Ethylene Extrusion Polymerization by Heterogeneous bi-Supported Ziegler-Natta Catalysts
The MCM-41 (Mobil Composition of Matter) and SBA-16 (Santa Barbara Amorphous) supported TiCl4 and TiCl4/MgCl2 catalysts with different molar ratios of Mg/Ti were synthesized and used for ethylene polymerization under atmospheric pressure. The nanochannels of these supports serve as a nanoscale polymerization reactor and the polyethylene nanofibers were extruded during the reaction. The effect of MgCl2 on catalytic activity and morphology of resulting polyethylene has been investigated too.