VACATURE DETAILS
Bedrijf
Locatie
Gepubliceerde Datum
13-09-2011
Sluitings Datum
17-05-2012
Department
The chemistry & catalysis department is one of three departments (besides our sister departments technology development and material development) located at SABIC Technical center in Geleen (NL). We develop new catalyst systems and support our global production assets in selecting the right catalyst systems and in making the desired products with the right quality and at lowest costs.
We participate in troubleshooting activities in the plants and collaboration programs internally and externally. We work in multi-disciplinary teams and support the implementation of new recipes or new catalysts developed by our sister departments.
The department is well equipped with the state-of-the-art experimental tools varying from polymerization reactors to small scale extrusion and injection moulding equipment.
The Challenge
We use several lab-scale (a few litres) reactors for polymerising ethylene, propylene and higher comonomers. Polymerisation catalysts are tested in these reactors, but also new polymer compositions are synthesised in the course of new materials development. The laboratory reactors are highly automated such that accurately defined conditions can be applied to the polymerisation experiments. The catalysts used for polymerization are either proprietary catalysts or commercially available ones. The type of catalysts often determines the properties of the polymeric end products. And development of new catalyst systems helps us to bring polymers with differentiating properties in the market. You will participate in developing a new catalyst system for propylene polymerization. The heterogeneous catalysts to be developed are based on Ziegler/Natta catalyst type.
Your assignment will include:
- review the current knowledge and/or methodological approaches on the said topic,
- based on the review propose approaches to achieve the desired catalyst system,
- synthesize and test the catalysts in the experimental polymerization reactors to validate the proposed approaches,
- test the material properties of the obtained polymers
- propose a path forward with regard to further research and/or commercialization.
You will be supervised and supported by researchers with a profound background in catalyst synthesis, polymerization reactions and material evaluation.
Your Profile
You are a student of chemistry (academic), preferably in the third, fourth or fifth year. You are strong in conceptual thinking and it is essential that you have a sound understanding and hands-on experience of organo-metallic catalyst preparation. We expect that you can work on your own but do not hesitate to interact with your team or other departments whenever it is necessary. The company language is English.
Further Information
If you have further questions please contact Aurora Batinas, internship coordinator R&D, +31(0)467223103.
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