Internally coated reaction vessel for use in olefinic polymerization

Abstract From the Canadian patent

This invention relates to a polymerization reaction vessel having a coating on the inner surfaces thereof resulting from applying thereto a coating composition containing as, a primary ingredient, a straight chain or branched polyaromatic amine dissolved in an aqueous alkali metal hydroxide solution. When polymerizing olefinic monomers such as vinyl, halides, vinylidene halides and vinylidene monomers having, at least one terminal grouping, and mixtures thereof, in the presence of said coating polymer build-up on the inner, surfaces of the reaction vessel is substantially eliminated. Further multiple charges or batches of polymer can be made in said internally coated reaction vessel …