Characterization of polyolefins by comprehensive high-temperature two-dimensional liquid chromatography (HT 2D-LC)

European Polymer Journal

Volumn 47, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 319-329

  Ginzburg, Anton ^a   MacKo, Tibor ^a   Dolle, Volker ^b   Brüll, Robert ^a  

^a FRAUNHOFER INSTITUTE FOR STRUCTURAL DURABILITY AND SYSTEM RELIABILITY LBF   (Germany)

^b LyondellBasell Polymer Physics and Characterization   (Germany)

Author keywords

Adsorption of polyolefins; High temperature two dimensional liquid chromatography (HT 2D LC); Polyolefins; TREF SEC

Indexed keywords

1-DECANOL; CHEMICAL COMPOSITIONS; CHEMICAL HETEROGENEITIES; CRYSTALLIZABILITY; ETHYLENE/1-HEXENE; GRADIENT HPLC; HIGH TEMPERATURE; HYPERCARB; OLEFIN COPOLYMERS; POLYOLEFIN BLENDS; POROUS GRAPHITE; SELECTIVE ADSORPTION; SEMICRYSTALLINES; TEMPERATURE-RISING ELUTION; TREF-SEC; TRICHLOROBENZENE; TWO-DIMENSIONAL LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY;

ADSORPTION; CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; COPOLYMERIZATION; COPOLYMERS; DESORPTION; ETHYLENE; HIGH PERFORMANCE LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; LIQUIDS; PLASTIC PRODUCTS; POLYETHYLENES; POLYMER BLENDS; POLYPROPYLENES; PROPYLENE; THERMOPLASTICS; TWO DIMENSIONAL;

SIZE EXCLUSION CHROMATOGRAPHY;

EID: 79951814023     PISSN: 00143057     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.eurpolymj.2010.11.016     Document Type: Article

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