Termination, isomerization, and propagation reactions during ethene polymerization catalyzed by Cp2Zr-R+ and Cp*2Zr-R+. An experimental and theoretical investigation

Macromolecules

Volumn 31, Issue 21, 1998, Pages 7149-7165

  Thorshaug, Knut ^a   Støvneng, Jon Andreas ^a   Rytter, Erling ^a,b   Ystenes, Martin ^a  

^a NORWEGIAN UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Norway)

^b STATOIL   (Norway)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACTIVATION ENERGY; CATALYSTS; ETHYLENE; ISOMERIZATION; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; MOLECULAR STRUCTURE; MOLECULAR WEIGHT DISTRIBUTION; MONOMERS; PRESSURE EFFECTS; REACTION KINETICS; SOLVENTS;

CHAIN ISOMERIZATION; CHAIN PROPAGATION; CHAIN TERMINATION; HYDROGEN TRANSFER;

POLYMERIZATION;

EID: 0032181123     PISSN: 00249297     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/ma980694k     Document Type: Article

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