On the Development of Titanium κ1-Amidinate Complexes, Commercialized as Keltan ACE™ Technology, Enabling the Production of an Unprecedented Large Variety of EPDM Polymer Structures

Journal of Polymer Science, Part A: Polymer Chemistry

Volumn 55, Issue 18, 2017, Pages 2877-2891

  van Doremaele, Gerard ^a,b   van Duin, Martin ^a   Valla, Maxence ^a   Berthoud, Alexandra ^a  

^a ARLANXEO Elastomers BV   (Netherlands)

^b CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

catalysts; EPDM; Keltan ACE Technology; polyolefins; post metallocene; product diversification; rubber

Indexed keywords

CATALYSTS; ETHYLENE; GELATION; METAL COMPLEXES; MOLECULAR WEIGHT; MOLECULAR WEIGHT DISTRIBUTION; ORGANOMETALLICS; POLYETHYLENES; POLYOLEFINS; RUBBER;

5-ETHYLIDENE-2-NORBORNENE; BIMODAL MOLECULAR WEIGHT DISTRIBUTION; CATALYST TECHNOLOGIES; EPDM; HIGH MOLECULAR WEIGHT; POLYMER CHARACTERISTICS; POST-METALLOCENE; PRODUCT DIVERSIFICATION;

POLYMERS;

EID: 85026737310     PISSN: 0887624X     EISSN: 10990518     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/pola.28634     Document Type: Review

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