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Influence of the aluminum alkyl co-catalyst type in Ziegler-Natta ethene polymerization on the formation of active sites, polymerization rate, and molecular weight

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The influence of the concentration of the co-catalysts triethylaluminium (TEAL), tri-iso-butylaluminium (TIBAL), tri-n-octylaluminium on the polymerization rate for standard Ziegler-Natta catalyst systems was studied. By comparing the influence of monomeric TIBAL with TEAL co-catalyst on the polymerization activity, the effect of TEAL dimerization was described. The use of the Eley-Ridealadsorption model instead of Langmuir-Hinselwood model is proposed for the absorption of monomeric aluminiumalkyl species and for the formation of active centers C*. It is further proposed that steric hindrance from different co-catalysts, which results in a higher molecular weight (MW) of polymers, is caused by active centers with reduced space for chain transfer reactions.

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  1. Institute for Chemical Technology of Organic Materials, Johannes Kepler University Linz, Altenbergerstrasse 69, 4040, Linz, Austria

    Heinrich Trischler, Thomas Höchfurtner & Christian Paulik

  2. Competence Center Wood Kplus GmbH, Altenbergerstrasse 69, 4040, Linz, Austria

    Martin Ruff

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Published in Russian in Kinetika i Kataliz, 2013, Vol. 54, No. 5, pp. 590–596.

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Trischler, H., Höchfurtner, T., Ruff, M. et al. Influence of the aluminum alkyl co-catalyst type in Ziegler-Natta ethene polymerization on the formation of active sites, polymerization rate, and molecular weight. Kinet Catal 54, 559–565 (2013). https://doi.org/10.1134/S0023158413050170

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