Grant: Research Tools and Instruments - Category 1 (<$150,000)
University of Ottawa
$148,613.00
GC-MS
FY 2010-11
Summary
Plastic is today an integral part of our lifestyle. In spite of the concern for the negative environmental impact and which encourage reduction of waste and proper disposal, there are important applications and for which polyethylene and polypropylene plastics remain irreplaceable (automotive, medical, industrial,etc.). In fact this is one of the largest volume business of the world. 1-hexene and 1-octene are critical additives to control the rheology of polymeric material. The demand for these chemicals is so high that the production from oil industry cannot satisfy the demand. Hence there is need for catalytic process to produce them from ethylene via a thermodynamically allowed catalytic process. Synthesizing new catalysts and understanding their mechanism of action is the main core of our research. This requires of course screening of the catalysts produced by testing the output of the catalytic runs. The expense proposed in this project for a GC-MS is aimed at assisting our endeavor.
Program
Research Tools and Instruments - Category 1 (<$150,000)
Recipient
Location
Ontario, Canada
Recipient Type
Academia
Type
Grant
Source
NSERC's Awards Data
As published
Application id
406683-2011
Name nom
Gambarotta, Sandro
Department département
Chemistry
Organization id
28
Institution établissement
University of Ottawa
Province en
Ontario
Province fr
Ontario
Country en
CANADA
Country fr
CANADA
Fiscal year exercice financier
2010
Competition year année de concours
2011
Award amount
148613
Program id
EQPEQ
Program name en
Research Tools and Instruments - Category 1 (<$150,000)
Program name fr
Outils et instruments de recherche - catégorie 1 (<150 000$)
Group en
Discovery grants programs
Group fr
Programmes de subventions à la découverte
Committee code
1504
Committee name en
Chemistry
Committee name fr
Chimie
Area of application code
1200
Area of application group en
Advancement of knowledge
Area of application group fr
Avancement des connaissances
Area of application en
Advancement of knowledge
Area of application fr
Avancement des connaissances
Research subject code
3607
Research subject group en
Inorganic chemistry
Research subject group fr
Chimie inorganique
Research subject en
Catalysis
Research subject fr
Catalyse
Partie
1
Nb partie
1
Application title
GC-MS
Keyword
NSERC
Application summary
Plastic is today an integral part of our lifestyle. In spite of the concern for the negative environmental impact and which encourage reduction of waste and proper disposal, there are important applications and for which polyethylene and polypropylene plastics remain irreplaceable (automotive, medical, industrial,etc.). In fact this is one of the largest volume business of the world. 1-hexene and 1-octene are critical additives to control the rheology of polymeric material. The demand for these chemicals is so high that the production from oil industry cannot satisfy the demand. Hence there is need for catalytic process to produce them from ethylene via a thermodynamically allowed catalytic process. Synthesizing new catalysts and understanding their mechanism of action is the main core of our research. This requires of course screening of the catalysts produced by testing the output of the catalytic runs. The expense proposed in this project for a GC-MS is aimed at assisting our endeavor.
