A method of assembling and/or operating apparatus for undertaking a chemical reaction. The apparatus includes a housing in which a precursor of a receptacle is arranged. A fluid (F1) may be introduced into said precursor to cause the precursor to inflate.

The copolymerization of ethylene with a cyclic mono olefin (such as norbornene) is conducted in the presence of a catalyst system comprising a bridged hafnocene catalyst and a three part activator. The catalyst system provides excellent activity at high polymerization temperatures. Copolymers produced according to this invention have unique microstructure (with methyl branching being observed) and unique rheology.

The present invention relates to a process for producing solid Ziegler-Natta catalyst component in the form of solid particles having a median particle size (D50.sub.vol) of 5 to 500 μm the process comprising steps I. providing a solution of a mixture of Group 2 metal compounds of i) a solution of a Group 2 metal dihalide and ii) at least one Group 2 metal alkoxide of the Periodic Table (IUPAC, Nomenclature of Inorganic Chemistry, 2005) II. contacting the solution of the mixture of Group 2 metal compounds of step I with a compound in a liquid form of a transition metal of Group 4 to 10, or of a lanthanide or actinide, preferably a transition metal of Group 4 to 6 of Periodic Table (IUPAC, Nomenclature of Inorganic Chemistry, 2005), and III. recovering the solid catalyst component, wherein the solution of a Group 2 metal dihalide i) is obtained by dissolving a solid Group 2 metal dihalide in an alcohol comprising at least a monohydric alcohol of formula ROH, where R is selected from hydrocarbyl of 3 to 16 C atoms, and wherein the amount of Group 2 metal originating from Group 2 metal dihalide in the solution of the mixture of Group 2 metal compounds is in the range of 5 to 90 mol-%. The invention further relates to a catalyst comprising the catalyst component and use thereof in olefin polymerisation process.

A process comprising polymerizing propylene and an olefin comonomer selected from C.sub.2 or C.sub.4-C.sub.8 with a Ziegler Natta catalyst system and hydrogen in a single gas-phase reactor, to form a propylene polymer, at a temperature range of from 78 to 92° C. with a H.sub.2/C.sub.3 molar ratio of 0.005 to 0.25, the catalyst system comprising: a solid catalyst component comprising a transition metal compound, a Group 2 metal compound, an internal electron donor comprising a substituted phenylene aromatic di ester; an activity limiting agent; an organo-aluminum compound; and an external electron donor composition comprising at least one silane, wherein if the olefin comonomer is ethylene it is present in the propylene polymer in an amount from 1.0-7.0 wt % based on the total weight of the propylene polymer, and if the olefin comonomer is C.sub.4-C.sub.8, it is present in an amount from 1.0-15.0 mol % based on the total amount of the propylene polymer.

A process comprising polymerizing propylene and an olefin comonomer selected from C.sub.2 or C.sub.4-C.sub.8 with a Ziegler Natta catalyst system and hydrogen in a single gas-phase reactor, to form a propylene polymer, at a temperature range of from 78 to 92° C. with a H.sub.2/C.sub.3 molar ratio of 0.005 to 0.25, the catalyst system comprising: a solid catalyst component comprising a transition metal compound, a Group 2 metal compound, an internal electron donor comprising a substituted phenylene aromatic di ester; an activity limiting agent; an organo-aluminum compound; and an external electron donor composition comprising at least one silane, wherein if the olefin comonomer is ethylene it is present in the propylene polymer in an amount from 1.0-7.0 wt % based on the total weight of the propylene polymer, and if the olefin comonomer is C.sub.4-C.sub.8, it is present in an amount from 1.0-15.0 mol % based on the total amount of the propylene polymer.

The present disclosure provides the use of quinolinyldiamido transition metal complexes, an activator and a metal hydrocarbenyl chain transfer agent, such as an aluminum vinyl-transfer agent, to produce long chain branched propylene polymers.

The present disclosure provides the use of quinolinyldiamido transition metal complexes, an activator and a metal hydrocarbenyl chain transfer agent, such as an aluminum vinyl-transfer agent, to produce long chain branched propylene polymers.

Embodiments of this disclosure include processes of polymerizing olefins, the process comprising contacting ethylene and a (C.sub.3-C.sub.40)alpha-olefin comonomer in the presence of a catalyst system, the catalyst system comprising a Group IV metal-ligand complex and a metallic activator ionic complex, the metallic activator ionic complex comprising an anion and a countercation, the anion having a structure according to formula (I): ##STR00001##

Embodiments of this disclosure include processes of polymerizing olefins, the process comprising contacting ethylene and a (C.sub.3-C.sub.40)alpha-olefin comonomer in the presence of a catalyst system, the catalyst system comprising a Group IV metal-ligand complex and a metallic activator ionic complex, the metallic activator ionic complex comprising an anion and a countercation, the anion having a structure according to formula (I): ##STR00001##

The present disclosure relates to a process for preparation of a catalyst with a polyolefin coat. The process of the present disclosure is simple, economical and requires 50% less reaction time to obtain a desired catalyst with polyolefin coat. The catalyst obtained by the process of the present disclosure is capable of reducing generation of polymer fines by at least 50%, which leads to improved plant operability and throughput.