Continuous Solution Polymerization of Ethylene Using Metallocene Catalyst System, Zirconocene Dichloride/Methylaluminoxane/Trimethylaluminum

Industrial and Engineering Chemistry Research

Volumn 36, Issue 12, 1997, Pages 5074-5082

  Charpentier, P A ^a   Zhu, S ^a   Hamielec, A E ^a   Brook, Michael A ^b  

^a MCMASTER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b MCMASTER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACTIVATION ENERGY; ALUMINUM COMPOUNDS; CATALYST ACTIVITY; CATALYST DEACTIVATION; CHEMICAL REACTORS; COMPOSITION EFFECTS; HIGH TEMPERATURE EFFECTS; MOLECULAR WEIGHT DISTRIBUTION; ORGANOMETALLICS; POLYMERIZATION; REACTION KINETICS; ZIRCONIUM COMPOUNDS;

CONTINUOUS STIRRED TANK REACTORS (CSTR); METHYLALUMINOXANE; POLYDISPERSITY; RESIDENCE TIME DISTRIBUTION (RTD); TRIMETHYLALUMINUM; ZIRCONOCENE DICHLORIDE;

POLYETHYLENES;

EID: 0031384820     PISSN: 08885885     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/ie9704152     Document Type: Article

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