Claims
- 1. A process for the preparation of polymers of .alpha.-olefins by polymerizing the monomers at from 70.degree. to 150.degree. C. and at from 2 to 150 bar by means of a chromium trioxide catalyst, wherein the chromium trioxide catalyst used is the supported catalyst in which
- (1) a silicon dioxide-containing support gel is prepared by
- (1.1) introducing a sodium water glass or potassium water glass solution into a swirling stream of an aqueous mineral acid longitudinally and tangentially to the stream, spraying the resultant silica hydrosol in drop form into a gaseous medium and allowing it to solidify to form a hydrogen, and freeing the resultant hydrogel from salts by washing without prior ageing,
- (1.2) drying the hydrogel resulting from (1.1.) to form the support gel,
- (2) the support gel (1) is charged with chromium trioxide or a chromium compound which can be converted into chromium trioxide under the conditions of process step (3), giving a chromium-containing support gel, and
- (3) the chromium-containing support gel (2) is heated at from 400.degree. to 1100.degree. C. for from 10 to 1000 minutes in an anhydrous gas stream containing oxygen in a concentration of greater than 10% by volume,
- which comprises drying the hydrogel resulting from step (1.1) in step (1.2) within a time of not more than 60 seconds in a shaping, high-speed dryer at an inlet temperature of from 80.degree. to 400.degree. C.
- 2. An .alpha.-olefin polymer prepared by a process as claimed in claim 1.
Priority Claims (1)
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Parent Case Info
This is a Division of application Ser. No. 08/124,047, filed Sep. 21, 1993, now U.S. Pat. No. 5,455,216.
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