The reaction product of an incompletely desolvated ethereal Grignard reagent and TiCI,,, when employed with a trialkylaluminium cocatalyst, possesses catalytic activit~ for the polymerization of ethylene, of some two orders of magnitude (on the basis of Ti) greater than that of traditional TiCI 3 ca
Studies of Ziegler-type catalysts for the polymerization of ethylene and propylene II The polymerization of ethylene with VOCl3-Et3Al2Cl3 (chlorinated activator) catalysts
β Scribed by E.W. Duck; D. Grant; J.R. Horder; D.K. Jenkins; A.E. Marlow; S.R. Wallis; A.G. Doughty; J.M. Marandon; G.A. Skinner
- Publisher
- Elsevier Science
- Year
- 1974
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 626 KB
- Volume
- 10
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 0014-3057
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β¦ Synopsis
VOCla-Et3A12Cl 3 (chlorinated activator) catalysts have been employed for the polymerization of ethylene at T between 15 and 85 Β° in n-hexane. Using butylperchlorocrotonate as the activator, the following catalyst efficiencies (g polymer/gV, hr, atmosphere ethylene in the cap gas) were achieved: l06~, MFI = 0.00; l0 s's, e.g. MFI = 1.0 (with 9 per cent H, present in the cap gas) and l0 ~''9, MFI = 0.4 (with 44 mmole/l styrene in the hexane medium). Reactions between the aluminium alkyl and the activator molecules produced other chlorinated species of high average activator effectiveness. The catalyst system could be reactivated by further additions of Et3AI2Cl 3 . The minimum value of the polymerization propagation rate constant is estimated to be 1012.2-6 Γ 103/4.6T cm3/mole sec.
π SIMILAR VOLUMES
Ethylene polymerization reactions with many Ziegler-Natta catalysts exhibit several features which differentiate them from polymerization reactions of β£-olefins: a relatively low ethylene reactivity, higher polymerization rates in the presence of β£-olefins, a high reaction order with respect to ethy