Effect of methylaluminoxane/transition-metal ratio on the physical properties and chemical composition distributions of ethylene-hexene copolymers produced by a rac-Et(Ind)2ZrCl2/TiCl4/MAO/SMB catalyst

European Polymer Journal

Volumn 43, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 870-876

  Park, Hai Woong ^a   La, Kyung Won ^a   Chung, Jin Suk ^b   Song, In Kyu ^a  

^a Seoul National University   (South Korea)

^b University of Ulsan   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Al(MAO) Zr ratio; Chemical composition distribution; Ethylene hexene copolymer; Metallocene Ziegler Natta hybrid catalyst; Physical property; Silica magnesium bisupport

Indexed keywords

CATALYSTS; CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; ETHYLENE; IMPREGNATION; PHYSICAL PROPERTIES; SILICA; SOL-GELS; TRANSITION METALS; ZIRCONIUM;

CHEMICAL COMPOSITION DISTRIBUTION (CCD) PEAKS; ETHYLENE-HEXENE COPOLYMER; METALLOCENE/ZIEGLER-NATTA HYBRID CATALYST; METHYLALUMINOXANE; SILICA-MAGNESIUM BISUPPORT (SMB);

COPOLYMERS;

EID: 33847024291     PISSN: 00143057     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.eurpolymj.2006.12.023     Document Type: Article

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