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 T g 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 It has been estimated that within just ten years, over half of all polyolefins will be made by using metallocene catalysts. This ground-breaking volume from PDL brings togetherùfor the first timeùwork from dozens of world-renowned experts on the subject. Fifty chapters of peer-reviewed content offer insights into applications in automotive components, food packaging, insulating films, non-woven fabrics and medical markets, among others.