Catalyst residue effects on the heterogeneous oxidation of polypropylene

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作者
Goss, Ben G.S. [1 ,2 ]
Nakatani, H. [1 ]
George, Graeme A. [2 ]
Terano, M. [1 ]
机构
[1] Graduate School of Materials Science, Japan Adv. Inst. of Sci./Technology
[2] Faculty of Science, Queensland University of Technology, Brisbane
基金
澳大利亚研究理事会; 日本学术振兴会;
关键词
Chemiluminescence; Heterogeneous oxidation; Polypropylene oxidation; Thermal oxidation; Ziegler-Natta catalyst;
D O I
10.1016/S0141-3910(03)00172-1
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摘要
The chemiluminescence (CL) curves in oxygen from polypropylene with a residual Ziegler-Natta catalyst Titanium concentration ranging from 0.2 to 4.1 ppm were measured from 100 to 150 °C and it was found that the intensity of CL increased and the time taken to reach the maximum CL intensity decreased with [Ti]. The temperature dependence of the time to maximum CL intensity showed an apparent activation energy, Ea, of 88.1±0.6 kJ/mol that was independent of [Ti] but the pre-exponential factor, A′, decreased with increasing [Ti] according to a power law: A′=4.7×10-8[Ti]-0.3. This has been interpreted as reflecting the power law dependence of [Ti]-0.33 for the distance between residual particles of catalyst as sites for the initiation of heterogeneous oxidation. This has been tested by stochastic modelling of the spreading of oxidation for a range of volume fractions, p0, of infectious sites. This modelling allows pseudo-CL profiles to be constructed over the temperature range 100-150 °C. The modelling has been restricted to p0 values equivalent to higher initial [Ti] but the results show that Ea is independent of [Ti] and A′ shows a power-law dependence of [Ti]-0.29 consistent with the experimental data. © 2003 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.
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页码:119 / 126
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