ISSN:
0887-624X
Keywords:
olefin polymerization
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temperature rising elution fractionation
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ethylene-1-hexene copolymer
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Chemistry
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Polymer and Materials Science
Source:
Wiley InterScience Backfile Collection 1832-2000
Topics:
Chemistry and Pharmacology
Notes:
Thermally pretreated catalysts were prepared by heating MgCl2/THF/TiCl4 (TT-0) at 80°C for 5 min (TT-1) and 60 min (TT-2), and at 108°C for 5 min (TT-3) and 60 min (TT-4). Ethylene-1-hexene copolymers were prepared with these catalysts. The TT-1 catalyst produced more blocky and higher 1-hexene content polymer than TT-0, 2, 3, and 4. Temperature rising elution fractionation (TREF) analysis was used to investigate the chemical composition distribution of the ethylene-1-hexene copolymer, exhibiting bimodal distribution for TT-0 and trimodal for TT-1, 2, 3, and 4. A portion of higher hexene content of the copolymer markedly increased when the copolymerization was performed with TT-1, indicating that copolymerization active sites were newly generated. Portion of homopolyethylene increased drastically when the copolymerization was performed with TT-4, indicating that ethylene homopolymerization active sites were increased. Gel permeation chromatography (GPC) also revealed that three kinds of active sites existed on the catalyst. 13C-NMR spectrum of each fraction after TREF analysis suggested that the isospecific active site could polymerize 1-hexene well, resulting in random and alternating copolymers. A scheme for generation of the active site and change of its nature during thermal treatment of bimetallic complex catalyst is proposed. © 1998 John Wiley & Sons, Inc. J Polym Sci A: Polym Chem 36: 291-300, 1998
Additional Material:
5 Ill.
Type of Medium:
Electronic Resource
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