Early Documentation of Manufacturing Processes

In order to document the enormous amount of literature that has been published concerning ethylene polymerization and the characterization of polyethylene in the molten and solid state, it is important to highlight several books that were published between 1956 and 1965 discussing the technology that created the rapidly growing polyethylene industry. 

The references listed below are some important texts for anyone interested in understanding the chronological events that shaped the polyethylene industry since the discovery of polyethylene utilizing high-pressure ethylene polymerization. These sources, and references cited within these sources, document most of the early research during the rapid growth period of the polyethylene industry. 

Volume XVII, Intersdence Publishing, Division of John Wiley Sons, New York. Comment These 15 chapters by individual authors deal with low-pressure ethylene copolymers over a broad range of compositions from elastic materials, block copolymers, and ethylene copolymers with styrene, and copolymers prepared with cationic and anionic methods. Each chapter includes references. 

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