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Fifty Years of Ziegler Catalysts: Consequences and Development of an Invention
Author(s) -
Wilke Günther
Publication year - 2003
Publication title -
angewandte chemie international edition
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 5.831
H-Index - 550
eISSN - 1521-3773
pISSN - 1433-7851
DOI - 10.1002/anie.200330056
Subject(s) - catalysis , polymerization , ethylene , polymer science , chemical engineering , engineering , chemistry , organic chemistry , polymer
In October, 1953 an experiment was carried out in the Max Planck Institut für Kohlenforschung in Mülheim an der Ruhr, that even today has a huge influence on the chemical industry: the catalytic polymerization of ethylene under normal pressure carried out with what at the time was known as the Mülheim mixed catalyst. The story of what is know known as the Ziegler catalyst reveals its discovery to be the result of the meticulous analysis of apparently failed experiments.