Research Article

Modification of Clays by Sol-Gel Reaction and Their Use in the Ethylene In Situ Polymerization for Obtaining Nanocomposites

Table 3

The effects of the components addition in the reaction characteristics using the catalyst (n-BuCp)2Zr Cl2.

SystemActivity (kg·pol/mol*bar*h)Clay (%)Temperature of reactor

Homogeneous1200049–80
Hs-MAO-Cat102101.249–80
MAO-Hs-Cat104091.049–80
MAO-Cat-Hs91001.149–63

Clay added (g) = 0.32,
mol Zr in the reactor = 3.06E-06,
ratio Al/Zr = 1400,
reaction time (hours) = 0.5.