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(Co)polymerisation Behaviour of Supported Metallocene Catalysts: Carrier Effect

2006

The polymerisation and copolymerisation of ethylene with 1-hexene over metallocene catalysts L 2 ZrCl 2 / MAO (L = Cp, n-BuCp, t-BuCp, i-PrCp, Me 5 Cp) supported on different types of carriers (MgCl 2 (MeOH) 6 or silica with CH 3 surface groups obtained in the sol-gel process) were studied. It was demonstrated that both the metallocene structure and the type of inorganic support affected catalyst activity and polymer properties such as melting point, molecular weight and molecular weight distribution. The metallocene structure also determined comonomer incorporation, both for homogeneous and supported catalytic systems. When a catalyst is anchored on a support, it becomes less effective at …