Effect of immobilization of titanocene catalyst in aralkyl imidazolium chloroaluminate media on performance of biphasic ethylene polymerization and polyethylene properties

Polymer Bulletin

Volumn 70, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 1-21

  Ochȩdzan Siodłak, Wioletta ^a   Dziubek, Katarzyna ^a   Czaja, Krystyna ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OPOLE   (Poland)

Author keywords

Ionic liquid; Metallocene catalyst; Polyethylene

Indexed keywords

BIPHASIC PROCESS; BULK DENSITY; CATALYST RECYCLING; CHLOROALUMINATES; CRYSTALLINITY DEGREE; ETHYLENE POLYMERIZATION; IMIDAZOLIUM; METALLOCENE CATALYST; MOLAR RATIO; POLYMER CHAINS; POLYMERIZATION REACTION; REACTION TEMPERATURE; TERMINATION REACTIONS; TITANOCENES;

CATALYSTS; CHLORINE COMPOUNDS; ETHYLENE; POLYETHYLENES; POLYMERIZATION; RECYCLING; THERMOPLASTICS;

IONIC LIQUIDS;

EID: 84872341728     PISSN: 01700839     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00289-012-0809-8     Document Type: Article

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