Basic Description of Polyethylene

Ethylene (CH2=CH2), the simplest olefin, may be polymerized (eq 1.1) through the action of initiators and catalysts. Initiators are most commonly [Pg.2]

Hogan and Banks (Phillips Petroleum chemists) produce high MW linear HOPE with a silica-supported chromium catalyst [Pg.3]

Kaminsky, Sinn and coworkers discover high activity metallocene SSC using MAO as cocatalyst [Pg.3]

Unipol gas phase process for MDPE and HOPE commercialized by Union Carbide [Pg.3]

Brookhart and coworkers discover non-metallocene SSC based on chelated late transition metals [Pg.3]

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