Abstract: A process for the gas-phase polymerization of ?-olefÊns CH2?CHR, where R is hydrogen or a hydrocarbon radical having 1-12 carbon atoms, carried out in a first and a second interconnected polymerization zones, wherein the growing polymer particles flow through the first of said polymerization zones (riser) under fast fluidization conditions, leave said riser and enter the second of said polymerization zones (downcomer) through which they flow downward in a densified form, leave said downcomer and are reintroduced into said riser, in which process: (a) the gas mixture present in the riser is totally or partially prevented from entering the downcomer, and (b) the gaseous composition inside a portion of the downcomer is maintained substantially similar to the gaseous composition reacting in the riser.

Abstract: A system for processing large quantities of a reaction medium while maintaining the reaction medium in sheets. The system includes a reactor having a plurality of vertically-spaced downwardly-sloped trays over which the reaction medium flows while it is subjected to reaction conditions. The slope of the trays increases downwardly to accommodate for the increased viscosity of the reaction medium while the reaction medium flows downwardly through the reactor. An upper portion of the trays have a uni-directional configuration, while a lower portion of the trays have a bi-directional configuration. Further, the orientation of flow across the uni-directional trays is rotated by 90 degrees in at least one location as the reaction medium flows down the uni-directional trays.

Abstract: Processes for continuously forming latex emulsions useful in preparing toners are provided.

Abstract: The present invention provides an apparatus for recovering a polymer from polymer solution, and a method of recovering a polymer using the apparatus. The apparatus includes a polymer solution-storage tank for storing a polymer solution; a polymer solution feeding pump for pumping the polymer solution from the polymer solution storage tank; an antisolvent storage tank for storing an antisolvent; an antisolvent feeding pump for pumping the antisolvent from the antisolvent storage tank; a reaction chamber to which the polymer solution pumped by the polymer solution feeding pump and the antisolvent pumped by the antisolvent feeding pump are supplied; a high-speed mixer that is rotated in the reaction chamber at a speed range of 1000 to 30000 rpm, mixes the polymer solution with the antisolvent under a shearing force corresponding to a tip speed of 5 to 30 m/sec, and precipitates a polymer; and a precipitate storage tank for storing the precipitation mixture of the polymer and the solvent/antisolvent.

Abstract: Esterification and transesterification methods, systems and apparatus are disclosed which increase the efficiency of esterification reactions. The methods comprising utilizing an annular gap reactor comprises a rotor rotating within a stator to provide an annular flow passage comprising a flow path containing a high-shear treatment zone in which the passage spacing is smaller than in the remainder of the zone to provide a subsidiary higher-shear treatment zone. In exemplary embodiments, the reactor is modified to include an evaporator portion including an opening in the stator near the end of the reactor and a series of fins placed in the opening. Increase in the rates due to the annular gap reactor allow for the use of less catalyst, poorer catalysts, lower temperature and reduction in unwanted side reactions at more economically favorable conditions.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a process for preparing polyisobutene by polymerizing isobutene using an inert diluent and a halogen-containing Lewis acid as a catalyst, wherein the isobutene in the form of droplets is contacted with the Lewis acid in a polymerization apparatus.

Abstract: A gas phase polymerization apparatus 100 of the present invention is configured so as to include: a gas phase polymerization reactor 1; a gas separator 110 into which a mixture of a polymer powder and a gas is introduced; and a transfer tube 3 connecting the polymerization reactor 100 and the separator 110, the separator 110 including: an inlet port 2a through which the mixture is introduced; a replacement gas inlet 4a through which a replacement gas is introduced; an outlet port 2b through which the polymer powder is discharged; and a tank 2 in which the gas contained in the mixture is replaced with the replacement gas, the tank 2 being a columnar tank having one end section which is configured in a conical shape whose cross sectional area decreases toward a tip of the section, and the outlet port 2b being provided at the tip of the conically-shaped section of the tank 2.

Abstract: Process for the gas-phase polymerization of one or more alpha-olefins in the presence of a catalyst system, the process comprising: contacting in a continuous way one or more of said alpha-olefins with said catalyst system in a prepolymerization reactor, wherein the reaction is carried out in a liquid medium at a temperature ranging from 23° to 50° C.; feeding in continuous the prepolymer obtained in step a) into a gas-phase reactor having interconnected polymerization zones, where the growing polymer particles flow upward through a first polymerization zone (riser) under fast fluidization or transport conditions, leave said riser and enter a second polymerization zone (downcomer) through which they flow downward under the action of gravity, leave said downcomer and are reintroduced into said riser; wherein the prepolymer obtained from step a) is continuously fed at a section of said riser characterized by an upwardly gas velocity higher than 3.0 m/s.

Abstract: Installation for the gas-phase polymerisation of at least one olefinic monomer, comprising a horizontal stirred reactor (1) consisting of an undivided space, provided with a number of gas feeds (13a-13) in the bottom section of the reactor (1) and a number of liquid feeds (7a-7) in the top section of the reactor (1) and at least two gas outlets (9, 11) at the top of the reactor (1), the installation being provided with means (43, 45) to regulate the discharge capacities of the gas outlets.

Abstract: A process for preparing water-absorbing polymer beads by polymerizing droplets of a monomer solution in a gas phase surrounding the droplets, the initiator being added to the monomer solution from 0.5 to 60 seconds before the droplets are generated.

Abstract: Olefins are polymerised in the presence of a solid catalyst component and optionally a cocatalyst. The solid catalyst component is introduced into the polymerisation reactor by suspending the solid component into oil having a viscosity of from 20 to 1500 mPa s. Optionally, the suspension comprises a drag reduction agent dissolved in the oil. The suspension is metered into the polymerisation reactor by using a valveless piston pump.

Abstract: A novel liquid phase polymerization process for preparing a polyolefin product having preselected properties is disclosed. The process includes the steps of providing a liquid feedstock which contains an olefinic component and a catalyst composition consisting of a stable complex of BF3 and a complexing agent therefor. The feedstock may comprise any one or more of a number of olefins including branched olefins such as isobutylene, C3 to C15 linear alpha olefins and C4 to C15 reactive non-alpha olefins. The feedstock and the catalyst composition are introduced into a residual reaction mixture recirculating in a loop reactor reaction zone provided in the tube side of a shell and tube heat exchanger at a recirculation rate sufficient to cause intimate intermixing of the residual reaction mixture, the added feedstock and the added catalyst composition.

Abstract: A process for polymerizing ethylene is disclosed. The process comprises polymerizing ethylene in a slurry reaction in the presence of a catalyst system which comprises an activator and an indenoindolyl transition metal complex on a support material. The catalyst system is slurried with an inert solvent prior to addition to the reactor. The process provides polyethylene with good bulk density.

Abstract: An improved method is provided to prepare reinforced resin nanocomposites without the need of surfactants or coupling agents. The present invention comprises the use of monomers for improving the dispersion of nano-sized materials and enhancing the particle/matrix interaction. One comprises mixing a plurality of nanoparticles with a monomer resin to form a mixture, blending a catalyst and a promoter with the mixture, and curing the blended mixture to form a polymerized nanocomposite. The monomers, which serve to stabilize the nanoparticles, are covalently bound onto the nanoparticle surface and copolymerize with non-bound monomers after introduction of a catalyst and a promoter that initiate polymerization. Without any additional surfactant or coupling agent, the resin is chemically bound onto the nanoparticle surface and protects the iron nanoparticles from agglomeration and oxidation.

Abstract: A lubricating oil suitable for use in ?-olefin compressors and a high-pressure ethylene polymerization process is disclosed. The oil comprises a base fluid and a hindered C6-C30 alkyl 4-hydroxybenzoate. The hindered C6-C30 alkyl 4-hydroxybenzoate stabilizes the lubricating oil and does not interfere with the high-pressure ?-olefin polymerization.

Abstract: The invention relates to an apparatus for the high pressure polymerisation of ethylene which comprises a high pressure reactor; a conduit for the supply of ethylene to the reactor, the conduit being provided with a preheater for heating the ethylene; a waste heat boiler for the production of medium pressure steam; a source of high pressure steam; and a steam distribution system comprising a medium pressure steam net for the distribution of medium pressure steam from the waste heat boiler, in which the preheater comprises first, second and third sections and the steam distribution system is such that the first section can be supplied with steam from the medium pressure steam net, the second section can be supplied with steam from the medium pressure steam net or with high pressure steam and the third section can be supplied with high pressure steam.

Abstract: The present invention provides a process for the preparation of polymer which comprises the steps of i) feeding an aqueous mixture comprising a monoethylenically unsaturated monomer or a mixture of monoethylenically unsaturated monomers and an initiator into the top of a reactor ii) polymerizing the monoethylenically unsaturated monomer to form a gel-like aqueous mixture comprising the polymer, iii) squeezing the gel-like aqueous mixture comprising the polymer out of the bottom of the reactor using inert gas, wherein the reactor is either a vertical fully conical reactor having an angle (alpha) between top diameter (d1) of the reactor and inner wall of the reactor of smaller than 90° but larger than 45° or is made up of 2 to 5 connected vertical fully conical parts, which are on top of one another, each having an angle between top diameter of the part and inner wall of the part of smaller than 90° but larger than 45°.

Abstract: A synthesis process of trans-1,4-polyisoprene, using bulk precipitation polymerization of isoprene catalyzed by supported titanium catalyst TiCl4/MgCl2. The process includes prepolymerizing carried out in a prepolymerization reactor with an anchor agitator; polymerizing carried out in a polymerization reactor with a helical ribbon agitator; and devolatilizing and drying carried out in a vacuum rake dryer. Not only does the process require lower energy consumption and thus a lower production cost, but it also eliminates the emission of three wastes.

Abstract: The present invention provides a process for stopping continuous polymerization in which a raw material monomer is polymerized in a reaction vessel by continuously feeding the raw material monomer and a polymerization initiator in the reaction vessel, which process comprises the steps of, in the midst of the polymerization reaction, stopping feeding of the polymerization initiator to the reaction vessel with keeping stirring in the reaction vessel; and adjusting a feed flow rate of the raw material monomer to the reaction vessel so that a temperature T1 (° C.) in the reaction vessel and a temperature T2 (° C.) of an external wall thereof satisfy a relation represented by the formula: T2?20?T1?T2+20.

Abstract: A process of preparing a liquid reaction product in a column reactor, which reactor comprises a space between coaxial tubular interior surfaces comprising an inner interior surface and an outer interior surface, comprising the steps, a) feeding the liquid precursor reactant material through an inlet port in the outer interior surface, b) flowing the liquid precursor material through the space between the outer interior surface and the inner interior surface, c) subjecting the liquid precursor material in step (b) to reaction conditions to form the liquid reaction product, d) passing the liquid polymer composition through an outlet port in the outer interior surface, characterised in that the distance of the inner internal surface and the outer interior surface is less than 20 mm and the ratio of the cross-sectional diameter (D?) of the inner interior surface to the cross-sectional diameter (D?) of the outer interior surface is at least 0.8:1.

Abstract: Stretch films are disclosed, the films having at least one layer formed of or including a polyethylene copolymer and having a natural draw ratio of at least 250%, a tensile stress at the natural draw ratio of at least 22 MPa, and a tensile stress at second yield of at least 12 MPa. In some embodiments, the polyethylene copolymer can have a CDBI of at least 70%, a melt index I2.16 of from 0.1 to 15 g/10 min., a density of from 0.910 to 0.940 g/cm3, a melt index ratio I21.6/I2.16 of from 30 to 80, and an Mw/Mn ratio of from 2.5 to 5.5. The stretch films are particularly useful in bundling and packaging applications.

Abstract: The invention is directed to a process for the preparation of high viscosity lubricant base stocks by contacting alphaolefin feedstocks with single-site metallocene catalysts in a mixed flow or continuous stirred tank reactors.

Abstract: Polyesters such as polyethylene, polypropylene and polybutylene terephthalate are made from melts of precondensates of polyesters by first conducting vapors comprising precondensate components distributed in the form of an aerosol through a polycondensation reactor in which precondensate components are deposited on the reactor wall and in an outlet chamber of the reactor on a separator. Then the deposits are conducted to the unstirred discharge sump. Upper layers of the discharge sump are continuously recirculated in the stirred reactor area and thus subjected to reconversion and further polycondensation.

Abstract: A method and apparatus are disclosed for controlling product discharge from a fluidized bed reactor and for minimizing the loss of the unreacted monomer in the fluidizing gas upon removing the solid polymer product from the reactor. The method and apparatus utilize at least one detector in the product tank or its vent line and a control system in communication with the detector and the product tank fill valve, along with certain algorithms, to adjust by an iterative process, the product discharge time, thereby maximizing resin fill in the product tank and minimizing the lost reactor gas volume.

Abstract: A microchannel polymerization reactor comprising: (a) a first microchannel adapted to carry a reactant stream; (b) a fluid conduit adapted to carry a fluid in thermal communication with the first microchannel; and (c) a static mixer in fluid communication with the first microchannel adapted to provide a mixing zone operative to change the cross-sectional fluid flow profile at a predetermined point along the first microchannel without changing the primary direction of the reactant stream through the first microchannel.

Abstract: A fluoropolymer [polymer (F)], a polymerisation process for its manufacture, and a moulding process using such fluoropolymer [polymer (F)]. The polymerisation process comprises polymerising at least one fluorinated monomer in a polymerization medium, in which the polymerization medium is mixed by means of a stirring system comprising at least two counter-rotating impellers. Surprisingly and advantageously, the polymerization occurs without fouling or deposit formation on the reactor walls, and moreover, occurs with improved homogeneity, without composition, pressure or temperature gradients, thus enabling obtaining homogeneous polymer composition with no risk of local overheating. A polymer (F) obtained from such process has improved morphology (percentage of organized structures, i.e.

Abstract: A process for preparing heterophasic propylene copolymers by polymerizing propylene in the presence of a polymerization catalyst and hydrogen as a molecular weight regulator, the process comprising the following steps: a) polymerizing in gas- or liquid-phase propylene to prepare a crystalline polymer fraction; b) copolymerizing ethylene with propylene and/or 1-butene, and optionally one or more alpha-olefin comonomers C5-C12, in a gas-phase reactor having interconnected polymerization zones, wherein the growing polymer particles flow upward through a first polymerization zone (riser) under fast fluidization or transport conditions, leave said riser and enter a second polymerization zone (downcomer) through which they flow downward under the action of gravity.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a single-stage batch process for preparation of pastable polymers, in particular of vinyl chloride homo- and copolymers, by the microsuspension process, where these in a blend with plasticizers give PVC pastes, also termed plastisols, with very low viscosities and with very low emulsifier contents.

Abstract: The invention concerns a device and a method for rotary fluidized bed for catalytic polymerization, drying and other treatments of solid particles or for catalytic transformation of fluids, wherein a cylindrical reactor (1), in which the fluids are injected (7) tangentially to its cylindrical wall, is divided into a succession of cylindrical chambers (Z1, Z2, Z3) by hollow discs (3), which are fixed to its cylindrical wall, which have central openings through which the fluids circulating in rotation inside the cylindrical chambers are sucked (10), which have lateral openings through which said fluids are evacuated through the cylindrical wall of the reactor and which have passages (27) for transferring the suspended solid particles in the rotary fluidized bed from one chamber to the next through said discs (3).

Abstract: Process for preparing a broad molecular weight polyethylene by polymerizing ethylene in the presence of a polymerization catalyst, the process comprising the following steps, in any mutual order: a) polymerizing ethylene, optionally together with one or more ?-olefinic comonomers having from 3 to 12 carbon atoms, in a gas-phase reactor in the presence of hydrogen, b) copolymerizing ethylene with one or more ?-olefinic comonomers having from 3 to 12 carbon atoms in another gas-phase reactor in the presence of an amount of hydrogen less than step a), where in at least one of said gas-phase reactors the growing polymer particles flow upward through a first polymerization zone under fast fluidization or transport conditions, leave said first polymerization zone and enter a second polymerization zone through which they flow downward under the action of gravity.

Abstract: Disclosed is to provide a process for producing an olefin polymer by continuous polymerization according to which the transition metal compound and the co-catalyst component promptly contact after they are fed to the polymerization reaction tank. The above process for producing an olefin polymer comprises continuously polymerizing an olefinic monomer in the presence of a polymerization catalyst obtained by contact treatment of a transition metal compound and a co-catalyst component in a polymerization reaction tank in which an agitation shaft having an agitating blade is suspended in the central part of the tank.

Abstract: A process for preparing a polymer comprising selecting temperatures and amounts of a polymerization medium, a surfactant, a monomer or polymer seed, and any desired additives to achieve an initial temperature in a polymerization reactor; adding the polymerization medium and surfactant as contents to the polymerization reactor whereby the surfactant is added within 1.5 times a time period required for polymerization medium addition; and introducing the monomer or polymer seed and the any desired additives as contents to the polymerization reactor, wherein the temperatures and amounts of the contents are selected such that when the additions are completed, the resulting temperature of the contents of the polymerization reactor is within about 5° C. of a temperature at which polymerization is initiated, and wherein less than about 5 kcal of energy is removed or added per liter of contents in the reactor; and initiating polymerization.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a process for preparing a vinyl chloride copolymer resin by copolymerizing a vinyl chloride type monomer and a macromonomer having a polymer comprising an ethylenically unsaturated monomer containing a double bond in a main chain, which generates only a few scales and shows excellent polymerization stability. The present invention is achieved by the process for preparing a vinyl chloride copolymer resin by copolymerizing a vinyl chloride type monomer and a macromonomer having a polymer comprising an ethylenically unsaturated monomer containing a double bond in a main chain, wherein the vinyl chloride type monomer and the macromonomer having a polymer comprising an ethylenically unsaturated monomer containing a double bond in a main chain are dispersed and mixed at a temperature from 20° C. to 60° C. for at least 1 minute, and then copolymerization reaction thereof is initiated.

Abstract: A method for producing a polyethylene or polypropylene polymer, or co-polymer thereof, comprises contacting a monomer-containing medium with polymerization catalyst particles in at least one high shear mixing device to form a nanodispersion, wherein the particles have a mean diameter less than 1 micron. The monomer is selected from the group consisting of ethylene, propylene, and combinations thereof. The method further includes subjecting the nanodispersion to polymerization conditions comprising pressure in the range of about 203 kPa to about 6080 kPa (about 2 atm to about 60 atm) and temperature in the range of about 20° C. to about 230° C., whereby at least a portion of the monomer is polymerized. A system for carrying out the method is also disclosed.

Abstract: A method is disclosed for producing polyvinyl chloride which includes mixing a vinyl chloride solution with an initiator solution in at least one high shear mixing device comprising at least one rotor/stator set producing a rotor tip speed of at least 5.1 m/sec (1000 ft/min), to form a polymerization mixture; and allowing the mixture to polymerize by free radical polymerization to form polyvinyl chloride. The polymerization mixture may be subjected to free radical polymerization conditions comprising a temperature in the range of about 20° C. to about 230° C. In some embodiments, the high shear mixing device produces a shear rate of at least 20,000 s?1. A system for carrying out the method is also disclosed.

Abstract: Reactor designs and processes for operating such reactor designs to minimize or eliminate fouling in homogeneous polymerization processes (solution and supercritical). The process includes providing a reactor with one or more feed entry ports, wherein the reactor feed components are fed through each of the one or more feed entry ports at a linear velocity of greater than or equal to 0.3 m/min. The one or more feed entry ports may also be optionally extended beyond the interior reactor wall by greater than or equal to 2% of the internal radius of the reactor to further decrease the propensity for fouling. A stirred reactor may also include a stirrer feed port for purging the stirrer with a stirrer purge stream at a linear velocity of greater than or equal to 0.3 m/min to decrease stirrer fouling.

Abstract: The present invention provides a method for producing a radical polymer having controlled molecular weight distribution or a narrow molecular weight distribution profile, comprising feeding a radical polymerization initiator and a radical-polymerizable monomer into a reaction tube having an inner diameter of 2 mm or less and performing polymerization in the reaction tube in a homogeneous liquid state under flow conditions. Also provided is a microreactor having a jacket for allowing a temperature-regulating fluid to pass therethrough and a plurality of round tubes which are arranged in parallel in the jacket, each having an inner diameter of 2 mm or less, wherein reaction temperature in the round tubes can be regulated through flowing of the temperature-regulating fluid in the jacket.

Abstract: An apparatus and method for continuous polymerization of olefin(s), and a method for transferring a polymer powder from one reactor to another in the apparatus are disclosed. The apparatus includes a plurality of serially disposed gas-phase polymerization reactors including a combination of an upstream and downstream reactors and a gas exchange vessel disposed between both reactors. The gas exchange vessel is connected to the upstream and downstream reactors by a first and second transfer conduits, respectively. The gas exchange vessel has a gas distributor plate therein which partitions the gas exchange vessel into an upper section having a gas exchange chamber and a lower section. In the gas exchange chamber, the gas transferred from the upstream reactor together with a polymer powder is exchange at least partly with fresh gas introduced through the gas distributor plate via the lower section. The polymer powder is then transferred to the downstream reactor.

Abstract: A microchannel polymerization reactor comprising: (a) a first microchannel adapted to carry a reactant stream; (b) a fluid conduit adapted to carry a fluid in thermal communication with the first microchannel; and (c) a static mixer in fluid communication with the first microchannel adapted to provide a mixing zone operative to change the cross-sectional fluid flow profile at a predetermined point along the first microchannel without changing the primary direction of the reactant stream through the first microchannel.

Abstract: The present invention relates to an apparatus for carrying out chemical and physical processes, wherein flowable substances are mixed together, comprising a vertical, cylindrical vessel with inlets and outlets, as well as a central shaft and radial agitator blades arranged on the said central shaft and extending close to the wall. In this context, viewed in the peripheral direction, the agitator blades are curved and are combined in pairs of agitator elements one above the other to form groups, the blades of one element of the group being curved in a radially concave manner and the blades of the other element being curved in a radially convex manner.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a process for continuously preparing water-absorbing polymers by mixing a monomer solution with at least one crosslinker and polymerizing the resulting mixture, wherein the residence time of the mixture between the addition of the at least one crosslinker and the entry into the polymerization reactor is less than 180 seconds, and also to an apparatus for performing the process.

Abstract: A method for polymerizing olefins in a fluidized-bed reactor is provided. The method involves introducing a fluid into the fluidized-bed reactor at an angle and amount sufficient to induce one or more swirls in the fluidized bed in the reactor.

Abstract: A process for producing a polyolefin comprising a combination of liquid phase polymerization of ?-olefin conducted in one or more liquid phase polymerization reactors and gas phase polymerization of ?-olefin conducted in one or more gas phase polymerization reactors after the liquid phase polymerization in a material flow.

Abstract: A process and apparatus for the (co) polymerization of styrene. The process is carried out by employing a liquid polymerization reaction mixture that includes styrene, in a mechanically stirred reactor in the form of a vessel comprising a side wall having the shape of a cylinder of revolution with a vertical axis (A), a bottom head and a top head that are joined to the side wall, the vessel being provided with a mechanical stirring device comprising (i) a central shaft of vertical axis coincident with the axis (A), connected to a drive system comprising a motor for rotating the central shaft, (ii) at least one baffle attached to the vessel, which process is characterized in that the baffle is away from the side wall of the vessel and takes the form of a cylinder of vertical axis and of rhomboidal cross section.

Abstract: A transfer method and system (8) to discharge overflow slurry from a polymerization reactor (10) to a tank (14). The method includes thermally isolating a conduit extension (28) at a distal end of a transfer line (20) from a quench fluid inlet (42) to a quench chamber (12). The transfer system (8) is characterized by an annular thermal barrier around the conduit extension (28) that can include insulation (34) and/or thermally resistant support ring (36), and a trap-free conduit (20) in fluid communication between the reactor (10) and the conduit extension (28). The transfer method and system can reduce or eliminate incidents of transfer line (20) plugging in the manufacture of isoolefin polymers and copolymers.

Abstract: A method for controlling the flowability of polymer particles flowing downward in a densified form inside a polymerization reactor, in which one or more monomers are gas-phase polymerized in the presence of a polymerization catalyst, the density of solid (Kg of polymer per m3 of reactor occupied by the polymer) being higher than 80% of the “poured bulk density” of the polymer, the method being characterized in that a liquid stream is continuously fed into the polymerization reactor at a mass flow rate per unity of reactor surface higher than 30 Kg/h m2.

Abstract: The present invention relates to novel materials particularly useful for ophthalmic applications and methods for making and using the same. More particularly, the present invention relates to relatively soft, optically transparent, foldable, high refractive index materials particularly suited for use in the production of intraocular lenses, contact lenses, and other ocular implants and to methods for manufacturing and using the same.

Abstract: A method for preparing a diene elastomer, such as a butadiene homopolymer or copolymer, in particular, a polybutadiene, with a high level of cis-1,4 linkages that has both a Mooney viscosity greater than or equal to 40 and a polydispersity index of less than 2.1. The method comprises a reaction of a catalyst system with at least one conjugated diene monomer to be polymerized and the catalyst system is based on at least: optionally one preforming conjugated diene; one salt of one or more rare earth metals; an inert hydrocarbon-based solvent; an alkylating agent comprising an allyl derivative of aluminum of formula R?nAlR?3-n, where R? is a saturated or unsaturated alkyl group or else a hydride, where R? is an allyl group and where n is an integer inclusively between 1 and 3; and a halogen donor that belongs to the family of alkylaluminum halides, excluding alkylaluminum sesquihalides.

Abstract: This invention relates to a process to polymerize olefins comprising contacting, at a temperature of 60° C.

Abstract: Monodisperse colored spherical particles each having two separated color regions of two hues, that is, two-colored spherical particles, useful, for example, for displays of characters, graphics, images and the like, the two hues being for reverse display in terms of electricity and magnetism from the viewpoint of good suitability for display are provided. In the production process and the apparatus for producing the colored spherical polymer particles, microchannels are utilized including a first microchannel through which a colored continuous phase comprising a color dye/pigment dispersed in a fluid dispersing medium containing a polymerizable resin component and having colored phases of different hues is transferred, and a second microchannel through which a spheroidizing disperse phase flows.