HALOGENATED EHTYLENE RANDOM COPOLYMER AND PROCESS FOR MAKING IT

A halogenated product of a low-molecular weight ethylene random copolymer comprising ethylene and at least one alpha-olefin having 3 to 20 carbon atoms, wherein:(i) the starting low-molecular weight ethylene random copolymer contains 30% to 75% by mole of the ethylene component and 25% to 70% by mole of the alpha-olefin component;(ii) the halogen content of the halogenated product is 5% to 75% by weight;(iii) the intrinsic viscosity [η] of the halogenated product is 0.01 to 0.5 dl/g determined at 135°C in decalin;(iv) the molecular weight distribution Mw/Mn of the halogenated product, wherein Mw and Mn represent a weight-average molecular weight and a number-average molecular weight, respectively, determined by gel permeation chromatography is 5 or less; and(v) the number-average molecular weight of the halogenated product is 300 to 10000, determined by gel permeation chromatography.This halogenated ethylene random copolymer is useful e.g. as a modifier for halogen-containing polymers.