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 ultrahigh-molecular-weight polyethylene powder of the present invention is an ultrahigh-molecular-weight polyethylene powder having a viscosity-average molecular weight Mv of 10×10.sup.4 or higher and 1000×10.sup.4 or lower, wherein viscosity-average molecular weight Mv(A) of a kneaded product obtained by kneading under specific kneading conditions, and the Mv satisfy the following relationship: “{Mv−Mv(A)}/Mv is 0.20 or less”, and the ultrahigh-molecular-weight polyethylene powder contains an ultrahigh-molecular-weight polyethylene powder having a particle size of 212 μm or larger, wherein the powder having a particle size of 212 μm or larger has an average pore volume of 0.6 ml/g or larger and an average pore size of 0.3 μm or larger.

The ultrahigh-molecular-weight polyethylene powder of the present invention is an ultrahigh-molecular-weight polyethylene powder having a viscosity-average molecular weight Mv of 10×10.sup.4 or higher and 1000×10.sup.4 or lower, wherein viscosity-average molecular weight Mv(A) of a kneaded product obtained by kneading under specific kneading conditions, and the Mv satisfy the following relationship: “{Mv−Mv(A)}/Mv is 0.20 or less”, and the ultrahigh-molecular-weight polyethylene powder contains an ultrahigh-molecular-weight polyethylene powder having a particle size of 212 μm or larger, wherein the powder having a particle size of 212 μm or larger has an average pore volume of 0.6 ml/g or larger and an average pore size of 0.3 μm or larger.

The present invention relates to a propylene polymer composition comprising a long chain branched propylene polymer, wherein said propylene polymer composition has a) a crystallization temperature Tc of less than 115° C., b) a melting temperature Tm of less than 155° C. c) a F30 melt strength of from 5.0 to less than 30.0 cN, and d) a V30 melting extensibility of more than 190 mm/s, a process for producing said propylene polymer composition by reactive modification of a propylene polymer in the presence of a peroxide, an article comprising said propylene polymer composition, the use of said propylene polymer composition for producing an article.

The present invention relates to a propylene polymer composition comprising a long chain branched propylene polymer, wherein said propylene polymer composition has a) a crystallization temperature Tc of less than 115° C., b) a melting temperature Tm of less than 155° C. c) a F30 melt strength of from 5.0 to less than 30.0 cN, and d) a V30 melting extensibility of more than 190 mm/s, a process for producing said propylene polymer composition by reactive modification of a propylene polymer in the presence of a peroxide, an article comprising said propylene polymer composition, the use of said propylene polymer composition for producing an article.

A method for producing an olefin polymerization catalyst includes bringing a solid catalyst component for olefin polymerization, a vinylsilane compound, an organosilicon compound, and an organoaluminum compound into contact with each other in an inert organic solvent under an inert gas atmosphere in the absence of a specific vinyl compound, wherein a washing treatment is not performed after the vinylsilane compound has been added to the reaction system, the solid catalyst component includes a magnesium compound, a titanium halide compound, and an electron donor compound that does not include a phthalic acid ester structure, and includes a diol skeleton, and the organosilicon compound does not include a vinyl group, and includes at least one group selected from an alkoxy group and an amino group.

A method for producing an olefin polymerization catalyst includes bringing a solid catalyst component for olefin polymerization, a vinylsilane compound, an organosilicon compound, and an organoaluminum compound into contact with each other in an inert organic solvent under an inert gas atmosphere in the absence of a specific vinyl compound, wherein a washing treatment is not performed after the vinylsilane compound has been added to the reaction system, the solid catalyst component includes a magnesium compound, a titanium halide compound, and an electron donor compound that does not include a phthalic acid ester structure, and includes a diol skeleton, and the organosilicon compound does not include a vinyl group, and includes at least one group selected from an alkoxy group and an amino group.

Catalyst compositions containing a metallocene compound, a solid activator, and a co-catalyst, in which the solid activator or the supported metallocene catalyst has a d50 average particle size of 15 to 50 μm and a particle size distribution of 0.5 to 1.5, can be contacted with an olefin in a loop slurry reactor to produce an olefin polymer. A representative ethylene-based polymer produced using the catalyst composition has excellent dart impact strength and low gels, and can be characterized by a HLMI from 4 to 10 g/10 min, a density from 0.944 to 0.955 g/cm.sup.3, a higher molecular weight component with a Mn from 280,000 to 440,000 g/mol, and a lower molecular weight component with a Mw from 30,000 to 45,000 g/mol and a ratio of Mz/Mw ranging from 2.3 to 3.4.

Catalyst compositions containing a metallocene compound, a solid activator, and a co-catalyst, in which the solid activator or the supported metallocene catalyst has a d50 average particle size of 15 to 50 μm and a particle size distribution of 0.5 to 1.5, can be contacted with an olefin in a loop slurry reactor to produce an olefin polymer. A representative ethylene-based polymer produced using the catalyst composition has excellent dart impact strength and low gels, and can be characterized by a HLMI from 4 to 10 g/10 min, a density from 0.944 to 0.955 g/cm.sup.3, a higher molecular weight component with a Mn from 280,000 to 440,000 g/mol, and a lower molecular weight component with a Mw from 30,000 to 45,000 g/mol and a ratio of Mz/Mw ranging from 2.3 to 3.4.

The present disclosure relates to olefin polymerization catalysts, and discloses a catalyst component for olefin polymerization or copolymerization and a preparation method therefor, and a catalyst and an application thereof. The catalyst component for olefin polymerization or copolymerization in the present disclosure comprises titanium element, magnesium element, an electron donor, an organic silicon polymer, and an inorganic oxide support, wherein the molecular composition of the organic silicon polymer is [R.sub.xSiO.sub.(4-x)/2].sub.m, wherein R is selected from alkyl, aryl, vinyl or oxygen, x is 0 or more and 2 or less, and the value of m makes the number-average molecular weight of the organic silicon polymer be 1×10.sup.3-1×10.sup.6 g/mol. The catalyst has the characteristics of high activity, good hydrogen-regulating copolymerization performance, high bulk density of resulting polymer powder, and a low content of fine powder in the polymer powder when applied to olefin polymerization, particularly to ethylene and α-olefin polymerization.