Effect of a cocatalyst modifier in the synthesis of ultrahigh molecular weight polyethylene having reduced number of entanglements

Journal of Polymer Science, Part A: Polymer Chemistry

Volumn 51, Issue 7, 2013, Pages 1630-1635

  Romano, Dario ^a   Andablo Reyes, Efren Alberto ^a   Ronca, Sara ^a   Rastogi, Sanjay ^a,b  

^a LOUGHBOROUGH UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b Research Institute   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

catalysts; cocatalyst; entanglement density; mechanical properties; phenoxy imine catalyst; polyethylene (PE); polymerization; polyolefins; rheology; synthesis; UHMWPE

Indexed keywords

ALIPHATIC COMPOUNDS; CATALYSTS; DENSITY (SPECIFIC GRAVITY); MECHANICAL PROPERTIES; MOLECULAR WEIGHT DISTRIBUTION; PHENOLS; PHENOXY RESINS; POLYMERIZATION; POLYOLEFINS; RHEOLOGY; SYNTHESIS (CHEMICAL);

COCATALYST; HOMOGENEOUS CATALYST; NUMBER AVERAGE MOLECULAR WEIGHT; NUMBER OF ACTIVE SITES; OLEFIN POLYMERIZATION; PHENOXY-IMINE; RHEOLOGICAL ANALYSIS; SINGLE-SITE CATALYSTS;

ULTRAHIGH MOLECULAR WEIGHT POLYETHYLENES;

EID: 84874595245     PISSN: 0887624X     EISSN: 10990518     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/pola.26534     Document Type: Article

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