Preparation of Ultra High Molecular Weight Polyethylene with MgCl2/TiCl4 Catalyst: Effect of Hydrogen and Cocatalyst on Molecular Weight and Molecular Weight Distribution

He-xin Zhang; Young-jun Shin; Dong-ho Lee; Keun-Byoung Yoon

Macromolecular Research, Vol.20, No.1, 112-115, January, 2012

DOI10.1007/s13233-012-0013-6 Export Citation

Preparation of Ultra High Molecular Weight Polyethylene with MgCl2/TiCl4 Catalyst: Effect of Hydrogen and Cocatalyst on Molecular Weight and Molecular Weight Distribution

He-xin Zhang^{1, 2}, Young-jun Shin^{2, 3}, Dong-ho Lee^{2, 4, †}, and Keun-Byoung Yoon^{2, 4, †}

¹Laboratory of Polymer Engineering, Changchun Institute of Applied Chemistry, Chinese Academy of Sciences, 5625 Renmin Street, Changchun, 130-022, P. R. China
²Department of Polymer Science and Engineering, Kyungpook National University, Daegu, 702-701, Korea
³R&D Center, Korea Petrochemical Ind., Co., Ltd., Ulsan, 680-110, Korea
⁴R&D Center, , Korea

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