A process for the preparation of pre-activated or pre-polymerized catalysts made from or containing a solid catalyst component made from or containing Ti, Mg, and halogen is disclosed. The resulting catalyst is protected from the release of flammable gases in contact with water. The process includes the steps of (a) a reaction step for yielding a catalyst precursor; (b) a reaction step in which the catalyst precursor is reacted with an organoaluminum compound for yielding a modified-catalyst precursor; (c) a treatment step in which the modified-catalyst precursor is treated with a mono or polychlorinated compound, thereby yielding the solid catalyst component; and (d) isolating and recovering the solid catalyst component.

The present invention relates to a high-density ethylene-based polymer comprising an ethylene homopolymer or a copolymer of ethylene and at least one comonomer selected from the group consisting of an -olefin, a cyclic olefin, and a straight, branched and cyclic diene. According to the present invention, the high-density polyethylene resin has a wide molecular weight distribution and excellent comonomer distribution characteristics, has excellent melt flowability due to a long chain branched structure, and has excellent mechanical characteristics since the comonomer distribution is concentrated in a high-molecular-weight body. The high-density ethylene polymer of the present invention has excellent molding processability during processing such as extrusion, compression, injection and rotational molding by having excellent mechanical characteristics and melt flowability.

Methods for synthesizing a water-soluble titanium-silicon complex are disclosed herein. The titanium-silicon complex can be utilized to produce titanated solid oxide supports and titanated chromium supported catalysts. The titanated chromium supported catalysts subsequently can be used to polymerize olefins to produce, for example, ethylene based homopolymer and copolymers.

Methods for synthesizing a water-soluble titanium-silicon complex are disclosed herein. The titanium-silicon complex can be utilized to produce titanated solid oxide supports and titanated chromium supported catalysts. The titanated chromium supported catalysts subsequently can be used to polymerize olefins to produce, for example, ethylene based homopolymer and copolymers.

Embodiments of the present disclosure are directed towards metal complexes that can be utilized to form polymers. As an example, the present disclosure provides a metal complex of Formula (I) wherein M is Zr, Hf, or Ti; each Het is independently a heterocyclic; each L is independently a bridging group; each X is independently Cl, Br, I, or alkyl; each R.sup.1 is independently selected from the group including hydrogen, alkyls, alkenyls, alkynyls, cycloalkyls, aryls, acyls, aroyls, alkoxys, aryloxys, alkylthiols, dialkylamines, alkylamidos, alkoxycarbonyls, aryloxycarbonyls, carbomoyls, alkyl- and dialkyl-carbamoyls, acyloxys, acylaminos, aroylaminos, aromatic rings, fused aromatic rings, and combinations thereof; and each n is independently an integer having a value of one to five.

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The present disclosure provides a method for preparing a catalyst system comprising contacting in an aliphatic solvent at a temperature of from less than 0 C. to 60 C. at least one support material having absorbed water and at least one hydrocarbyl aluminum compound to form a supported alumoxane (catalyst precursor) and contacting the supported alumoxane with at least one catalyst compound having a Group 3 through Group 12 metal atom or lanthanide metal atom. The supported alumoxane may be heated prior to contact with the catalyst compound.

A method for processing an oligomerization product stream includes discharging the oligomerization product stream from an oligomerization reactor through a product outlet line, and heating the oligomerization product stream, heating a wall of the product outlet line, or both. The oligomerization product stream includes solvent, linear alpha olefins, a polymer byproduct, or a combination of at least one of the foregoing. The heating is to a temperature that is greater than the melting temperature of the polymer byproduct present in the oligomerization product stream.

A catalyst system comprises an activated solid support material and having, on its surface, one or more catalytic transition metal complexes.

Catalyst and initiator compounds for precision polymerization of Michael-type monomers, precatalytic bridged complexes, such as those having formula R.sub.1R.sub.2M.sub.Z1P.sub.Z2 or R.sub.1R.sub.2M.sub.z1S.sub.z, a system for precision polymerization, as well as processes for precision polymerization of Michael-type monomers, a process for preparing a bridged initiator and catalyst, a process for preparing a luminescent component, and polymers and components obtainable with the processes of the present invention are described.

The invention relates to: a hybrid supported metallocene catalyst includes at least one first metallocene compound among the compounds represented by chemical formula 1, at least one second metallocene compound among the compounds represented by chemical formula 2 and a cocatalyst compound; a method for preparing an ethylene--olefin copolymer, comprising polymerizing olefin monomers in the presence thereof; and an ethylene--olefin copolymer having improved melt strength.