Long chain branching in ethylene polymerization using constrained geometry metallocene catalyst

Macromolecular Chemistry and Physics

Volumn 199, Issue 11, 1998, Pages 2409-2416

  Wang, Wen Jun ^a   Yan, Dajing ^a   Charpentier, Paul A ^a   Zhu, Shiping ^a   Hamielec, Archie E ^a   Saver, Brian G ^b  

^a MCMASTER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b MCMASTER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

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EID: 0000551304     PISSN: 10221352     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1521-3935(19981101)199:11<2409::AID-MACP2409>3.0.CO;2-A     Document Type: Article

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