fluidised bed reactor.
• R is an alkyl radical having from 2 to 10 carbon atoms, in the presence of the catalyst of the invention.
• a mixture of ethylene and at least one ⁇ -olefin CH ⁇ CHR 1 is polymerised to obtain the copolymer B described above.
• the polymerization can be suitably be carried out by (a) impregnating with at a least a portion of the diene the prepolimerized catalyst of the invention, or (b) in case an heterophasic composition is to be produced, by impregnating with the diene the crystalline portion (A) of the heterophasic composition, before carrying out the copolymerization of ethylene, alpha- olefin and diene.
• the intrinsic viscosity [ ⁇ ] was measured in tetraline at 135°C.
• DSC differential scanning ealorimetry
• the peak temperature was assumed as crystallisation temperature (Tc). After standing 5 minutes at 0°C, the sample was heated to 200°C at a rate of 20°C/min. In this second heating run, the peak temperature was assumed as melting temperature (Tm) and the area as the global melting hentalpy ( ⁇ H).
• the molecular weight distribution was determined by GC carried out on a Waters 150 machine in ortho-dichlorobenzene at 135°C.
• Melt index (M.I.) are measured at 190°C following ASTM D-1238 over a load of:
• the solubility in xylene at 25°C was determined according to the following modalities: about 2.5 g of polymer and 250 ml of o-xylene were placed in a round-bottomed flask provided with cooler, reflux condenser and kept under nitrogen. The obtained mixture was heafed to 135°C and was kept under stirring for about 60 minutes. The final solution was allowed to cool to 25°C, under continuous stirring; it was then filtered off and divided in two portions of 100 ml each. The first solution was evaporated in a nitrogen flow at 140°C to reach a constant weight; the weight of the soluble portion was calculated (XSRT).
• Tension set 100°C ASTM D412, using a sample according to ASTM 1329.
• Tension set 23 °C ASTM D412, using a sample according to ASTM 1329.
• Elongation at break ASTM D412, using a microspecimen.
• 4,399,054 (but operating at 3000 rpm instead of 10000) was subjected to thermal treatment, under nitrogen flow, within the temperature range of 50-150°C, until spherical particles having a residual alcohol content of about 35 wt.% (1.1 mol of alcohol per mol of MgCl 2 ) were obtained.
• the spherical support was prepared according to the general method described in ex. 2 of USP 4,399,054 (but operating at 3000 rpm instead of 10000) having a residual alcohol content of about 57.4 wt.% (about 2.7 mol of alcohol per mol of MgCI 2 ). 14.2 cm of 2-methyl-2octyl-l,3dimethoxypropane, under stirring at 0°C, were slowly added to a 750 cm reactor containing 250 cm of pure TiCU. The temperature was maintained at 0°C and then 11 g of the above described support, were charged. The temperature was raised to 100°C in 60 minutes and kept constant for 120 minutes.
• the polymerization has been carried out according to the general ethylene/propylene polymerization procedure under the conditions reported in table 3.
• the characterization of the polymer is reported in table 4.
• Example 2 52 g of the support prepared as described in Example 1 were charged, under stirring at 0°C, to a 1500 cm reactor containing 1000 cm of pure TiCU. The temperature was slowly raised to 40°C and then 14.7 cm 3 of 2-methyl-2octyl-l,3dimethoxypropane, were slowly added, then the temperature was further raised to 100°C in 60 minutes and kept constant for
• the polymerization has been carried out according to the general ethylene/propylene polymerization procedure under the conditions reported in table 3.
• the characterization of the polymer is reported in table 4.
• the catalyst was prepared as described in Example 2.
• the catalyst characteristics are reported in table 1.
• the polymerization has been carried out according to the general ethylene/propylene polymerization procedure under the conditions reported in table 3.
• the characterization of the polymer is reported in table 4.
• Example 13 The same crosslinking procedure disclosed in Example 13 was carried out on the product obtained in comparison example 2-3. The results of the characterization are shown in Table 6.
• 2M20-DMP 2-Methyl-2-Octyl-l,3-diMethoxyPropane
• 2E2B-DMP 2-Ethyl-2-n-ButyI-l,3-diMet oxyPropane
• CHMMS cyclohexylmethyldimethoxysilane

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