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Introduction to industrial polyethylene : properties, catalysts, processes /

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This concise primer reviews the history of polyethylene and introduces basic features and nomenclatures for this versatile polymer. Catalysts and cocatalysts crucial to the production of polyethylene are discussed in the first few chapters. Latter chapters provide an introduction to the processes us...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Malpass, Dennis B.
Corporate Author: Knovel (Firm)
Format: eBook
Language:English
Language Notes:English.
Published: Salem, Mass. : Hoboken, NJ : Scrivener Pub. ; John Wiley and Sons, ©2010.
Series:Wiley-Scrivener.
Subjects:
Polyethylene.
Polyethylenes
Polyéthylène.
polyethylene.
TECHNOLOGY & ENGINEERING > Chemical & Biochemical.
Electronic books.
Electronic book.
Online Access:Connect to the full text of this electronic book
Table of Contents:
  • Introduction to Polymers of Ethylene
  • Free Radical Polymerization of Ethylene
  • Ziegler-Natta Catalysts
  • Metal Alkyls in Polyethylene Catalyst Systems
  • Chromium Catalysts
  • Single Site Catalysts
  • An Overview of Industrial Polyethylene Processes
  • Downstream Aspects of Polyethylene
  • Glossary of Abbreviations, Acronyms and Terminology
  • Trade Name Index
  • Index.