A process for production of an ethylene-propylene-diene-methylene (EPDM) tetrapolymer having long chain branching is described. The process comprises the step of polymerizing a monomer mixture comprising ethylene, propylene, a first diolefin monomer containing one polymerizable double bond (preferably ENB) and a second diolefin containing two polymerizable double bonds (preferably VNB) in the presence of a catalyst system. The catalyst system comprises: a catalyst comprising a compound containing vanadium +3 with the proviso that the compound does not comprise a halogen directly bound to the vanadium; a halogenated organoaluminum cocatalyst having a halogen to aluminum molar ratio in the range of from about 1 to about 2; and an activator. The branched polymer product of the present process exhibits a molecular weight distribution of less than about 3.5 and improved rheological properties and enhanced processability characteristics.
本发明描述了一种具有长链分支的
乙烯-
丙烯-二烯-亚甲基(EP
DM)四元共聚物的生产工艺。该工艺包括在催化剂体系存在下聚合单体混合物的步骤,该单体混合物包括
乙烯、
丙烯、含有一个可聚合双键(最好是 ENB)的第一二烯烃单体和含有两个可聚合双键(最好是 VNB)的第二二烯烃。催化剂体系包括:由含
钒 +3 的化合物组成的催化剂,但该化合物不包括与
钒直接结合的卤素;卤代
有机铝助催化剂,其卤素与铝的摩尔比在约 1 至约 2 的范围内;以及活化剂。本工艺的支化聚合物产品的分子量分布小于约 3.5,流变性能得到改善,加工性能得到提高。