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Ethylene Polymerization over Supported Titanium-Magnesium Catalysts: Effect of Polymerization Parameters on the Molecular Weight Distribution of Polyethylene Full article

Journal Journal of Applied Polymer Science
ISSN: 0021-8995 , E-ISSN: 1097-4628
Output data Year: 2011, Volume: 122, Number: 5, Pages: 3092-3101 Pages count : 10 DOI: 10.1002/app.34203
Tags kinetics (polym.), molecular weight distribution/molar mass distribution, polyethylene (PE), polymer synthesis and characterization, Ziegler-Natta polymerization
Authors Nikolaeva Marina I. 1 , Mikenas Tatiana B. 1 , Matsko Mikhail A. 1 , Echevskaya Ludmila G. 1 , Zakharov Vladimir A. 1
Affiliations
1 Boreskov Institute of Catalysis, Siberian Branch of the Russian Academy of Science, Pr. Akademika Lavrentieva, 5, Novosibirsk, Russia, 630090

Funding (1)

1 Russian Foundation for Basic Research 10-03-00136

Abstract: The data on the effects of polymerization duration, cocatalyst, and monomer concentrations upon ethylene polymerization in the absence of hydrogen, and the effect of an additional chain transfer agent (hydrogen) on the molecular weight (MW), molecular weight distribution (MWD), and content of vinyl terminal groups for polyethylene (PE) produced over the supported titanium-magnesium catalyst (TMC) are obtained. The effects of these parameters on nonuniformity of active sites for different chain transfer reactions are analyzed by deconvolution of the experimental MWD curves into Flory components. It has been shown that the polymer MW grows, the MWD becomes narrower and the content of vinyl terminal groups in PE increases with increasing polymerization duration. It is assumed to occur due to the reduction of the rate of chain transfer with AlEt3 with increasing polymerization duration. The polydispersity of PE is found to rise with increasing AlEt3 concentration and decreasing monomer concentration due to the emergence of additional low molecular weight Flory components. The ratios of the individual rate constants of chain transfer with AlEt3, monomer and hydrogen to the propagation rate constant have been calculated.
Cite: Nikolaeva M.I. , Mikenas T.B. , Matsko M.A. , Echevskaya L.G. , Zakharov V.A.
Ethylene Polymerization over Supported Titanium-Magnesium Catalysts: Effect of Polymerization Parameters on the Molecular Weight Distribution of Polyethylene
Journal of Applied Polymer Science. 2011. V.122. N5. P.3092-3101. DOI: 10.1002/app.34203 WOS Scopus РИНЦ ANCAN OpenAlex
Dates:
Submitted: Oct 14, 2010
Accepted: Jan 24, 2011
Published online: Jul 7, 2011
Published print: Dec 5, 2011
Identifiers:
Web of science: WOS:000295538600030
Scopus: 2-s2.0-80052395142
Elibrary: 18003541
Chemical Abstracts: 2011:854633
Chemical Abstracts (print): 155:484544
OpenAlex: W2119623772
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