ISSN:
0887-624X
Keywords:
high-impact polypropylenes
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13C-NMR
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Markovian statistics
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reactivity ratio product
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catalyst site distribution
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sequence distributions
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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:
Sequential polymerizations of first propylene and then ethylene, propylene mixtures with the same Ziegler-Natta catalyst system produce in situ blends known as high-impact polypropylenes. Over 100 high-impact polypropylenes are characterized in terms of weight fractions and sequence distributions for isotactic polypropylene, atactic polypropylene, an amorphous ethylene propylene copolymer, and a crystalline ethylene propylene copolymer. The apparent r1r2 behaviors of the E/P copolymers suggest that the amorphous and crystalline E/P copolymers principally arise from different types of catalyst sites as opposed to originating strictly from compositional heterogeneities. The amorphous copolymers consistently have r1r2 values close to unity over a broad range of compositions, while the corresponding crystalline copolymers have apparent r1r2 values that range from 2 to over 20. An apparent r1r2 close to unity not only reflects random sequencing but also indicates a narrow compositional distribution. This r1r2 result indicates that the amorphous E/P copolymers are produced from a singular type of catalyst site. The higher r1r2 values shown by the crystalline E/P copolymers indicate broad compositional distributions that are produced by a different type or types of catalyst sites. The ratio of amorphous to crystalline ethylene, propylene copolymers is nominally around 80/20 over a broad range of impact copolymer compositions. The consistency of this result suggests that the two basic types of catalyst sites producing E/P copolymers are also in an approximate 80/20 ratio. © 1998 John Wiley & Sons, Inc. J Polym Sci A: Polym Chem 36: 1527-1542, 1998
Additional Material:
6 Ill.
Type of Medium:
Electronic Resource
