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Kinetics of diethylene glycol formation from bishydroxyethyl terephthalate with zinc catalyst in the preparation of poly(ethylene terephthalate)
Author(s) -
Chen LeoWang,
Chen JongWu
Publication year - 2000
Publication title -
journal of applied polymer science
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.575
H-Index - 166
eISSN - 1097-4628
pISSN - 0021-8995
DOI - 10.1002/(sici)1097-4628(20000307)75:10<1229::aid-app3>3.0.co;2-5
Subject(s) - diethylene glycol , catalysis , zinc , ethylene glycol , monomer , ethylene , polymer chemistry , chemistry , kinetics , dimethyl terephthalate , antimony , polymer , organic chemistry , physics , quantum mechanics
To further discuss the effect of zinc catalyst on diethylene glycol (DEG) formation in the preparation of poly(ethylene terephthalate) (PET), this research focused on the kinetics of DEG formation during PET synthesis from purified bishydroxyethyl terephthalate (BHET) monomer with zinc catalyst. The rate expression of DEG formation from purified BHET monomer and zinc catalyst is described. It was found that the activation energy of BHET with zinc catalyst in DEG formation during PET synthesis is lower than that of BHET without the addition of catalyst. Moreover, a comparison of zinc catalyst in DEG formation with antimony catalyst at the same concentrations showed that the reaction rate of BHET with zinc catalyst in DEG formation is greater than that of BHET with antimony catalyst. © 2000 John Wiley & Sons, Inc. J Appl Polym Sci 75: 1229–1234, 2000