A novel polymer-supported metallocene catalyst has been prepared. The polymer-support-ed metallocene displayed considerably high activity in ethylene polymerization, the highest being 3.62× 107 g/(mol · h), the molecular weight of the polyethylene produced was Mn = 1.29 × 105 , about 3～4 times those prepared by corresponding homogeneous zirconocenes. The polymer-supported metallocene poly(styrene-acrylamide)supported zirconocene]keeps thecharacteristics of homogeneous metallocene catalysts, and offers some features, such as adaptable togas phase and slurry processes; easy to prepare in low cost; relatively high activity and lowerMAO/Zr ratio ; lower inorganic residues in the polyolefins as compared to those using SiO2, Al2O3 orMgCl2; unitary active structure, no complex surface as with SiO2; good control of morphology of theresulting polymer.
