Synthesis of ethylene/1-octene copolymers with controlled block structures by semibatch living copolymerization

AIChE Journal

Volumn 59, Issue 12, 2013, Pages 4686-4695

  Liu, Weifeng ^a   Guo, Song ^a   Fan, Hong ^a   Wang, Wenjun ^a   Li, Bo Geng ^a   Zhu, Shiping ^b  

^a ZHEJIANG UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b MCMASTER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Living copolymerization; Modeling; Olefin block copolymers; Polymerization; Reaction kinetics

Indexed keywords

BATCH POLYMERIZATIONS; COMPOSITION DISTRIBUTIONS; COMPOSITION PROFILE; COPOLYMER MOLECULAR WEIGHT; METHYLALUMINOXANE; MICRO-STRUCTURAL PROPERTIES; MODEL CORRELATION; OLEFIN BLOCK COPOLYMERS;

BLOCK COPOLYMERS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; ETHYLENE; KINETIC PARAMETERS; MODELS; MOLECULAR WEIGHT; POLYMERIZATION; REACTION KINETICS;

CATALYST ACTIVITY;

EID: 84887626297     PISSN: 00011541     EISSN: 15475905     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/aic.14204     Document Type: Article

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