Polymerization reaction engineering - Metallocene catalysts

Progress in Polymer Science (Oxford)

Volumn 21, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 651-706

  Hamielec, Archie E ^a   Soares, Joao B P ^b  

^a MCMASTER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WATERLOO   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CATALYSIS; CATALYSTS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; MOLECULAR STRUCTURE; ORGANOMETALLICS; POLYMERS; POLYOLEFINS; REACTION KINETICS;

METALLOCENE CATALYSTS; POLYMER REACTOR ENGINEERING;

POLYMERIZATION;

EID: 0030358036     PISSN: 00796700     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0079-6700(96)00001-9     Document Type: Review

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