The present invention provides a method for depth removal of a volatile organic compound (VOC) in polymer resins and products thereof by means of a steam distillation method and apparatus thereof and significantly reducing the odor of the polymer resins and products thereof. The method provided in the present invention can further remove residual inorganic ash in the polymer resins. In the method, saturated steam at a certain temperature continuously keeps in contact with materials for a certain period of time, the VOC and an inorganic small molecule (ash) adsorbed on the surface of a polymer and wrapped inside the polymer are promoted to be enriched in a gas phase or a liquid phase and discharged, so as to reduce the VOC and ash in polymer materials, and the odor of the polymer resins or materials is decreased to a better level.

The present disclosure provides a process for removing chloride from a polymer melt using at least one adsorbent. The adsorbent is selected from a metal oxide mixture, a mixture of alumina and hydrotalcite, crystalline fajausite zeolite and alumina doped with at least one metal. The process of the present disclosure is carried out at a temperature in the range of 260 C. to 280 C., and at a pressure in the range of 120 bar to 160 bar for time period in the range of 12 hours to 200 hours. The amount of chloride adsorbed on the adsorbent is in the range of 0.1% to 6.0% w/w.

The present disclosure provides a process for removing chloride from a polymer melt using at least one adsorbent. The adsorbent is selected from a metal oxide mixture, a mixture of alumina and hydrotalcite, crystalline fajausite zeolite and alumina doped with at least one metal. The process of the present disclosure is carried out at a temperature in the range of 260 C. to 280 C., and at a pressure in the range of 120 bar to 160 bar for time period in the range of 12 hours to 200 hours. The amount of chloride adsorbed on the adsorbent is in the range of 0.1% to 6.0% w/w.

The present disclosure provides a process for removing chloride from a polymer melt using at least one adsorbent. The adsorbent is selected from a metal oxide mixture, a mixture of alumina and hydrotalcite, crystalline fajausite zeolite and alumina doped with at least one metal. The process of the present disclosure is carried out at a temperature in the range of 260 C. to 280 C., and at a pressure in the range of 120 bar to 160 bar for time period in the range of 12 hours to 200 hours. The amount of chloride adsorbed on the adsorbent is in the range of 0.1% to 6.0% w/w.

A process comprising polymerizing olefin monomers and optionally comonomers in a first reactor vessel, thereby forming a raw product stream comprising polymerized solids, unreacted monomer and optionally comonomer, the polymerized solids comprising olefin polymer, volatile organic compounds (VOC) and catalyst system. Then the polymerized solids are contacted with a catalyst poison selected from carbon monoxide, carbon dioxide, oxygen, water, alcohols, amines, or mixtures thereof, thereby forming a passivated stream. The passivated stream is maintained in an agitated state within a second reactor. The passivated stream within the second reactor is then contacted with a circulating gas comprising unreacted monomer for a residence time, thereby reducing the concentration of VOC in the polymerized solids by at least 10 wt % compared to the level before entering the second reactor, thereby forming a purified olefin polymer solids stream.

A process comprising polymerizing olefin monomers and optionally comonomers in a first reactor vessel, thereby forming a raw product stream comprising polymerized solids, unreacted monomer and optionally comonomer, the polymerized solids comprising olefin polymer, volatile organic compounds (VOC) and catalyst system. Then the polymerized solids are contacted with a catalyst poison selected from carbon monoxide, carbon dioxide, oxygen, water, alcohols, amines, or mixtures thereof, thereby forming a passivated stream. The passivated stream is maintained in an agitated state within a second reactor. The passivated stream within the second reactor is then contacted with a circulating gas comprising unreacted monomer for a residence time, thereby reducing the concentration of VOC in the polymerized solids by at least 10 wt % compared to the level before entering the second reactor, thereby forming a purified olefin polymer solids stream.

A process comprising polymerizing olefin monomers and optionally comonomers in a first reactor vessel, thereby forming a raw product stream comprising polymerized solids, unreacted monomer and optionally comonomer, the polymerized solids comprising olefin polymer, volatile organic compounds (VOC) and catalyst system. Then the polymerized solids are contacted with a catalyst poison selected from carbon monoxide, carbon dioxide, oxygen, water, alcohols, amines, or mixtures thereof, thereby forming a passivated stream. The passivated stream is maintained in an agitated state within a second reactor. The passivated stream within the second reactor is then contacted with a circulating gas comprising unreacted monomer for a residence time, thereby reducing the concentration of VOC in the polymerized solids by at least 10 wt % compared to the level before entering the second reactor, thereby forming a purified olefin polymer solids stream.

The present invention provides an ethylene polymer having a viscosity average molecular weight of 10010.sup.4 or more and 1,00010.sup.4 or less, in which a ratio between an isothermal crystallization time at 125 C. and an isothermal crystallization time at 123 C. obtained under specific isothermal crystallization time measurement conditions is 3.5 or more and 10.0 or less, and a degree of crystallization obtained using a differential scanning calorimeter (DSC) is 40% or more and 75% or less.

The present invention provides an ethylene polymer having a viscosity average molecular weight of 10010.sup.4 or more and 1,00010.sup.4 or less, in which a ratio between an isothermal crystallization time at 125 C. and an isothermal crystallization time at 123 C. obtained under specific isothermal crystallization time measurement conditions is 3.5 or more and 10.0 or less, and a degree of crystallization obtained using a differential scanning calorimeter (DSC) is 40% or more and 75% or less.

Even when used in applications such as electronic materials, display materials, and inks, in which required standards in terms of coloring prevention, long term stability, low impurity content, and the like, are extremely high, the present invention can meet such required standards. The present invention addresses the problem of providing an allylamine (co)polymer which overcomes the limitations of the prior art, undergoes little coloring, contains little impurities and exhibits excellent long term stability; and a method for producing the same. This problem can be solved by an allylamine (co)polymer which has constituent units derived from allylamine and contains sulfuric acid groups in the structure thereof, in which the proportion of the sulfuric acid groups with respect to the total mass of the allylamine (co)polymer is 20,000 ppm by mass or less.