Abstract: A process for producing copolymers of ethylene and butene-1 wherein the butene-1 comonomer is generated in situ within the polymerization reactor by a separately catalyzed ethylene dimerization reaction.
Type:
Grant
Filed:
March 22, 1985
Date of Patent:
August 29, 1989
Assignee:
Union Carbidae Corporation
Inventors:
Kevin J. Cann, Michael W. Chen, Frederick J. Karol