Inventors:
Linfeng Chen - Sugar Land TX, US
Thomas Nemzek - Katy TX, US
Richard Kemp - Albuquerque NM, US
International Classification:
B01J031/00, C08F004/44
US Classification:
502/118000, 502/102000, 502/103000, 502/104000, 526/124100
Abstract:
A method of making a solid procatalyst composition for use in a Ziegler-Natta olefin polymerization catalyst composition, said method comprising: contacting a precursor composition comprising a magnesium compound with a titanium halide compound and an internal electron donor in any order, in a suitable reaction medium to prepare a solid procatalyst composition, separating the solid procatalyst from the reaction medium, extracting the solid procatalyst composition by contacting the same one or more times with a liquid diluent at an elevated temperature for a period of time sufficient to prepare a solid procatalyst composition having a decreased titanium content compared to the titanium content of the solid procatalyst composition before said extraction, and recovering the solid procatalyst composition.