Deviation from single-site behavior in zirconocene/MAO catalyst systems, 1: Influence of monomer, catalyst, and cocatalyst concentration

Macromolecular Chemistry and Physics

Volumn 202, Issue 18, 2001, Pages 3543-3550

  Frauenrath, Holger ^a   Keul, Helmut ^a   Höcker, Hartwig ^a  

^a RWTH AACHEN UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Catalyst concentration; Kinetics; Metallocene catalysts; Molecular weight distribution; Polyolefins

Indexed keywords

1 HEXENE; AMINE OXIDASE (FLAVIN CONTAINING); MONOMER; ZIRCONOCENE;

ARTICLE; CATALYST; KINETICS; MOLECULAR WEIGHT; POLYMERIZATION; REACTION ANALYSIS;

EID: 0035961005     PISSN: 10221352     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/1521-3935(20011201)202:18<3543::AID-MACP3543>3.0.CO;2-T     Document Type: Article

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