Mathematical modelling and control of chemical composition distribution of ethylene/α-olefin copolymers made with single and combined metallocene catalysts

Polymer Reaction Engineering

Volumn 8, Issue 3, 2000, Pages 241-270

  Soares, João B P ^a   Beigzadeh, Daryoosh ^a   Duever, Thomas A ^a   Da Silva Filho, Adilson A ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WATERLOO   (Canada)

^b OPP Petroquímica S A   (Brazil)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CATALYSTS; COMPOSITION; CRYSTAL MICROSTRUCTURE; CRYSTALLIZATION; ETHYLENE; FRACTIONATION; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; MOLECULAR WEIGHT DISTRIBUTION; MONOMERS; POLYOLEFINS; SYNTHESIS (CHEMICAL);

CHEMICAL COMPOSITION DISTRIBUTION; COMONOMER; CRYSTALLIZATION ANALYSIS FRACTIONATION; METALLOCENE CATALYST; TEMPERATURE RISING ELUTION FRACTIONATION; ZIEGLER-NATTA CATALYSTS;

COPOLYMERS;

EID: 0034249703     PISSN: 10543414     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/10543414.2000.10744553     Document Type: Article

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