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...

Vanadium-modified (SiO2/MgO/MgCl2)•TiClx Ziegler-Natta catalysts were prepared through co-impregnation of water-soluble magnesium and vanadium salts under different pH values. Several key factors such as pH value of co-impregnation solution during catalyst preparation, catalyst performances including catalytic activity, ethylene/1-hexene copolymerization and hydrogen response were investigated....

A fourth-generation Ziegler-Natta catalyst was prepared to synthesize polypropylene (PP), which was stabilized by in situpolymerization employing lignin as antioxidant. The antioxidant properties of lignin were compared with those of the commercial antioxidant Irganox 1010. The presence of lignin in the reaction medium slightly decreased the catalytic activity of the reaction. The isotacticity ...

The present research focuses on investigation of the catalytic behaviors of MgCl₂-SiO₂/TiCl₄/THF Ziegler-Natta (ZN) catalysts with fumed SiO₂ variously treated with silane compounds. The non-treated silica (NTS) and other silicas treated with dimethylsilicone fluid (TSDMSF), dimethyldichlorosilane (TSDMDCS), and hexamethyl-disilazane (TSHMDS) were employed. It was found that the Cat-TSDMDCS and...

This study was conducted in the Khartoum refinery Algylee to properties of polypropylene (grade 113 &114) which are produced by addition technique; they used refined propylene from Liquefied Petroleum Gas and Ziegler-Natta catalyst. The samples were taken (1-15)/08/2010 three features (powder, granulates, specimens). Both grades homopolymer isotactic polypropylene. They checked component li...

Understanding the structure and properties of MgCl2/TiCl4 nanoclusters is a key to uncovering origin Ziegler–Natta catalysis. In particular, vibrational spectroscopy can sensitively probe morphology active species MgCl2/TiCl4. Here, we determined spectroscopic fingerprints 50MgCl2 50MgCl2/3TiCl4 which were obtained by nonempirical determination based on an evolutionary algorithm DFT. The adsorp...