Polymer microstructure as a probe into hydrogen activation effect in ansa-zirconocene/methylaluminoxane catalyzed propene polymerizations

Macromolecules

Volumn 30, Issue 23, 1997, Pages 7056-7062

  Carvill, Andrew ^a   Tritto, Incoronata ^a   Locatelli, Paolo ^a   Sacchi, Maria Carmela ^a  

^a CNR   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CATALYSTS; GEL PERMEATION CHROMATOGRAPHY; HYDROGEN; MICROSTRUCTURE; MOLECULAR WEIGHT; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE SPECTROSCOPY; POLYMERIZATION; TOLUENE;

ANSA ZIRCONOCENE; HYDROGEN ACTIVATION; METHYLALUMINOXANE; POLYPROPENE;

POLYMERS;

EID: 0031275617     PISSN: 00249297     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/ma970773g     Document Type: Article

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