Kinetic modeling and prediction of polymer properties for ethylene polymerization over nickel diimine catalysts

Industrial and Engineering Chemistry Research

Volumn 44, Issue 16, 2005, Pages 5932-5949

  Lo, Dennis P ^a,b   Ray, W Harmon ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

^b DUPONT COMPANY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

KINETIC MODELING; KINETIC PARAMETERS; NICKLE DIIMINE CATALYSTS; POLYMERIZATION RATE;

CATALYSTS; CHEMICAL REACTORS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; MOLECULAR WEIGHT; NICKEL COMPOUNDS; POLYETHYLENES; PRESSURE EFFECTS; REACTION KINETICS; THERMAL EFFECTS;

POLYMERIZATION;

POLYMER;

EID: 23944513783     PISSN: 08885885     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/ie040197u     Document Type: Article

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