Abstract: A crystalline random propylene copolymer composition comprising (i) a crystalline random propylene copolymer comprising 99 to 85 mole % of propylene and 1 to 15 mole % of an alpha-olefin other than propylene and (ii) a random 1-butene copolymer comprising ethylene and 1-butene, the weight ratio of the copolymer (i) to the copolymer (ii) being in the range of from 5:95 to 90:10, said random 1-butene copolymer (ii) satisfying the following conditions:(A) it comprises 1 to 50 mole % of the ethylene component and 50 to 99 mole % of the 1-butene component,(B) it has an intrinsic viscosity [.eta.], measured in decalin at 135.degree. C., of from 0.5 to 6 dl/g,(C) it has a melting point [Tm], measured by a differential scanning calorimeter, of from 30.degree. to 130.degree. C.,(D) it has a crystallinity, measured by X-ray diffractometry, of from 1 to 60%,(E) the amount [W.sub.1 in % by weight] of that portion of it which is soluble in boiling methyl acetate is not more than 2%, and(F) the amount [W.sub.

Abstract: A laminated structure comprising a substrate layer of a crystalline propylene resin and, positioned in direct contact with at least one surface of said substrate layer, a heat-sealable layer of a crystalline random propylene copolymer composition, wherein the crystalline random propylene copolymer composition is a mixture composed of(I) a crystalline random propylene copolymer of a major amount of propylene with a minor amount of another alpha-olefin, and(II) a random copolymer consisting essentially of more than 60 to 99 mole % of 1-butene and less than 40 to 1 mole % of propylene,the weight ratio of (I)/(II) being from 5/95 to 90/10, and the radom copolymer (II) has(A) an intrinsic viscosity [.eta.], determined in decalin at 135.degree. C., of 0.5 to 6 dl/g,(B) a DSC melting point (Tm), measured by a differential scanning calorimeter, of 50 to 130.degree. C., (C) a degree of crystallinity, measured by X-ray diffractometry, of 5 to 60%,(D) a boiling methyl acetate-soluble content (W.sub.

Abstract: A process for producing a polymer or copolymer of an olefin which comprises polymerizing or copolymerizing at least one olefin with or without a diolefin in the presence of a catalyst composed of (A) a magnesium-containing solid titanium catalyst component containing magnesium, titanium, a halogen and an electron donor as essential ingredients and (B) an organoaluminum compound catalyst component; characterized in that(1) said catalyst further comprises (C) an organic silicon compound catalyst component having an Si-O-C or Si-N-C bond, and(2) said electron donor in the catalyst component (A) is selected from the group consisting of a cyclic mono- or poly-ester such as, diethyl cyclohexene-1,2-dicarboxylate, diethyl furane-3,4-dicarboxylate, di-isobutyl pyrrole-2,3-dicarboxylate, diethyl cyclohexene-1,6-dicarboxylate, di-n-propyl 1,2-benzenediacetate, and n-butyl tetrahydrothiophene-2,3-dicarboxylate.

Abstract: A liquid ethylene-alpha-olefin random copolymer, characterized in that(a) it has an ethylene unit content of 10 to 85 mole % and an alpha-olefin unit content of 15 to 90 mole %,(b) it has a low molecular weight,(c) it has a narrow molecular weight distribution,(d) the dispersion of the ethylene units and alpha-olefin units in the polymer chain is in the advanced state, and(e) the directions of bonding of the alpha-olefin units in the polymer chain are nearly the same.The copolymer is prepared by copolymerizing ethylene and an alpha-olefin having 3 to 20 carbon atoms in the presence of a catalyst comprising a compound of a transition metal of Group IVb of the periodic table and an aluminoxane. The copolymer is very useful as a synthetic lubricant oil.

Abstract: In a process for producing olefin polymers or copolymers which comprises polymerizing olefins or copolymerizing olefins with each other or with dienes in the presence of [A] a solid titanium catalyst component containing magnesium, titanium and halogen as essential ingredients and [B] an organometallic compound of a metal selected from the group consisting of metals of Groups I to III of the periodic table; the improvement wherein said catalyst component [A] is obtained by contacting (i) a magnesium compound in the liquid state with (ii) a titanium compound in the liquid state to form a solid product or first preparing a liquid mixture of the magnesium compound (i) and the titanium compound (ii) and then forming a solid product therefrom, said reaction of forming the solid product being carried out in the presence of at least one electron donor (iii) selected from the group consisting of aliphatic carboxylic acids with 1 to 6 carbon atoms, aryloxy group-containing alcohols, alkylene glycol diethers, aluminum

Abstract: A film-forming propylene copolymer composed of a major amount of propylene and a minor amount of ethylene, characterized by having(A) an ethylene content (Ec) of from 0.1 mole % to 2.0 mole % based on the total amount of propylene and ethylene, and(B) an isotactic value (Iso) in the range represented by the following formula (1) or (2),(i) when 0.1.ltoreq.Ec.ltoreq.0.3,Iso.gtoreq.-5Ec30 96.3 (%) (1),and(ii) when 0.3<Ec.ltoreq.2.0,Iso.gtoreq.-0.67Ec30 95.0 (%) (2)wherein Ec0 represents the numerical value of Ec (mole %);a film of the copolymer; and a process for producing the film.

Abstract: A process for producing a polymer or copolymer of 4-methyl-1-pentene, which comprises polymerizing 4-methyl-1-pentene or copolymerizing 4-methyl-1-pentene with up to about 20 mole % of an olefin having 2 to 20 carbon atoms in the presence of a catalyst comprising(A) a solid highly active titanium catalyst component composed of magnesium, titanium, halogen and a diester of a dicarboxylic acid,(B) an organoaluminum compound, and(C) an organosilicon compound represented by the following formulaR.sup.1.sub.3 Si(OR.sup.2)wherein each of R.sup.1 and R.sup.2 represents a hydrocarbon group with 1 to 5 carbon atoms, and the three R.sup.

Abstract: A crystalline random propylene copolymer composition comprising (i) a crystalline random propylene copolymer comprising 99 to 85 mole % of propylene and 1 to 15 mole % of an alpha-olefin other than propylene and (ii) a random 1-butene copolymer comprising 1-butene and an alpha-olefin having at least 5 carbon atoms, the weight ratio of the copolymer (i) to the copolymer (ii) being in the range of from 5:95 to 90:10, said random 1-butene copolymer (ii) satisfying the following conditions:(A) it comprises 50 to 99 mole % of the 1-butene component and 1 to 50 mole % of the alpha-olefin,(B) it has an intrinsic viscosity [.eta.], measured in decalin at 135.degree. C., of from 0.5 to 6 dl/g,(C) it has a melting point [Tm], measured by a differential scanning calorimeter, of from 30.degree. to 120.degree. C.,(D) it has a crystallinity, measured by X-ray diffractometry, of from 5 to 60%,(E) the amount [W.sub.

Abstract: A random copolymer consisting essentially of more than 60 to 99 mole % of 1-butene and less than 40 to 1 mole % of propylene, and having(A) a boiling methyl acetate-soluble content of not more than 2% by weight based on the weight of the copolymer,(B) an intrinsic viscosity [.eta.], determined in decalin at 135.degree. C., of 0.5 to 6 dl/g,(C) a n-decane/acetone (1:1 by volume) mixture-soluble content in % by weight based on the weight of the copolymer of less than the value calculated by 4.times.[.eta.].sup.-1.2,(D) a DSC melting point, determined by a differential scanning calorimeter, of 50.degree. to 130.degree. C.,(E) a yield strength, measured by JIS K-7113, of 50 to 300 kg/cm.sup.2,(F) an elongation at break, measured by JIS K-7113, of 200 to 1000%, and(G) a tensile strength at break, measured by JIS K-7113, of 150 to 800 kg/cm.sup.2.

Abstract: A process for producing a chemically blended propylene polymer composition having an ethylene content ranging from 3 to 40% by weight and being greater than the weight of the rubbery propylene copolymer formed in stage (II) below, which comprises the following stages (I) and (II):(I) a first stage of polymerizing propylene containing 0 to 5 mole % of another olefin in the presence of a catalyst composed of (A) a solid titanium catalyst component consisting essentially of titanium, magnesium, halogen, and an electron donor, (B) an organoaluminum compound, and (C) an organic silicon compound having an Si--O--C bond or an Si--N--C bond to thereby form a crystalline propylene polymer or copolymer; and(II) a second stage of polymerizing propylene and ethylene, or propylene, ethylene and another olefin in the presence of the reaction product of the first stage and the same catalyst as used in the first stage to form a rubbery propylene copolymer and a crystalline ethylene polymer or copolymer.

Abstract: A catalyst composition for the polymerization or copolymerization of olefins composed of(A) a titanium component (a-1) or (a-2),(a-1) a highly active titanium component containing titanium, magnesium and halogen as essential ingredients, or(a-2) a highly active titanium catalyst component obtained by treating component (a-1) with an organic compound containing active hydrogen bonded to oxygen, and(B) an organoaluminum compound component, wherein(i) when component (A) is the component (a-1), component (b) is an organoaluminum compound component obtained by treating a halogen-containing organoaluminum compound having a halogen/Al atomic ratio of at least 1 but less than 2 with a compound selected from the group consisting of water and organic compounds having active hydrogen bonded to oxygen, and(ii) when component (A) is the component (a-2), the component (B) is a halogen-containing organoaluminum compound having a halogen/Al atomic ratio of at least 1 but less than 2, and the ratio of the amount (x) of the or

Abstract: A process for producing a polymer or copolymer of an olefin containing at least 3 carbon atoms which comprises polymerizing or copolymerizing at least one olefin containing at least 3 carbon atoms, or copolymerizing the olefin with to 10 mole % of ethylene and/or a diolefin in the presence of a catalyst composed of (A) a magnesium-containing solid titanium catalyst component and (B) an organometallic compound of a metal of Groups I to III of the periodic table; wherein the solid titanium catalyst component (A) is a composition formed by contacting(i) a reaction product of an organic magnesium compound containing magnesium directly bonded to at least one carbon atom with an organic silicon-containing compound selected from the group consisting of organic silanols containing at least one hydroxyl group directly bonded to silicon and organopolysiloxanes,(ii) an organic acid ester, and(iii) a titanium compound.

Abstract: A process for polymerizing or copolymerizing olefins, which comprises polymerizing or copolymerizing olefins in the presence of a catalyst composed of (A) a solid titanium catalyst component obtained by reacting (i) a titanium composition composed essentially of tetravalent titanium, magnesium, halogen and an electron donor or electron donor residue selected from the group consisting of organic acid esters, alkoxy groups and aryloxy groups with (ii) an organic silicon compound having an Si--O--C bond in the molecule in the presence of (iii) an organoaluminum compound, or by first treating the titanium composition (i) with the organoaluminum compound (iii) and then reacting it with the organic silicon compound (ii), until the amount of the electron donor or electron donor residue in the titanium composition (i) decreases from that before the reaction, thus including a part of the silicon compound in the titanium composition, and; (B) an organoaluminum compound.

Abstract: A process for producing a random terpolymer of ethylene and alpha-olefins having at least 3 carbon atoms in the presence of a catalyst composed of (1) a titanium catalyst component containing at least magnesium and titanium and (2) an organoaluminum catalyst component in a hydrocarbon solvent at a temperature above the melting point of the terpolymer formed, under such conditions that the resulting copolymer dissolves in the hydrocarbon solvent; characterized in that said terpolymer consists essentially of(A) more than 90 mole % to 99.5 mole % of ethylene,(B) 0.2 mole % to 9.8 mole % of an alpha-olefin with 3 to 4 carbon atoms, and(C) 0.2 mole % to 9.8 mole % of an alpha-olefin with 5 to 18 carbon atoms,the total of the proportions of the monomers (A), (B) and (C) being 100 mole %.

Abstract: Improved process for preparing an ethylene polymer wax which comprises polymerizing ethylene or copolymerizing ethylene with up to 10 mole % of an alpha-olefin having 3 to 20 carbon atoms in the presence of (A) a highly active titanium catalyst component activated by a magnesium compound and (B) an organoaluminum catalyst component composed of (B-1) an organoaluminum compound free from halogen bonded directly to the aluminum atom and (B-2) a halogen compound of an element selected from the group consisting of elements other than titanium of Groups III and IV of the Mendelejeff's periodic table, the atomic ratio of halogen to aluminum in the organoaluminum catalyst component (B) being from about 1:6 to about 9:10, provided that when said halogen compound is a halogen compound of carbon, this atomic ratio is from about 1:6 to about 10:1, and said polymerization or copolymerization being carried out under such conditions that the concentration of ethylene polymer wax in the polymerization or copolymerization sys

Abstract: In a process for producing an olefin polymer or copolymer by polymerizing an alpha-olefin having at least 3 carbon atoms or copolymerizing such alpha-olefins with each other or such an alpha-olefin with up to 20 mole % of ethylene and/or a diene in the presence of a catalyst comprising (1) a solid titanium catalyst component having magnesium, halogen, titanium, phosphorus and a carboxylic acid ester and (2) an organometallic compound of a metal of Groups I to III of the Mendelejeff's periodic table; the improvement wherein said catalyst is composed of (A) the solid titanium catalyst component (1) in which the molar ratio of the phosphorus to the carboxylic acid ester is from about 0.05 to about 2 and which has a specific surface area of not less than about 40 m.sup.2 /g, (B) the organometallic compound (2), and (C) an electron donor; and a catalyst used for aforesaid process.

Abstract: Improved process for producing olefin polymer or copolymer characterized by using (I) a solid catalyst component (A) which is the product of reaction of (a) a magnesium compound in the liquid state having no reducing ability with (b) a titanium compound in the liquid state in the presence of an electron donor having no active hydrogen, said magnesium compound (a) being a liquid magnesium compound or a solution of a magnesium compound or being obtained by contacting the magnesium compound with at least one electron donor selected from the group consisting of alcohols, organic carboxylic acids, aldehydes, amines and mixtures thereof, or the product of reaction of the magnesium compound (a) with the titanium compound (b) in the absence of the electron donor having no active hydrogen atom followed by treatment with the electron donor having no active hydrogen atom, and (II) the mole ratio of the compound (a) to the compound (b), calculated as metal atoms, is at least about 2.

Abstract: A physically blended propylene polymer composition composed of(A) 100 parts by weight of crystalline polypropylene containing 0 to 10 mole % of ethylene and/or another .alpha.-olefin,(B) 1 to 30 parts by weight of a propylene/ethylene random copolymer composed of 30 to 85 mole % of propylene, said copolymer containing 0 to 10 mole % of a diene component and having (i) a micro-isotacticity of at least 0.8 and (ii) a boiling n-cyclohexane insolubles content of 0 to 10% by weight, and(C) 0 to 30 parts by weight of polyethylene containing 0 to 15 mole % of an .alpha.-olefin,said components (A) and (B) having been physically mixed with each other.

Abstract: In a process for producing a polymer or copolymer of an alpha-olefin which comprises continuously polymerizing or copolymerizing the alpha-olefin or the alpha-olefin with up to 5 mole % of a diolefin in the presence of a catalyst comprising a transition metal catalyst component and an organoaluminum catalyst component, the improvement wherein:(I) said polymerization or copolymerization is carried out in the presence of a catalyst composed of (A) a solid magnesium compound obtained by reacting (i) an adduct between a magnesium halide and an electron donor, with (ii) an organometallic compound of a metal of Groups I to III of the Mendelejeff's periodic table, (B) a liquid transition metal compound, and (C) an organoaluminum compound, and(II) said continuous polymerization or copolymerization is carried out while feeding the compound (B) separately from the other compounds (A) and (C) into a polymerization or copolymerization zone.

Abstract: A method for treating an olefin polymer, which comprises contacting an olefin polymer obtained by polymerizing an olefin in the presence of a catalyst composed of (A) a highly active transition metal compound, (B) an organoaluminum compound and (C) a carbonyl- or Si-containing electron donor, with (D) an organometallic compound of a metal of Groups I to III of the periodic table after the polymerization. This method can markedly reduce the amount of an electron donor remaining in an olefin polymer after polymerization, the electron donor being an ingredient of a catalyst used in the polymerization and constituting the main cause of an offensive odor which the resulting polymer gives off.