PE/clay nanocomposites produced via in situ polymerization by highly active clay-supported Ziegler-Natta catalyst

Polymer Bulletin

Volumn 70, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 1313-1325

  Abedi, Sadegh ^a   Abdouss, Majid ^a   Nekoomanesh Haghighi, Mehdi ^b   Sharifi Sanjani, Naser ^c  

^a AMIRKABIR UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Iran)

^b IRAN POLYMER AND PETROCHEMICAL INSTITUTE   (Iran)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TEHRAN   (Iran)

Author keywords

Clay; Nanocomposites; Polyethylene; Ziegler Natta polymerization

Indexed keywords

CATALYST SYSTEM; ETHYLENE POLYMERIZATION; IN-SITU POLYMERIZATION; NANOCOMPOSITE FORMATIONS; OXIDATION INDUCTION TIME; THERMAL GRAVIMETRIC ANALYSIS; ZIEGLER NATTA POLYMERIZATION; ZIEGLER-NATTA CATALYSTS;

CATALYST ACTIVITY; CLAY; DIFFERENTIAL SCANNING CALORIMETRY; ETHYLENE; MECHANICAL PROPERTIES; POLYETHYLENES; POLYMERIZATION; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; TENSILE TESTING; THERMOGRAVIMETRIC ANALYSIS; TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; X RAY DIFFRACTION;

NANOCOMPOSITES;

EID: 84876479234     PISSN: 01700839     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00289-012-0856-1     Document Type: Article

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