Influence of polymerization conditions on the copolymerization of styrene with ethylene using Me2Si(Me4Cp)(N‐tert‐butyl)TiCl2/methylaluminoxane Ziegler‐Natta catalysts
- 1 March 1996
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Wiley in Macromolecular Chemistry and Physics
- Vol. 197 (3) , 1071-1083
- https://doi.org/10.1002/macp.1996.021970325
Abstract
Styrene was copolymerized with ethylene using Me2Si(Me4Cp)(N‐tert‐butyl)TiCl2/methylaluminoxane (Me = methyl, Cp = cyclopentadienyl) varying monomer concentration, styrene/ethylene molar ratio and polymerization temperature. Increasing styrene or decreasing ethylene concentration, respectively, in the monomer feed lowered both activity of the catalyst system and molecular weight of the copolymer. Only at low styrene content, a linear correlation of styrene concentration in the monomer feed and styrene incorporation in the copolymer was found. From copolymerizations at various temperatures the activation energy of the insertion step was calculated to be 56 kJ/mol. According to Fineman‐Ross plot, the copolymerization parameters are rE = 23,4 for ethylene and rS = 0,015 for styrene. Investigation of the thermal properties by means of differential scanning calorimetry and dynamic mechanical analysis revealed pronounced decrease of melting temperature and increase of glass transition temperature with increasing styrene content.Keywords
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