• Elastomers and Composites
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• v.48 no.1
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• pp.2-9
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• 2013

We synthesized polyethylene, poly(ethylene-co-1-decene), poly(ethylene-co-p-methylstyrene), and poly(ethylene-ter-1-decene-ter-p-methystyrene) using a rac-$Et(Ind)_2ZrCl_2$ metallocene catalyst and a methylaluminoxane cocatalyst system. The materials were characterized using nuclear magnetic spectroscopy and fourier transform infrared spectroscopy. To identify suitable reaction conditions for terpolymerization, we studied the effects of catalyst content, cocatalyst/catalyst molar ratio, polymerization time, and polymerization temperature. As the catalyst content increased, the catalytic activity and the molecular weight of the terpolymers increased. The catalytic activity sharply increased but little change was observed after a polymerization time of 30 min. The increase in the cocatalyst/catalyst molar ratio resulted in a decrease in the molecular weight of the terpolymers and an increase in the catalytic activity to some degree. The catalytic activity increased with increasing polymerization temperature, while the molecular weight of the terpolymers decreased.

• Elastomers and Composites
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• v.47 no.4
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• pp.329-335
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• 2012

In this study, we synthesized poly(ethylene-ter-high ${\alpha}$-olefin-ter-p-methylstyrene) using Zr metallocene catalyst/borate type cocatalyst system. Various effects of the high ${\alpha}$-olefin (1-hexene, 1-octene, 1-decene, and 1-dodecene) were observed. The structure and composition of the terpolymers were characterized using $^{13}C$ NMR and $^1H$ NMR. Catalytic activity, polymer yield, molecular weight and molecular weight distribution were analyzed according to the chain length of high ${\alpha}$-olefin. We determined morphology, crystallinity and thermal properties of the terpolymers.