ZieglerNattakatalyysillä
Ziegler-Natta catalysts are a class of coordination catalysts used extensively in the polymerization of olefins, most notably ethylene and propylene. Developed by Karl Ziegler and Giulio Natta in the late 1950s, their groundbreaking work earned them the Nobel Prize in Chemistry in 1963. These catalysts are typically heterogeneous, consisting of a transition metal compound (often titanium or vanadium) supported on a solid material, usually magnesium chloride, along with an organoaluminum co-catalyst.
The primary function of Ziegler-Natta catalysts is to facilitate the chain-growth polymerization of monomers like ethylene
The impact of Ziegler-Natta catalysts on the plastics industry has been profound. They enabled the commercial