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Condensed-mode cooling for ethylene polymerization: The influence of inert condensing agent on the polymerization rate

dc.contributor.authorMontree Namkajornen_US
dc.contributor.authorArash Alizadehen_US
dc.contributor.authorEkasith Somsooken_US
dc.contributor.authorTimothy F.L. McKennaen_US
dc.contributor.otherMahidol Universityen_US
dc.contributor.otherLCPP Laboratoire de Chimie et Procedes de Polymerisationen_US
dc.contributor.otherDutch Polymer Institute - DPIen_US
dc.contributor.otherQueen's University, Kingstonen_US
dc.date.accessioned2018-11-09T02:08:31Z
dc.date.available2018-11-09T02:08:31Z
dc.date.issued2014-01-01en_US
dc.description.abstractInert condensing agents (ICAs) are used principally to cool down gas-phase fluidized bed reactors used to polymerize ethylene over supported catalysts. While these ICAs are chemically inert, it appears that they might nevertheless increase the polymerization rate. n-Hexane is used as an ICA, and an enhancement in the instantaneous rate of ethylene polymerization in the gas phase is observed. This is attributed to a rise in the local ethylene concentration in the amorphous polymer phase surrounding the active sites, due to increases in both the solubility and diffusivity of ethylene in the amorphous polymer. In addition, the polymer particles have a smoother surface with less formation of fiber-like substructures as the n-hexane concentration increases. © 2014 WILEY-VCH Verlag GmbH & Co. KGaA, Weinheim.en_US
dc.identifier.citationMacromolecular Chemistry and Physics. Vol.215, No.9 (2014), 873-878en_US
dc.identifier.doi10.1002/macp.201300757en_US
dc.identifier.issn15213935en_US
dc.identifier.issn10221352en_US
dc.identifier.other2-s2.0-84899948883en_US
dc.identifier.urihttps://repository.li.mahidol.ac.th/handle/20.500.14594/33666
dc.rightsMahidol Universityen_US
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dc.subjectChemistryen_US
dc.subjectMaterials Scienceen_US
dc.subjectPhysics and Astronomyen_US
dc.titleCondensed-mode cooling for ethylene polymerization: The influence of inert condensing agent on the polymerization rateen_US
dc.typeArticleen_US
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