Abstract: An adhesion assistant or binder composition for bonding polyolefin surfaces with metal surfaces comprising an aqueous dispersion of an ethylene/vinyl acetate copolymer from 0.5 to 5 parts by weight based on 100 parts of the copolymer of a cross-linking peroxide compound and from 1 to 10 parts by weight based on 100 parts of the copolymer of a low-molecular-weight 1,2-polybutadiene; as well as a process for producing composite bodies by heat and pressure utilizing the above adhesion assistant between polyolefin surfaces and metal surfaces.

Abstract: Improved catalyst and method for the manufacture of polyethylene comprising a catalyst based on a solid substance containing titanium, magnesium and chlorine activated by aluminum alkyls or reaction products of dialkyl aluminum hydrides with diolefins having from 4 to 20 carbon atoms, and its use in the manufacture of polyethylene where said solid substance is produced by (1) reacting metallic magnesium with at least 2 mols of allyl chloride and at least 1.75 mols of a di-lower alkyl ether, per gram-atom of magnesium at a temperature between about 30.degree. C and about 100.degree. C, (2) aging the solid reaction product for at least 10 hours at a temperature between about 30.degree. C and about 140.degree. C, (3) treating the solid reaction product either together, or subsequent to the aging step, with at least 0.2 mols of a di-lower alkyl sulfite, per gram-atom of magnesium, (4) reacting the aged and treated solid reaction product with at least 0.5 mols ofTiCl.sub.x (OR).sub.