Provided are a pellet-type polyethylene resin composition capable of improving pipe pressure resistance property, dimensional stability, and processability at the same time, and a method of preparing the same.

The invention is directed to a beta nucleated heterophasic propylene copolymer composition (HPPC).

The present disclosure relates to a polyethylene, which is reacted with chlorine to prepare a chlorinated polyethylene having excellent processability and size stability during high-speed extrusion by optimizing a high-crystalline region in a molecular structure, and a CPE compound including the same.

Provided is an ethylene/1-butene copolymer having excellent processability and stress cracking resistance. The ethylene/1-butene copolymer according to the present invention may be applied to a high-pressure resistant heating pipe, a PE-RT pipe, a large diameter pipe, etc.

Blown films, especially monolayer blown films, of high stiffness, the blown films comprising at least 95.0 wt % of a specific propylene-1-butene random copolymer.

The present invention relates to a metallocene compound, and preparation and use thereof, and the compound can be used as a catalyst for synthesis of poly-α-olefin as lubricating base oil. The metallocene compound includes a substituted aryl group, a bridged atom, an optionally unsubstituted, 3-mono-substituted or 3,6-disubstituted 5H-indeno [1,2-b] pyridyl group or optionally unsubstituted, 3-mono-substituted or 3,6-disubstituted 5H-indeno [1,2-b] thiopyranyl group, and a metal coordination group. As a catalyst, the metallocene compound is shown to be structurally stable and high in catalytic efficiency, and the preparation of the catalyst is relatively easy in operation, high in yield, low in cost, low in pollution and easy to scale up for industrial production.

A supported metallocene catalyst can include a silica-based carrier and an aluminum alkyl halide, a cocatalyst compound, and a metallocene compound supported in the silica-based carrier. The aluminum alkyl halide is supported at higher rate on the surface of the silica-based carrier than inside the pores, and the cocatalyst compound is supported at higher rate inside the pores of the silica-based carrier than on the surface of the silica-based carrier. Such a supported metallocene catalyst can be prepared by: (i) supporting an aluminum alkyl halide in a silica-based carrier; (ii) supporting a cocatalyst compound in the silica-based carrier in which the aluminum alkyl halide is supported; and (iii) supporting a metallocene compound in the carrier in which the aluminum alkyl halide and the cocatalyst compound are supported. Such a supported metallocene catalyst can be used to polymerize polyolefins with excellent activity and polyolefin with a uniform powder morphology.

The present disclosure provides catalyst compounds comprising asymmetric bridged metallocenes containing a ligand having at least one saturated ring, catalyst systems including such compounds, and uses thereof. Catalyst compounds of the present disclosure can include indacenyl-type ligands. In another class of embodiments, the present disclosure is directed to polymerization processes to produce polyolefin polymers from catalyst systems including one or more olefin polymerization catalysts, at least one activator, and an optional support.

To provide an olefin polymerization catalyst having high catalytic activity (polymerization activity), an olefin polymerization catalyst production method, and an olefin polymer production method using the olefin polymerization catalyst. An olefin polymerization catalyst comprising the following components [A], [B] and [C]:

the component [A]: a metallocene complex having a specific indenyl structure,

the component [B]: a solid component containing one or more selected from the group consisting of (b-1) a fine particulate carrier on which an ionic compound or Lewis acid which can convert the component [A] into a cation by reaction with the component [A], is supported, (b-2) solid acid fine particles, and (b-3) an ion-exchange layered compound,

and

the component [C]: a specific silylacetylene compound.

A complex of formula (I): (I′) M is Hf; each X is a sigma ligand; L is a bridge of formula -(ER.sup.8.sub.2).sub.y—; y is 1 or 2; E is C or Si; each R.sup.8 is independently a C.sub.1-C.sub.20-hydrocarbyl, tri(C.sub.1-C.sub.20-alkyl)silyl, C.sub.6-C.sub.20-aryl, C.sub.7-C.sub.20-arylalkyl or C.sub.7-C.sub.20-alkylaryl or L is an alkylene group such as methylene or ethylene; Ar and Ar′ are each independently an aryl or heteroaryl group optionally substituted by 1 to 3 groups R.sup.1 or R.sup.1′ respectively; R.sup.1 and R.sup.1′ are each independently the same or can be different and are a linear or branched C.sub.1-C.sub.6-alkyl group, C.sub.7-20 arylalkyl, C.sub.7-20 alkylaryl group or C.sub.6-20 aryl group with the proviso that if there are four or more R.sup.1 and R.sup.1′ groups present in total, one or more of R.sup.1 and R.sup.1′ is other than tert butyl; R.sup.2 and R.sup.2′ are the same or are different and are a CH.sub.2—R.sup.9 group, with R.sup.9 being H or linear or branched C.sub.1-C.sub.6-alkyl group, C.sub.3-8 cycloalkyl group, C.sub.6-10 aryl group; each R is a —CH.sub.2—, —CHRx- or C(Rx).sub.2- group wherein Rx is C.sub.1-4 alkyl and where m is 2-6; R.sup.5 is a linear or branched C.sub.1-C.sub.6-alkyl group, C.sub.7-20 arylalkyl, C.sub.7-20 alkylaryl group or C.sub.6-C.sub.20-aryl group; R.sup.6 is a C(R.sup.10).sub.3 group, with R.sup.10 being a linear or branched C.sub.1-C.sub.6 alkyl group; and R.sup.6 and R.sup.7′ are the same or are different and are H or a linear or branched C.sub.1-C.sub.6-alkyl group. Invention relates also to a catalyst in solid form comprising (i) a complex of formula (I) and (ii) a cocatalyst of an aluminium compound and (iii) a cocatalyst of a boron compound. ##STR00001##