Inter and intra-molecular branching distribution of tailored LLDPEs inferred by melting and crystallization behavior of narrow fractions

Journal of Thermal Analysis and Calorimetry

Volumn 96, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 697-704

  Vadlamudi, Madhavi ^a   Alamo, Rufina G ^a   Fiscus, David M ^b   Varma Nair, Manika ^b  

^a FAMU FSU COLLEGE OF ENGINEERING   (United States)

^b EXXONMOBIL UPSTREAM RESEARCH COMPANY   (United States)

Author keywords

Bivariate distribution; Branching distribution; Crystallization kinetics; Ethylene 1 hexene; Ethylene copolymers

Indexed keywords

1-HEXENE; BIVARIATE; BIVARIATE DISTRIBUTION; BRANCHING DISTRIBUTION; CHAIN BRANCHING; CHAIN DISTRIBUTION; COMONOMER CONTENT; ETHYLENE COPOLYMERS; ISOTHERMAL CRYSTALLIZATION; MELTING AND CRYSTALLIZATION; MELTING BEHAVIOR; METALLOCENES; MODEL SYSTEM; MOLAR-MASS FRACTIONS; MOLECULAR BRANCHING; MOLECULAR WEIGHT FRACTION; NARROW FRACTIONS; RANDOM COPOLYMER;

COPOLYMERIZATION; COPOLYMERS; ETHYLENE; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; MECHANICAL PROPERTIES; MELTING; MOLECULAR WEIGHT; MORPHOLOGY; ORGANOMETALLICS; POLYMER BLENDS; RESINS;

CRYSTALLIZATION KINETICS;

EID: 68349084623     PISSN: 13886150     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10973-009-0020-9     Document Type: Article

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