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Monte Carlo Simulation of Ethylene Copolymers: A Look into the Monomer Sequence Distribution
Author(s) -
AlSaleh Mohammad A.,
Simon Leonardo C.
Publication year - 2006
Publication title -
macromolecular symposia
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.257
H-Index - 76
eISSN - 1521-3900
pISSN - 1022-1360
DOI - 10.1002/masy.200651113
Subject(s) - copolymer , monte carlo method , monomer , sequence (biology) , molar mass distribution , polymerization , materials science , ethylene , work (physics) , polymer chemistry , thermodynamics , chemistry , catalysis , polymer , organic chemistry , physics , mathematics , composite material , biochemistry , statistics
A comprehensive mathematical model was developed using Monte Carlo simulation to describe the mechanism of ethylene and α ‐olefin copolymerization. The model studies the polymerization mechanism using coordination catalysts and is able to predict molecular weight and detailed chemical composition distributions. This work is considered to be a useful tool that enables us to understand and described the monomer sequence distribution as a function of chain length in semi‐batch polymerization reactors.