Sequence distributions versus catalyst site behavior of in situ blends of polypropylene and poly(ethylene-co-propylene)
β Scribed by J. C. Randall
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons
- Year
- 1998
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 212 KB
- Volume
- 36
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 0887-624X
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β¦ Synopsis
Sequential polymerizations of first propylene and then ethylene, propylene mixtures with the same Ziegler-Natta catalyst system produce in situ blends known as high-impact polypropylenes. Over 100 high-impact polypropylenes are characterized in terms of weight fractions and sequence distributions for isotactic polypropylene, atactic polypropylene, an amorphous ethylene propylene copolymer, and a crystalline ethylene propylene copolymer. The apparent r 1 r 2 behaviors of the E/P copolymers suggest that the amorphous and crystalline E/P copolymers principally arise from different types of catalyst sites as opposed to originating strictly from compositional heterogeneities. The amorphous copolymers consistently have r 1 r 2 values close to unity over a broad range of compositions, while the corresponding crystalline copolymers have apparent r 1 r 2 values that range from 2 to over 20. An apparent r 1 r 2 close to unity not only reflects random sequencing but also indicates a narrow compositional distribution. This r 1 r 2 result indicates that the amorphous E/P copolymers are produced from a singular type of catalyst site. The higher r 1 r 2 values shown by the crystalline E/P copolymers indicate broad compositional distributions that are produced by a different type or types of catalyst sites. The ratio of amorphous to crystalline ethylene, propylene copolymers is nominally around 80/20 over a broad range of impact copolymer compositions. The consistency of this result suggests that the two basic types of catalyst sites producing E/P copolymers are also in an approximate 80/20 ratio.
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