In order to take advantage of the Brønsted acidity of tungstophosphoric acid (TPA) and Lewis acidity of kaolin, TPA-loaded kaolin catalysts with varying percentages of TPA (10–50 ) were prepared by wet impregnation method. Fourier transform infrared spectrometer, X-ray diffractometer, Brunauer–Emmett–Teller surface area analyzer, and scanning electron microscope characterizations were performed to confirm the successful loading of TPA on kaolin. Catalytic cracking of low-density polyethylene (LDPE), by employing TPA-loaded kaolin as the catalyst, produced a higher percentage of fuel oil (liquid and gaseous hydrocarbons) with a negligible amount of semisolid wax ( ). |
