TY - GEN
T1 - Development of industrial polyethylene catalysts
T2 - Aspects beyond synthesis, characterization, and evaluation
AU - Atiqullah, Muhammad
PY - 2013
Y1 - 2013
N2 - Saudi Arabia's eight petrochemical companies produce and market polyethylenes such as HDPE, MDPE, and LLDPE. Polyolefin catalysis and application research is a major activity at the Center for Refining & Petrochemicals, Research Institute, King Fahd University of Petroleum Minerals. A discussion covers some of the Center's recent work related to the following: effects of supported bis(n-butylcyclopentadienyl) zirconium dichioride (nBuCp)(2ZrCl2) catalyst active center multiplicity on melting behavior, crystallization kinetics, and melt processing stability of ethylene homo- and copolymers. Two different supported metallocene catalysts were synthesized: silica/MAO/(nBuCp)2ZrCl2 and silica/nBuSnCl3/MAO/(nBuCp)2ZrCl2. Each catalyst was used to prepare one ethylene homopolymer and one ethylene-1-hexene copolymer. This is an abstract of a paper presented at the 23rd Annual Saudi-Japan Symposium on Catalysts in Petroleum Refining and Petrochemicals 2013 (Dhahran, Saudi Arabia 12/2-3/2013).
AB - Saudi Arabia's eight petrochemical companies produce and market polyethylenes such as HDPE, MDPE, and LLDPE. Polyolefin catalysis and application research is a major activity at the Center for Refining & Petrochemicals, Research Institute, King Fahd University of Petroleum Minerals. A discussion covers some of the Center's recent work related to the following: effects of supported bis(n-butylcyclopentadienyl) zirconium dichioride (nBuCp)(2ZrCl2) catalyst active center multiplicity on melting behavior, crystallization kinetics, and melt processing stability of ethylene homo- and copolymers. Two different supported metallocene catalysts were synthesized: silica/MAO/(nBuCp)2ZrCl2 and silica/nBuSnCl3/MAO/(nBuCp)2ZrCl2. Each catalyst was used to prepare one ethylene homopolymer and one ethylene-1-hexene copolymer. This is an abstract of a paper presented at the 23rd Annual Saudi-Japan Symposium on Catalysts in Petroleum Refining and Petrochemicals 2013 (Dhahran, Saudi Arabia 12/2-3/2013).
UR - https://www.scopus.com/pages/publications/84902577077
M3 - Conference contribution
AN - SCOPUS:84902577077
SN - 9781629938080
T3 - King Fahd University of Petroleum and Minerals, Research Institute - Annual Catalysts in Petroleum Refining and Petrochemicals Symposium Papers
SP - 103
EP - 113
BT - King Fahd University of Petroleum and Minerals, Research Institute - 23rd Annual Saudi-Japan Symposium on Catalysts in Petroleum Refining and Petrochemicals 2013
PB - King Fahd Univ. of Petroleum and Minerals Res. Inst.
ER -