Abstract
A surface science model for the Phillips ethylene polymerization catalyst has been prepared, by impregnating aqueous CrO3 on a flat silicium (100) substrate covered by amorphous silica. Impregnating in a spin-coating technique offers control over the chromium loading, which was varied between 0.4 and 4.0 Cr/nm2. After impregnation chromium is dispersed molecularly at loadings smaller than 2 Cr/nm2. Upon calcination chromium is anchored to the support over Cr - O - Si ester bonds, although a fraction is lost from the surface due to volatilization, as could be established with X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy. The model catalyst polymerizes ethylene at 160 °C and atmospheric pressure after being activated in 80/20 He/O2 at 650 °C, confirming its validity as a model for the industrial catalyst.
| Original language | English |
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| Pages (from-to) | 8559-8563 |
| Number of pages | 5 |
| Journal | Journal of Physical Chemistry B |
| Volume | 101 |
| Issue number | 42 |
| DOIs | |
| Publication status | Published - 16 Oct 1997 |
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