Periodic switching of monomer additions for controlling the compositions and microstructures of segmented and random ethylene-propylene copolymers in polypropylene in-reactor alloys

Industrial and Engineering Chemistry Research

Volumn 50, Issue 10, 2011, Pages 5992-5999

  Tian, Zhou ^a   Gu, Xue Ping ^a   Wu, Gang Liang ^a   Feng, Lian Fang ^a   Fan, Zhi Qiang ^a   Hu, Guo Hua ^b,c  

^a ZHEJIANG UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b UNIVERSITÉ DE LORRAINE   (France)

^c INSTITUT UNIVERSITAIRE DE FRANCE   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BATCH PROCESS; DISPERSED PHASE; ETHYLENE PROPYLENE COPOLYMERS; IN-REACTOR ALLOYS; MONOMER ADDITION; MULTI-ZONE CIRCULATING REACTOR TECHNOLOGIES; PARTIALLY CRYSTALLINE; PERIODIC SWITCHING; POLYOLEFIN PRODUCTION; SWITCH FREQUENCY;

BATCH DATA PROCESSING; CERIUM ALLOYS; COPOLYMERIZATION; COPOLYMERS; ETHYLENE; MECHANICAL PROPERTIES; MICROSTRUCTURE; MONOMERS;

PROPYLENE;

EID: 79955894886     PISSN: 08885885     EISSN: 15205045     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/ie102436u     Document Type: Article

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