26-08-2021 дата публикации
Номер: US20210261698A1
A method to purify a polymer is disclosed. The method is part of a manufacturing process wherein a virgin polymer is produced from a polymerization process employing at least a monomer or a comonomer as a feedstock. The monomer or the comonomer is selected from the group consisting of organic polar monomers, inorganic monomers, vinyl aromatic monomers, conjugated dienes, and mixtures thereof. In the method, the polymer in solid, liquid or molten state is brought into contact with a fluid solvent or an extraction fluid in a supercritical state or near supercritical state. The contact is at controlled temperature and pressure, allowing the fluid solvent to diffuse into the polymer and extract the impurities intended to remove. The method can be used to remove at least 10%, or at least 20%, or at least 50% of the target impurity from the polymer. 1. A method to purify a polymer , comprising: wherein the polymer is in molten, liquid or solid form, and the polymer contains at least an impurity to be removed;', 'wherein the impurity is selected from unreacted monomer or comonomer, catalyst residues, oligomers, by-products, impurities in the monomer or comonomer, unreacted monomer or comonomer, solvents, residual processing aids, additives, modifiers, diluents, chelating agents, solvent modifiers, chain terminating agents, chain transfer agents, coupling agents, dimers, trimers, metals, catalyst decomposition products, polymer fractions, catalytic solvents, salts, acids, bases, odor-causing compounds, and mixtures thereof;, 'providing a polymer from a polymerization process employing at least a monomer or a comonomer as a feedstock, wherein the monomer or the comonomer is selected from the group consisting of organic polar monomers, inorganic monomers, vinyl aromatic monomers, conjugated dienes, and mixtures thereof, and'} 'wherein the pressure and temperature being controlled for the polymer to be essentially insoluble in the fluid solvent or for the polymer to dissolve ...
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