Abstract: The invention relates to solid catalyst components for the polymerization of olefins CH.sub.2 .dbd.CHR, in which R is hydrogen or a hydrocarbyl radical with 1-12 carbon atoms, comprising Ti, Mg, halogen and an electron donor compound selected from cyanoesters of formula (1): ##STR1## wherein R.sub.1 is a C.sub.1 -C.sub.20 linear or branched alkyl, alkenyl, cycloalkyl, cycloalkylalkyl, alkylcycloalkyl, aryl, arylalkyl or alkylaryl group; n is 0, 1, 2 or 3; R.sub.2, R.sub.3, R.sub.4 and R.sub.5 are independently selected from hydrogen or C.sub.1 -C.sub.20 linear or branched alkyl, alkenyl, cycloalkyl, cycloalkylalkyl, alkylcycloalkyl, aryl, arylalkyl or alkylaryl groups; two or more of R.sub.2 and R.sub.3, and R.sub.4 and R.sub.5, can be joined to form a cycle. Said catalyst components when used in the polymerization of olefins are characterized by an excellent response to hydrogen and capability to produce polymers with broad Molecular Weight Distribution.

Abstract: An adhesive composition suitable for coating onto a substrate, containing a blend of the following components:(a) a propylene polymer;(b) a high melt strength propylene polymer having a branching index of less than 0.9 or a melt tension of 3 to 28 cN; and(c) a modified propylene polymer grafted with an unsaturated compound having a polar group. Also disclosed is a coated article including (a) a primer-coated substrate, and (b) a layer of the composition applied to the primer surface of the primer-coated substrate.

Abstract: Catalysts for the polymerization of olefins which comprise the reaction product of (a) a bridged and/or substituted cyclopentadienyl compound of titanium, zirconium, or hafnium; (b) an organometallic aluminum compound of formula Al(CH.sub.2 --CR.sup.4 R.sup.5 R.sup.6).sub.w R.sup.7.sub.y H.sub.z, wherein in the (CH.sub.2 --CR.sup.4 R.sup.5 R.sup.6) groups, which are the same or different, R.sup.4 is an alkyl, alkenyl or arylalkyl group having from 1 to 10 carbon atoms, R.sup.5 is an alkyl, alkenyl, aryl, arylalkyl or alkylaryl group having from 3 to 50 carbon atoms and, optionally, R.sup.4 and R.sup.5 can be fused together to form a ring having from 4-6 carbon atoms, R.sup.6 is hydrogen or an alkyl alkenyl or arylalkyl group having from 1 to 10 carbon atoms, the R.sup.7 substituents, the same or different, are alkyl, alkenyl, aryl, arylalkyl or alkylaryl radicals having from 1 to 10 carbon atoms and, optionally, can contain Si or Ge atoms, w is 1, 2 or 3, z is 0 or 1, and y=3-w-z; and (c) water.

Abstract: Ethylene copolymers are prepared with comonomers selected from:(a) .alpha.-olefins,(b) cycloolefins and(c) polyenes,with a content of ethylene units of between 80 and 99 mol %, a content of units derived from .alpha.-olefin, cycloolefin and/or polyene comonomers of between 1 and 20 mol %, characterized in that:(a) in TREF (Temperature Rising Elution Fractionation) analysis, a quantity equal to at least 90% by weight of the copolymer is eluted within a temperature interval of less than 50.degree. C., and(b) M.sub.w /M.sub.n >3, where M.sub.w is the weight-average molecular weight and M.sub.n is the number-average molecular weight, both determined by means of GPC.

Abstract: The present invention relates to MgCl.sub.2.mROH.nH.sub.2 O adducts, where R is a C.sub.1 -C.sub.10 alkyl, 2.ltoreq.m.ltoreq.4.2, 0.ltoreq.n.ltoreq.0.7, characterized by an X-ray diffraction spectrum in which, in the range of 2.theta. diffraction angles between 5.degree. and 15.degree., the three main diffraction lines are present at diffraction angles 2.theta. of 8.8.+-.0.2.degree., 9.4.+-.0.2.degree. and 9.8.+-.0.2.degree., the most intense diffraction lines being the one at 2.theta.=8.8.+-.0.2.degree., the intensity of the other two diffraction lines being at least 0.2 times the intensity of the most intense diffraction line. Catalyst components obtained from the adducts of the present invention are capable to give catalysts for the polymerization of olefins characterized by enhanced activity and stereospecificity with respect to the catalysts prepared from the adducts of the prior art.

Abstract: Amorphous polymers of propylene modified with ethylene units are prepared in high yields, by carrying out the polymerization reaction in the presence of a catalyst based on a metallocene compound that has two bridged fluorenyl ligands. These copolymers have glass transition temperatures (T.sub.g) well below 0.degree. C., making it possible for the products manufactured from them to be used at low temperatures.

Abstract: Fractionable, reactor blend polypropylenes, directly obtainable from the polymerization reaction of propylene, having:(a) content of isotactic pentads (mmmm) comprised between 25 and 85%;(b) ratio M.sub.w /M.sub.n <5;containing from 10 to 70% by weight of a fraction soluble in boiling diethyl ether, said fraction having a content of isotactic pentads (mmmm) comprised between 5 and 25%, and from 30 to 90% by weight of a boiling n-heptane-insoluble fraction, soluble in xylene at 135.degree. C., said fraction having a content of isotactic pentads (mmmm) comprised between 50 and 99%, are disclosed. These polymers are suitable as thermoplastic-elastomeric materials. A process for the preparation of these polymers and a process for the preparation of 2-aryl-substituted indenyl metallocene ligands is also disclosed.

Abstract: The present invention relates to polyolefin compositions comprising: (a) 20 to 50 parts by weight of a particular propylene polymer having an MWD greater than 3.5; and (b) 50 to 80 parts by weight of an elastomeric ethylene copoymerR having a low enthalpy of fusion and a narrow MWD.

Abstract: Components and catalysts for the polymerization of olefins comprising the product obtained by contacting a compound of a transition metal M, containing at least one M-.pi. bond, with an olefinic prepolymer obtained by polymerization of one or more olefins with a coordination catalyst comprising a compound of Ti or V supported on a magnesium halide.

Abstract: New metallocene ligand systems and catalysts/catalyst precursors are described where the ligand system contains at least one open-pentadienyl ligand characterized by an acyclic six .pi. electron delocalized, five atomic center structure. The open pentadienyl ligand is bonded to either another pentadienyl ligand or a Cp ligand by a bridging group. The metal is from group 3-5 or the Lanthanides. These metallocene catalysts/catalyst precursors optionally in combination with co-catalysts can be used to generate a wide variety of different polymer types including HDPE, LLDPE, LHDPE, ethylene/propylene elastomers, tactiospecific C3+ .alpha.-olefins, intimate mixture thereof and the like.

Abstract: Metallocene compounds having two fluorenyl ligands bridged with a single silicon or germanium atom, said atom having two substituent groups containing a total of at least four carbon atoms, are useful as catalyst components for the polymerization of olefins. Particularly, it is possible to prepare high molecular weight atactic polypropylene with improved yields with respect to the known catalysts.

Abstract: A class of metallocene compounds having two substituted cyclopentadienyl rings bridged by an alkylidene group wherein the cyclopentadienyl groups can be indenyl groups. The metallocene compounds have the following structures: ##STR1## The metallocenes are characterized by three principal features: (i) the cyclopentadienyl groups are substituted at the 3-position with a substituent other than hydrogen, while R.sup.2 in the 2-position bears a hydrogen (formula (I)) or is part of a condensed benzene ring (formula (II)); (ii) the bridge is a substituted-methylene bridge, i.e. a methylene group bearing at least one substituent other than hydrogen (R.sup.6 is always different from hydrogen); and (iii) the cyclopentadienyl groups are identically substituted (page 2, line 23). These metallocene compounds can be suitably used as catalyst components for the polymerization of olefins.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a solid catalyst component for the polymerization of olefins CH.sub.2 .dbd.CHR in which R is hydrogen or a hydrocarbyl radical with 1-12 carbon atoms, comprising a titanium compound, having at least a Ti-halogen bond and an electron donor compound supported on a Mg halide, in which said electron donor compound is selected from esters of malonic acids of formula (I): ##STR1## wherein R.sub.1 is a C.sub.5 -C.sub.20 linear or branched alkyl, a C.sub.5 -C.sub.20 cycloalkyl, a C.sub.7 -C.sub.20 arylalkyl or alkylaryl group; R.sub.2 and R.sub.3, equal to or different from each other, are C.sub.1 -C.sub.3 alkyl, cycloalkyl. Said catalyst components when used in the polymerization of olefins, and in particular of propylene, are capable to give high yields and polymers having high insolubility in xylene.

Abstract: Elastomeric ethylene/propylene or ethylene/propylene/-polyene copolymers containing small amounts of one or more .alpha.-olefins are prepared by a slurry process wherein the polymerization reaction is carried out in a mixture of liquid propylene and alpha-olefin. Problems due to fouling phenomena in the reactor are avoided.

Abstract: A process is disclosed for preparing bis-cyclopentadienyl compounds bridged by a single carbon atom by reacting a carbonyl compound with a cyclopentadienyl compound in the presence of a base and of an oxygen-containing solvent having an atomic ratio carbon/oxygen not higher than 3. The compounds obtainable in high yields with this simple single-step process can be used to prepare ansa-metallocenes which are active as catalyst components in the polymerization of olefins.

Abstract: Disclosed is a polypropylene composition useful for making solid state oriented film. The composition comprises two predominantly isotactic polypropylenes with the melting point temperature of one of the polypropylenes being substantially lower than the melting point temperature of the other. In one embodiment of the composition the higher melting point polypropylene is made by Ziegler-Natta catalysis, while the lower melting point polypropylene is made by metallocene catalysis. Compared to polypropylene with similar melt flow rate and made by Ziegler-Natta catalysis, and solid state oriented film thereof, the composition provides a better balance of elevated temperature draw characteristics and physical properties of oriented film made therefrom. Thus, at the same or lower elevated temperature yield stress, oriented film of the composition exhibits improved properties such as stiffness, elongation-at-break, dimensional stability, and oxygen barrier.

Abstract: Copolymers of ethylene with comonomers selected from (a) alpha-olefins, (b) cycloolefins and/or (c) dienes, characterized by the fact that:the molar percentage of the comonomer (% .alpha.) and the density of the copolymer (D) satisfy the relation % .alpha.+150D.ltoreq.141.

Abstract: Homopolymers or copolymers obtained by a multistage process of olefins having the formula CH.sub.2 .dbd.CHR, in which R is hydrogen or R has from 1 to 10 carbon atoms and is an alkyl, cycloalkyl or aryl group, the process comprising:(A) a first stage of polymerization in which one or more of the olefins are polymerized in the presence of a titanium or vanadium catalyst;(B) a treatment stage in which the product obtained in the first stage of polymerization (A) is brought into contact with a compound capable of deactivating the catalyst present in the stage (A); and also brought into contact with a compound of a transition metal M selected from the group consisting of Ti, Zr, V, or Hf containing at least one M-.pi. bond and optionally with an alkyl-Al compound; and(C) a second stage of polymerization in which one or more of the olefins are polymerized, in one or more reactors, in the presence of the product obtained in treatment stage (B).

Abstract: Stretchable multilayer films in which at least one layer (A) thereof comprises a copolymer (I) of ethylene with one or more .alpha.-olefins CH.sub.2 .dbd.CHR, having a density of between 0.88 and 0.945 g/cm.sup.3, a melt index of from 0.1 to 10 g/10' and containing up to 20 mol % of .alpha.-olefin CH.sub.2 .dbd.CHR (LLDPE), and at least one layer (B) comprises a heterophasic polyolefin composition having:(a) 20-100 parts by weight of a fraction which is insoluble in xylene at room temperature, comprising a propylene homopolymer or a copolymer of propylene with ethylene and/or another .alpha.-olefin CH.sub.2 .dbd.CHR.sup.I, this fraction containing more than 85% by weight of units derived from propylene; and (b) 30-80 parts by weight of a fraction which is soluble in xylene at room temperature, comprising an amorphous copolymer of ethylene with propylene and/or another .alpha.-olefin CH.sub.2 .dbd.CHR.sup.

Abstract: Stretchable multilayer films in which at least one layer comprises:a) a linear low density polyethylene (LLDPE),b) a copolymer of propylene with ethylene and/or with one or more .alpha.-olefins CH.sub.2 .dbd.CHR.sup.I, in which R.sup.I is an alkyl radical having from 2 to 10 carbon atoms, this copolymer being of relatively high insolubility in xylene; andc) a low density polyethylene (LDPE).The said films, which have improved optical and mechanical properties, are particularly suitable for use in the packaging sector.