Abstract

AbstractMathematical models are developed to describe the polymerization of ethylene and 1‐hexene with a constrained geometry catalyst (CGC‐Ti) and with bis(cyclopentadienyl)‐zirconium (IV) dichloride (Cp2ZrCl2). Particle swarm optimization is used to fit these models to homo‐ and copolymerization data. The models are also used to describe copolymerizations with mixtures of CGC‐Ti and Cp2ZrCl2 to make copolymers with inverse short chain branching distribution. Copolymer molecular weight and short chain branch distributions, as well as polymerization rates with the dual metallocene system, are measured to test whether they agreed with model predictions. The results show that the two metallocenes do not interact strongly when used as a mixture to make ethylene/1‐hexene copolymers.

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