The present disclosure provides methods for producing an olefin polymer by contacting a C.sub.3-C.sub.40 olefin, ethylene and a diene with a catalyst system including an activator and a metallocene catalyst compound comprising a substituted or unsubstituted indacenyl group and obtaining a C.sub.3-C.sub.40 olefin-ethylene-diene terpolymer typically comprising from 30 to 55 mol % ethylene, from 69.09 to 45 mol % C.sub.3 to C.sub.40 comonomer, and from 0.01 to 7 mol % diene wherein the Tg of the terpolymer is −28° C. or less. Preferably, a propylene-ethylene-ethylidene norbornene is obtained.

The alkylation of transition metal coordination catalyst complexes (such as metallocenes and/or post-metallocenes) in non-polar solvents with high conversion to the dialkylated transition metal coordination catalyst complex may be accomplished by reacting (a) a transition metal coordination catalyst complex comprising a transition metal linked to at least one an anionic donor ligand and at least one leaving group having a non-carbon atom directly linked to the transition metal, (b) an aluminum alkyl, and (c) a fluoride salt at 0° C. to 85° C. in a non-polar solvent to yield an alkylated transition metal coordination catalyst complex.

The present invention discloses a homogeneous, single site catalyst of formula (I) and a process for preparation thereof using a ligand. The present invention further discloses a process for preparation of linear polyethylene of high molecular weight and degree of crystallinity by using the homogeneous, single site catalyst of formula I.

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Sulfated bentonite compositions are characterized by a total pore volume from 0.4 to 1 mL/g, a total BET surface area from 200 to 400 m.sup.2/g, and an average pore diameter from 55 to 100 Angstroms. The sulfated bentonite compositions also can be characterized by a d50 average particle size in a range from 15 to 50 .Math.m and a ratio of d90/d10 from 3 to 15. The sulfated bentonite compositions can contain a sulfated bentonite and from 10 to 90 wt. % of colloidal particles, or the sulfated bentonite compositions can contain a sulfated bentonite and from 0.2 to 10 mmol/g of zinc and/or phosphorus. These compositions can be utilized in metallocene catalyst systems to produce ethylene based polymers.

This invention relates homogeneous (solution) polymerization of propylene at higher temperatures (80° C. or more) using bisindenyl metallocene catalyst compounds having long (at least 4 carbon atoms) linear alkyl groups substituted at the 2-position and substituted or unsubstituted aryl groups at the 4-position.

Catalyst systems and methods for making and using the same. A method of polymerizing olefins to produce a polyolefin polymer with a multimodal composition distribution, includes contacting ethylene and a comonomer with a catalyst system. The catalyst system includes a first catalyst compound and a second catalyst compound that are co-supported to form a commonly supported catalyst system. The first catalyst compound includes a compound with the general formula (C.sub.5H.sub.aR.sup.1.sub.b)(C.sub.5H.sub.cR.sup.2.sub.d)HfX.sub.2. The second catalyst compound includes at least one of the following general formulas:

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In both catalyst systems, the R groups can be independently selected from any number of substituents, including, for example, H, a hydrocarbyl group, a substituted hydrocarbyl group, or a heteroatom group, among others.

The present invention relates to a polyolefin which exhibits a narrow molecular weight distribution, high strength, and a high stretching ratio, and a preparation method therefor. According to the present invention, it is possible to provide polyethylene with high catalyst activity, high molecular weight, and controlled molecular weight distribution by using, in polymerization of an olefin monomer, a hybrid supported metallocene catalyst in which a borate compound is used as a second cocatalyst. In addition, if the polyolefin is processed, it is possible to produce a fiber with excellent mechanical properties and an excellent stretching ratio.

Provided are a transition metal compound for an olefin polymerization catalyst, an olefin polymerization catalyst containing the transition metal compound, and a polyolefin prepared using the olefin polymerization catalyst for polymerization thereof, wherein the transition metal compound is represented by Chemical Formula A1 or Chemical Formula B1.

The present invention relates to a cascade process for the preparation of a graft copolymer comprising a polyolefin main chain and one or a multiple polymer side chains. The process comprising step A) of copolymerizing at least one first type of olefin monomer and at least one second type of metal-pacified functionalized olefin monomer using a catalyst system to obtain a polyolefin main chain having one or multiple metal-pacified functionalized short chain branches, the catalyst system comprising: i) a metal catalyst or metal catalyst precursor comprising a metal from Group 3-10 of the IUPAC Periodic Table of elements; and ii) optionally a co-catalyst; and step B) of forming one or multiple polymer side chains on the polyolefin main chain having one or multiple metal-pacified functionalized short chain branches to obtain the graft copolymer.

This disclosure relates to rotomolded articles, having a wall structure, where the wall structure contains at least one layer containing an ethylene interpolymer product, or a blend containing an ethylene interpolymer product and an ethylene polymer, where the ethylene interpolymer product has a Dilution Index (Y.sub.d) greater than 0 and improved Environmental Stress Crack Resistance (ESCR). The ethylene interpolymer product has a melt index from about 0.5 to about 15 dg/minute, a density from about 0.930 to about 0.955 g/cm.sup.3, a polydispersity (M.sub.w/M.sub.n) from about 2 to about 6 and a CDBI.sub.50 from about 50% to about 98%. Further, the ethylene interpolymer products are a blend of at least two ethylene interpolymers; where one ethylene interpolymer is produced with a single-site catalyst formulation and at least one ethylene interpolymer is produced with a heterogeneous catalyst formulation.