Metallocene Catalyzed Polymers. Materials, Properties, Processing & Markets

Content: 
Foreword, Pages v-viii
Economic Factors for the Production of Metallocene and Perfluorinated Boron Cocatalysts, Pages 1-10
Polypropylene Reinvented — Cost of Using Metallocene Catalysts, Pages 11-19
New Approaches for Ziegler-Natta Catalysts for Polypropylene, Pages 21-33
®UNIPOL Gas Phase Copolymerization with SSC Metallocene Technology, Pages 35-42
High-Molecular-Weight Atactic Polypropylene from Metallocene Catalysts. Influence of Ligand Structure and Polymerization Conditions on Molecular Weight, Pages 43-55
Homo- and Co-polymers Derived from Multicyclic Olefin Monomers: The Quest for Higher Tg Materials, Pages 57-62
The Renaissance in Polyolefin Manufacturing Technology, Pages 63-72
Mixed Metallocenes for Designer Polymers, Pages 73-80
Advances in the Functionalized Polyolefins Synthesis and Applications, Pages 81-88
SPS Crystalline Polymer: A New Metallocene-catalyzed Styrene Engineering Thermoplastic, Pages 89-95
Ethylene/α-olefin Copolymers with Metallocene Catalysts in High Pressure Process, Pages 97-102
Semicrystalline Polyolefins — Narrow MWD and Long Chain Branching: Best of Both Worlds, Pages 103-112
Structure and Properties of Single Site Constrained Geometry Ethylene-Propylene-Diene, EPDM, Elastomers, Pages 113-120
Enhancing Polyethylene Performance with INSITE® Techology and Molecular Design, Pages 121-126
Morphological Investigation on Very Low Density Ethylene-Octene Metallocene Copolymers Using SAXS, Pages 127-133
Further Studies on Metallocene ULDPE/PP Blends Impact-Morphology Relationships, Pages 135-140
Morphology of Low to Very Low Density Ethylene-Octene Metallocene Copolymers, Pages 141-147
Morphological Studies of Metallocene Plastomer Modified Polypropylenes, Pages 149-156
Comparison of the Crystallization Behavior of Ziegler-Natta and Metallocene Catalyzed Isotactic Polypropylene, Pages 157-162
Explaining the Transient Behaviors of Syndiotactic Polypropylene, Pages 163-167
Equilibrium Melting Temperatures of Ethylene Copolymers: An Appraisal of the Applicability of the Flory and Sanchez-Eby Approaches, Pages 169-175
Melt Rheology and Processability of Ethylene/Styrene Interpolymers, Pages 177-184
Characterizing the Melt Relaxation Behavior of Metallocene Polyethylenes, Pages 185-192
Studies on the Thermal Stability and Processability of Syndiotactic Polystyrene, Pages 193-197
The Performance of Primary and Secondary Antioxidants in Polyolefins Produced with Metallocene Catalysts. Part 1. Preliminary Studies Comparing m-Syndiotactic, Pages 199-207
Metallocene Plastomer Modification of Clear Polypropylene for Impact Enhancement, Pages 209-214
Frictional Behavior of Polyethylenes with Respect to Density and Melting Characteristics, Pages 215-224
Crystallinity Dependence of Modulus and Yield Properties in Polyethylenes, Pages 225-229
Processing Characteristics of Metallocene Propylene Homopolymers, Pages 231-237
Performance — Property of Novel Glass Fiber Reinforced Polypropylene Compounds and Their Applications, Pages 239-245
Injection Molding of Glass Fiber Reinforced Syndiotactic Polystyrene, Pages 247-251
Injection Molding Optimization Procedures for Polyolefin Plastomers and Elastomers, Pages 253-259
Potential Film Applications of Metallocene-based Propylene Polymers from Exxpol® Catalysis, Pages 261-270
Effect of Various Polyethylene Structures on Film Extrusion, Pages 271-276
An Innovative Approach to Understand Metallocene Based Polyolefins and Thermoplastic Resins for Film Applications, Pages 277-282
Extrusion Behavior of Exxpol Metallocene Polypropylene, Pages 283-289
The Effects of Long Chain Branching on the Processing-Structure-Property Behavior of Polyethylene Blown Film Resins, Pages 291-298
Spherilene Process LLDPE for Conventionally Blown Shrink Film, Pages 299-304
Blown Film Characterization of Metallocene Resins Made in the Phillips Slurry Loop Process, Pages 305-313
Comparison of the Fiber-Spinning Properties of Ziegler-Natta and Metallocene Catalyzed Polypropylene, Pages 315-321
Metallocene Linear Low Density Polyethylene Blends for Pouch Materials in High-Speed Hot-Liquid Filling Process, Pages 323-328
Blends of SIS Block Copolymers with Ultralow Density Polyethylenes, Pages 329-338
Preparation of Metallocene Plastomer Modified High Flow Thermoplastic Olefins, Pages 339-344
Metallocene Capabilities Drive Success of Innovative Packaging Manufacturer, Pages 345-349
- Impact of Technology on Global Polyethylene Technology, Pages 351-358
Impact of Metallocene Based Polypropylene on Existing Polypropylene Technologies and Markets, Pages 359-368
New Polyethylenes for Targeted Performance Based Applications, Pages 369-376
Polyvinyl Chloride Replacement for Flexible Medical Tubing, Pages 377-380
Index, Pages 381-386