Ethylene polymerization kinetics with a heterogeneous metallocene catalyst - Comparison of gas and slurry phases

Macromolecular Materials and Engineering

Volumn 290, Issue 6, 2005, Pages 610-620

  Bergstra, Michiel F ^a,b   Weickert, Günter ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TWENTE   (Netherlands)

^b BOREALIS POLYMERS OY   (Finland)

Author keywords

Ethylene polymerization; Gas phase; Kinetics; Metallocene catalysts; Slurry phase

Indexed keywords

CATALYSTS; HEAT TRANSFER; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; MOLECULAR WEIGHT; POLYETHYLENES; REACTION KINETICS; SLURRIES; TEMPERATURE CONTROL;

ETHYLENE POLYMERIZATION; GAS PHASE; METALLOCENE CATALYSTS; SLURRY PHASE;

POLYMERIZATION;

EID: 20844438669     PISSN: 14387492     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/mame.200500085     Document Type: Article

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