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Bangkok, July 13, 2009. BLOW MOULDING Polymers selection, equipment, testing Gianmarco Cortivo - ASSOCOMAPLAST. Blow Moulding Process & Barrier Containers Part 1.1 From oil to polymers. Crude Oil. Refinery. fuel. kerosene. heating oil. bitumen. naphta. LPG. Cracker.
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Bangkok, July 13, 2009 BLOW MOULDING Polymers selection, equipment, testing Gianmarco Cortivo - ASSOCOMAPLAST
Blow Moulding Process & Barrier ContainersPart 1.1 From oil to polymers
Crude Oil Refinery fuel kerosene heating oil bitumen naphta LPG Cracker The Oil Link
LPG Naphta Ethylene CH2=CH2 Propylene CH3-CH=CH2 C4 Benzene Cracking
What is Cracking? • “Cutting bigger molecules into smaller pieces”
Ethylene oxide Ethylene Glycol Ethylene CH2= CH2 O OH OH CH2 CH2 CH2 CH2 Ethylene Dichloride Vinyl chloride Cl Cl Cl CH2 CH2 CH2= CH + Benzene Ethyl benzene Styrene CH2CH3 CH=CH2 Polyethylene The Ethylene Route
+ CH2=CH2 CH2=CH2 + CH2=CH2 ethylene + CH2=CH2 n Ethylenehomopolymer Polymerisation– homopolymers
+ CH2=CH2 CH2=CH2 + CH2=CH2 ethylene comonomer + m n Polymerisation–copolymers Ethylene copolymer