Synthesis and microstructural study of stereoblock elastomeric polypropylenes from metallocene catalyst (2-PhInd)2ZrCl2 activated with cocatalyst mixtures

Journal of Polymer Science, Part A: Polymer Chemistry

Volumn 51, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 724-731

  Nejabat, Gholam Reza ^a,b   Nekoomanesh, Mehdi ^a   Arabi, Hassan ^a   Salehi Mobarakeh, Hamid ^a   Zohuri, Gholam Hossein ^c   Omidvar, Mojtaba ^a   Miller, Stephen A ^b  

^a IRAN POLYMER AND PETROCHEMICAL INSTITUTE   (Iran)

^b UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

^c FERDOWSI UNIVERSITY OF MASHHAD   (Iran)

Author keywords

catalysts; elastomers; metallocene catalysts; poly(propylene) (PP); polyolefins

Indexed keywords

ATACTIC; CO CATALYSTS; COCATALYST; DYNAMIC MECHANICAL PROPERTY; DYNAMIC MECHANICAL THERMAL ANALYSIS; ELASTOMERIC POLYPROPYLENES; METALLOCENE CATALYST; MICRO-STRUCTURAL; NMR ANALYSIS; POLYMER MICROSTRUCTURES; PROPYLENE POLYMERIZATION; TRIETHYLALUMINUM; TRIISOBUTYLALUMINUM;

CATALYSTS; DIFFERENTIAL SCANNING CALORIMETRY; DYNAMIC MECHANICAL ANALYSIS; ELASTOMERS; MECHANICAL PROPERTIES; MIXTURES; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE SPECTROSCOPY; POLYMERS; POLYOLEFINS; POLYPROPYLENES; THERMOANALYSIS; THERMOPLASTICS; ZIRCONIUM;

ALUMINUM;

EID: 84872855306     PISSN: 0887624X     EISSN: 10990518     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/pola.26432     Document Type: Article

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