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Facile high-temperature synthesis of weakly entangled polyethylene using a highly activated Ziegler-Natta catalyst.
- Source :
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Journal of Catalysis . Apr2018, Vol. 360, p145-151. 7p. - Publication Year :
- 2018
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Abstract
- A Polyhedral oligomeric silsesquioxane (POSS) modified Ziegler-Natta catalyst is reported to synthesize the weakly entangled ultra-high molecular weight polyethylene at a high temperature and with a high activity. Incorporation of POSS can form numbers of aggregates with a mean size of 48 nm adsorbing on the surface of SiO 2 . The structure of nanoaggregates is evidenced by the experiments and theoretical calculations where one POSS can coordinate with multiple MgCl 2 molecules serving as an electric donor to the further immobilized TiCl 4 . The catalyst is thus featured by two distinct active regions positioned in the POSS/MgCl 2 nanoaggregates and δ -MgCl 2 , respectively. The former regions present extremely low activity on ethylene polymerization, which function as horizontal separators for isolating the active TiCl 4 sites and the growing chains. This catalyst exhibits an exceptional activity ( i.e. 1.3 × 10 6 gPE mol Ti −1 h −1 bar −1 ) for the synthesis of weakly entangled polyethylene at 60 °C. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
Details
- Language :
- English
- ISSN :
- 00219517
- Volume :
- 360
- Database :
- Academic Search Index
- Journal :
- Journal of Catalysis
- Publication Type :
- Academic Journal
- Accession number :
- 128433325
- Full Text :
- https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jcat.2018.01.024