Dynamic model of the copolymerization of propylene and 1-hexene with the Me2Si(2-Me-Ind)2ZrCl2 catalytic system: Effect of 1-hexene concentration

Polymer - Plastics Technology and Engineering

Volumn 45, Issue 11, 2006, Pages 1233-1241

  Palza, Humberto ^a   Velilla, Teresa ^a   Quijada, Raúl ^a  

^a CIMAT   (Chile)

Author keywords

Copolymer; Mathematical modeling; Metallocene catalyst; Propylene polymerization; Reaction mechanism

Indexed keywords

CATALYST ACTIVITY; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; METHOD OF MOMENTS; MOLECULAR WEIGHT; MONOMERS; PROPYLENE; REACTION KINETICS; SYNTHESIS (CHEMICAL);

CATALYTIC SYSTEM; DYNAMIC MODEL; HEXENE; METALLOCENE CATALYST;

COPOLYMERIZATION;

CATALYST ACTIVITY; COPOLYMERIZATION; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; METHOD OF MOMENTS; MOLECULAR WEIGHT; MONOMERS; PROPYLENE; REACTION KINETICS; SYNTHESIS (CHEMICAL);

CATALYST; COPOLYMER; MATHEMATICAL MODEL; MOLECULAR WEIGHT; POLYMERIZATION; POLYPROPYLENE; REACTOR; SYNTHESIS;

EID: 33845500559     PISSN: 03602559     EISSN: 15256111     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/03602550600887533     Document Type: Article

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