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JOURNAL OF APPLIED POLYMER SCIENCE
Volume 120, Issue 1, Pages 101-108Publisher
WILEY
DOI: 10.1002/app.33080
Keywords
molecular weight distribution/molar; polyolefins; Ziegler-Natta polymerization
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The polymerization of propylene was carried out with an MgCl2-supported TiCl4 catalyst (with diisobutyl phthalate as an internal donor) in the absence and presence of hydrogen (H-2) as a chain-transfer agent. Different structures of alkylaluminum were used as cocatalysts. The effects of the alkyl group size of the cocatalyst, H-2 feed, and feed time on the propylene polymerization behaviors were investigated. The catalyst activity significantly decreased with increasing alkyl group size in the cocatalyst. The molecular weight and polydispersity index (PDI) increased with increasing alkyl group size. With the introduction of H-2, the catalyst activity increased significantly, whereas the molecular weight and PDI of polypropylene (PP) decreased. Additionally, the effect of the polymerization time in the presence of H-2 on the propylene polymerization was studied. The molecular weight distribution curve was bimodal at short polymerization times in the presence of H-2, and we could control the molecular weight distribution of PP by changing the polymerization time in the presence of H-2. (C) 2010 Wiley Periodicals, Inc. J Appl Polym Sci 120: 101-108, 2011
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