The activation of MgCl₂ is an essential step for preparing performant Ziegler-Natta catalysts (ZNCs), but the structural characterization of the so formed δ-MgCl₂ has been left behind due to its complicated disorder. In the current study, synchrotron X-ray total scattering is applied for the structure analysis of δ-MgCl₂. Complementary use of powder X-ray diffraction (PXRD) and pair distribution function (PDF) enabled determining the type and extent of disorder for a series of mechanically and chemically activated δ-MgCl₂ samples. Moreover, their combination with molecular simulation successfully derived consistent nanoparticle models, where the conventional interpretation of disorderedly stacked nanoplates was justified in a cross-validated manner.

氯化镁的活化₂是用于制备高性能的齐格勒-纳塔催化剂（ZNCs）的必要步骤，但这样形成的δ-氯化镁的结构表征₂一直留由于后面其复杂的疾病。在目前的研究中，同步辐射X射线总散射被应用于δ-氯化镁的结构分析₂。互补使用粉末X射线衍射（PXRD）和一对分布函数（PDF）的使能确定疾病的类型和程度进行了一系列的机械和化学激活δ-的MgCl ₂样品。此外，他们与分子模拟相结合成功地获得了一致的纳米颗粒模型，其中以交叉验证的方式证明了无序堆叠纳米板的常规解释是正确的。