Branched polyethylene by ethylene homopolymerization with meso-zirconocene catalyst

Macromolecules

Volumn 32, Issue 21, 1999, Pages 6913-6916

  Lorella, I ^a   Caporaso, Lucia ^a   Senatore, Gerardo ^a   Oliva, Leone ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SALERNO   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CATALYSTS; HOMOPOLYMERIZATION; ISOMERS; MELTING; MONOMERS; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE SPECTROSCOPY; ORGANOMETALLICS; REACTION KINETICS; ZIRCONIUM COMPOUNDS;

ZIRCONOCENE;

POLYETHYLENES;

EID: 0033204864     PISSN: 00249297     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/ma9905876     Document Type: Article

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