The present disclosure generally relates to process to produce a poly alpha-olefin (PAO), comprising: a) introducing a first alpha-olefin to a first catalyst system comprising non-aromatic hydrocarbon soluble activator and a metallocene compound into a continuous stirred tank reactor or a continuous tubular reactor under first reactor conditions, wherein the first alpha-olefin is preferably introduced to the reactor at a flow rate of about 100 g/hr or more, to form a first reactor effluent comprising PAO (such as at least 60 wt % of PAO dimer and 40 wt % or less of higher oligomers, where the higher oligomers are oligomers that have a degree of polymerization of 3 or more); and b) introducing the first reactor effluent and a second alpha-olefin to a second catalyst composition comprising an acid catalyst, such as BF.sub.3, in a second reactor to form a second reactor effluent comprising PAO trimer.

A copolymer of ethylene and of a 1,3-diene of formula CH.sub.2CRCHCH.sub.2 is provided. The ethylene units represent between 50 mol % and 95 mol % of the ethylene units and of the units of the 1,3-diene, and the units of the 1,3-diene of 1,2 and 3,4 configuration represent more than 50 mol % of the units of the 1,3-diene. The symbol R represents a hydrocarbon chain having from 3 to 20 carbon atoms. Such a copolymer exhibits an improved compromise between the degree of crystallinity and the stiffness and makes it possible to widen the field of application of ethylene-rich diene copolymers in rubber compositions.

Provided are use of organosilane, and polyolefin resin and preparation method thereof. The method of preparing the polyolefin resin comprises: conducting olefin polymerization of olefin monomers in the presence of a catalyst, and adding organosilane to a polymerization system before the olefin polymerization and/or during the olefin polymerization, wherein the organosilane is represented by a general formula of R.sup.1.sub.mSiX.sub.n(OR.sup.2).sub.k, wherein R.sup.1 is a C.sub.2-C.sub.20 alkyl, and a terminal of R.sup.1 has an -olefin double bond, a norbornene group, a cycloalkene group, or a dicyclopentadiene group; X is a halogen element; R.sup.2 is a C.sub.1-C.sub.20 straight chain, a C.sub.1-C.sub.20 branched chain, or an isomerized alkyl group; m is an integer from 1-3; n is an integer from 1-3; k is an integer from 0-2; and m, n, and k satisfy the following condition: m+n+k=4. The polyolefin resin obtained by the above method has higher melt strength and mechanical strength.

The present invention relates to an amorphous functionalized olefin copolymer composition and a process for the preparation of an amorphous functionalized olefin copolymer composition.

The present invention relates to an amorphous polyolefinic ionomer and a process for the preparation of an amorphous polyolefinic ionomer.

The present invention relates to an ethylene and propylene ionomer and a process for the preparation of an ethylene and propylene ionomer.

The present invention relates to a process for the manufacture of a functionalized ethylene and propylene copolymer composition. The invention further relates to such functionalized ethylene and propylene copolymer composition.

Methods for preparing metallocene-based catalyst compositions include the steps of contacting an alcohol compound and an organoaluminum compound for a first period of time to form a precontacted mixture, and contacting the precontacted mixture with an activator-support and a metallocene compound for a second period of time to form the catalyst composition. Such catalyst compositions can contain an activator-support, a metallocene compound, an organoaluminum compound, and a dialkyl aluminum alkoxide, and these catalyst compositions have increased catalytic activity for the polymerization of olefins.

The polypropylene copolymer according to the present invention has a low melting point and also is excellent in the low temperature heat sealing effect, transparency and strength, and the film prepared therefrom can be effectively used as a sealing layer of the non-stretched polypropylene-based film.

Methods for scale-up from a pilot plant to full production of a bimodal polymer product having a density, melt index, and a melt index ratio are provided herein. The methods provide for adjusting reactor conditions and catalyst ratio of a bimodal catalyst system to optimize the transition from single catalyst to bimodal polymer compositions on a full-scale process plant consistent with pilot plant development.