Contributions to the Experimental Investigation of the Nascent Polymerisation of Ethylene on Supported Catalysts, 1: A Quenched-Flow Apparatus for the Study of Particle Morphology and Nascent Polymer Properties

Audrey Di Martino, Guenter Weickert, Timothy F.L. McKenna

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    Abstract

    A detailed investigation of the kinetics, morphology and polymer properties observed during the polymerisation of ethylene on a Ziegler-Natta catalyst at very short times (t 40 ms) in a novel, quenched-flow reactor is presented. It was found that for times shorter than a tenth of a second, the observed rate of polymerisation was significantly higher than expected, and that the crystallinity of the nascent ethylene homopolymer was of the order of 25 to 30% - much lower than expected. Evidence is presented that shows that fragmentation is essentially complete in a small fraction of a second.
    Original languageEnglish
    Pages (from-to)165-184
    JournalMacromolecular Reaction Engineering
    Volume1
    Issue number1
    DOIs
    Publication statusPublished - 2007

    Keywords

    • Polyethylene (PE)
    • Rapid reaction
    • Ziegler-Natta Polymerization
    • Kinetics (polym.)
    • Nascent polymerization
    • n/a OA procedure

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