Polyethylene: An account of scientific discovery and industrial innovations

ACS Symposium Series

Volumn 1000, Issue , 2009, Pages 71-102

  Patel, Rajen M ^a   Jain, Pradeep ^a   Story, Bruce ^a   Chum, Steve ^a  

^a DOW CHEMICAL COMPANY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COPOLYMERS; ETHYLENE; ORGANOMETALLICS;

CARBON AND HYDROGENS; DOW CHEMICAL COMPANIES; ETHYLENE VINYL ACETATE COPOLYMER; GLOBAL CONSUMPTION; INDUSTRIAL INNOVATION; MOLECULAR ARCHITECTURE; OLEFIN BLOCK COPOLYMERS; SCIENTIFIC DISCOVERY;

HIGH DENSITY POLYETHYLENES;

EID: 79952195799     PISSN: 00976156     EISSN: 19475918     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1021/bk-2009-1000.ch004     Document Type: Conference Paper

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