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Kinetices of polymerization of 1‐octene with the catalyst system VOCl 3 ‐AlEt 3 (or AlEt 2 Br)
Author(s) -
Kothandaraman Harimurthi,
Devi Muthusamy Saroja
Publication year - 1994
Publication title -
macromolecular chemistry and physics
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.57
H-Index - 112
eISSN - 1521-3935
pISSN - 1022-1352
DOI - 10.1002/macp.1994.021950825
Subject(s) - polymerization , catalysis , monomer , polymer chemistry , chemistry , polymer , yield (engineering) , activation energy , octene , solution polymerization , arrhenius plot , materials science , organic chemistry , ethylene , composite material
Kinetic studies of the polymerization of 1‐octene with the Ziegler‐Natta catalyst systems VOCl 3 —AlEt 3 (I) and VOCl 3 —AlEt 2 Br (II) are reported. The effect of the various parameters such as the Al/V ratio, catalyst and monomer concentrations, reaction time, aging time and temperature on rate of reaction and molecular weight of polymer were studied. Each of these parameters has a profound effect on the polymer yield and the rate of the reaction for both systems. The rate of polymerization increases linearly with increasing temperature, catalyst and monomer concentrations. The reaction is first order with respect to both the monomer and the catalyst concentration in the two catalyst systems studied. From the Arrhenius plot the overall activation energy of polymerization for the two systems was found to be 51,2 and 43,5 kJ/mol, respectively. The mechanism of polymerization is discussed on the basis of the dependence of the polymerization rate on the alkylaluminium concentration.