Ethylene/1-hexene copolymers synthesized with a single-site catalyst: Crystallization analysis fractionation, modeling, and reactivity ratio estimation

Journal of Polymer Science, Part B: Polymer Physics

Volumn 40, Issue 23, 2002, Pages 2595-2611

  Sarzotti, Deborah M ^a   Soares, João B P ^a   Penlidis, Alexander ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WATERLOO   (Canada)

Author keywords

Copolymer composition distribution; Copolymerization; Crystallization analysis fractionation (CRYSTAF); Metallocene catalysts; Polyethylene (PE)

Indexed keywords

CATALYSTS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; COPOLYMERIZATION; CRYSTALLIZATION; FRACTIONATION; MOLECULAR WEIGHT; MONOMERS; POLYETHYLENES; SYNTHESIS (CHEMICAL);

REACTIVITY RATIO;

COPOLYMERS;

EID: 0036892133     PISSN: 08876266     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/polb.10339     Document Type: Article

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