Dependence of Apparent Density and Molecular Weight Distribution on Catalyst Concentration in Ziegler Polyethylene

Synthesis of high molecular weight polyethylene using FI catalyst

A FI Zr-based catalyst of bis[N-(3,5-dicumylsalicylidene)-2′,6′­diisopropylanilinato]zirconium(IV) dichloride was prepared and used for polymerization of ethylene. The effects of reaction conditions on the polymerization were examined in detail. The increase in ethylene pressure and rise in polymerization temperature up to 35 oC were favorable for catalyst/MAO to raise the catalytic activity as...

Preparation of Ultra High Molecular Weight Polyethylene Using Ziegler-Natta Catalyst System: Optimization of Parameters by Response Surface Methodology

synthesis of high molecular weight polyethylene using fi catalyst

a fi zr-based catalyst of bis[n-(3,5-dicumylsalicylidene)-2′,6′­diisopropylanilinato]zirconium(iv) dichloride was prepared and used for polymerization of ethylene. the effects of reaction conditions on the polymerization were examined in detail. the increase in ethylene pressure and rise in polymerization temperature up to 35 oc were favorable for catalyst/mao to raise the catalytic activity as...

Evaluation of continuous and discrete melting endotherms in determination of structural heterogeneities in Ziegler-Natta catalyzed linear low density polyethylene

Ethylene / 1-butene copolymers at different comonomer levels were synthesized using Ziegler-Natta catalyst to evaluate the applicability of thermal fractionation methods in predicting chemical composition distribution (CCD). The continuous melting endotherms by DSC were converted to continuous CCD, and the average comonomer contents were compared with NMR results. DSC underestimated comonomer c...

Effect of Matrix Molecular Weight on the Dispersion of Nanoclay in Unmodified High Density Polyethylene

The effect that polymer molecular weight has on the dispersion of relatively polar montmorillonite (MMT) in nonpolar, unmodified high density polyethylene (HDPE) was examined. Polymer layered silicate (PLS) nanocomposites were prepared via melt compounding in a single screw extruder using three unmodified HDPE matrices of differing molecular weight and organically modified MMT (organoclay) in c...