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Polypropylene has become a major part of the modern plastics-resin market because of its unique physical properties, and is now employed in a wide range of applications from food packaging to automotive plastics. Historically, polypropylene has been produced at industrial scale by three main polymer...

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Published in:Chemical Engineering 2014-02, Vol.121 (2), p.31-31
Main Author: Jenkins, Scott
Format: Magazinearticle
Language:English
Subjects:
Automotive components
Automotive engineering
Catalytic polymerization
Chemical engineering
Food packaging industry
Markets
Nitrogen
Pelleting
Polymerization
Polymers
Polypropylene
Polypropylenes
Reactors
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Summary:Polypropylene has become a major part of the modern plastics-resin market because of its unique physical properties, and is now employed in a wide range of applications from food packaging to automotive plastics. Historically, polypropylene has been produced at industrial scale by three main polymerization approaches: hydrocarbon slurry or suspension processes, bulk-phase processes and gas-phase processes. Propylene conversion to polypropylene is achieved through the use of a Ziegler-Natta catalyst. This process occurs in a continuous vertical stirred reactor at mild temperatures (about 80 degrees C). The process can be divided in three main areas: purification and reaction, resin degassing and pelletizing, and vent recovery.
ISSN:0009-2460
1945-368X