Novel preparation of hybrid polypropylene/silica nanocomposites in a slurry-phase polymerization reactor

Industrial and Engineering Chemistry Research

Volumn 42, Issue 16, 2003, Pages 3750-3757

  García, Monserrat ^a,b   Van Zyl, Werner E ^a,b   Ten Cate, Mattijs G J ^a,b   Stouwdam, Jan W ^a,b   Verweij, Henk ^c   Pimplapure, Makarand S ^a   Weickert, Günter ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TWENTE   (Netherlands)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TWENTE   (Netherlands)

^c Ohio State University   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CATALYST ACTIVITY; CATALYST DEACTIVATION; CATALYSTS; CHEMICAL REACTORS; COMPOSITE MATERIALS; CRYSTAL STRUCTURE; DIFFERENTIAL SCANNING CALORIMETRY; FILLERS; HYDROPHOBICITY; NANOSTRUCTURED MATERIALS; PARTICLE SIZE ANALYSIS; POLYMERIZATION; REACTION KINETICS; SILICA; SYNTHESIS (CHEMICAL); X RAY DIFFRACTION ANALYSIS;

ZIEGLER-NATTA CATALYSTS;

POLYPROPYLENES;

MAGNESIUM CHLORIDE; POLYPROPYLENE; SILANE; SILICON DIOXIDE;

POLYPROPYLENE;

ARTICLE; CATALYST; CHEMICAL REACTION KINETICS; COMPOSITE MATERIAL; CRYSTAL STRUCTURE; DIFFERENTIAL SCANNING CALORIMETRY; HYDROPHOBICITY; NANOPARTICLE; PARTICLE SIZE; POLYMERIZATION; REACTOR; X RAY DIFFRACTION;

EID: 0043212137     PISSN: 08885885     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/ie020914p     Document Type: Article

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