ADMET modeling of branching in polyethylene. The effect of a perfectly-spaced methyl group

Macromolecules

Volumn 30, Issue 21, 1997, Pages 6688-6690

  Wagener, Kenneth B ^a   Valenti, Dominick ^a   Hahn, Stephen F ^b  

^a University of Florida   (United States)

^b DOW CHEMICAL COMPANY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CRYSTAL STRUCTURE; CRYSTALLIZATION; GEL PERMEATION CHROMATOGRAPHY; MELTING; MOLECULAR WEIGHT; MORPHOLOGY; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE SPECTROSCOPY; POLYCONDENSATION; SYNTHESIS (CHEMICAL); THERMOANALYSIS; THERMODYNAMIC PROPERTIES; UNSATURATED POLYMERS;

DEACYLATION; PERFECTLY IMPERFECT POLYETHYLENE; RETRO CLAISEN CONDENSATION;

POLYETHYLENES;

EID: 0031248758     PISSN: 00249297     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/ma970506a     Document Type: Article

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