VERFAHREN ZUR HERSTELLUNG EINES SCHLAGFESTEN ETHYLEN/PROPYLEN-BLOCKMISCHPOLYMERS

Present invention pertains to a process for preparing an impact-resistant ethylene-propylene block copolymer, characterized in that in a first polymerization step a propylene prepolymer is prepared consisting for at least 98% (wt) of propylene groups having a melt index measured according to ASTM-D-1238 at 503K and 21.6 N of 0.1-100 dg/min, in that in the presence of the propylene prepolymer produced in the first polymerization step ethylene and propylene are polymerized in a second polymerization step in such a manner that a starting ethylene-propylene block copolymer is formed at least consisting of an at least almost completely homopolymeric propylene part and a copolymeric ethylene-propylene part, the weight ratio between the at least almost completely homopolymeric propylene part and the copolymeric ethylene-propylene part being between 3:2 and 9:1, containing a total amount of 10-25% (wt) ethylene groups and having a melt index measured according to ASTM-D-1238 at 503K and 21.6 N which is /100 to /2 part of the melt index measured according to ASTM-D-1238 at 503K and 21.6 N of the propylene prepolymer and in that this starting ethylene-propylene block copolymer is subsequently subjected to a kneading treatment consisting of one or more kneading operations, which kneading treatment takes place in the presence of free radicals at a temperature of a least 450K.