Synthesis of ultrahigh molecular weight polyethylene using traditional heterogeneous ziegler-natta catalyst systems

Industrial and Engineering Chemistry Research

Volumn 48, Issue 10, 2009, Pages 4866-4871

  Padmanabhan, Sudhakar ^a   Sarma, Krishna R ^a   Sharma, Shashikant ^a  

^a RELIANCE INDUSTRIES LIMITED   (India)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

AVERAGE PARTICLE SIZE; BULK DENSITY; COARSE PARTICLES; CONCENTRATION OF; CONSISTENT QUALITY; HETEROGENEOUS ZIEGLER-NATTA CATALYST; ISOBUTYL; OPERATING CONDITION; OXIDATION STATE; POLYMER CHARACTERISTICS; POLYMER INDUSTRIES; POLYMER PROPERTIES; PRECATALYSTS; PROCESS CONDITION; PROCESS PARAMETERS; REACTION CONDITIONS; SPECIFIC VISCOSITY; ZIEGLER-NATTA;

CATALYSIS; CATALYSTS; MOLECULAR WEIGHT; PARTICLE SIZE; SYNTHESIS (CHEMICAL); THERMOPLASTICS; TITANIUM;

POLYMERS;

EID: 67249109106     PISSN: 08885885     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/ie802000n     Document Type: Article

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