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History of Polyolefins

The World’s Most Widely Used Polymers

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  • © 1986

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Editors:
  1. Raymond B. Seymour

    1. Department of Polymer Science, The University of Southern Mississippi, USA

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  2. Tai Cheng

    1. Raychem Corp., Menlo Park, USA

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Part of the book series: Chemists and Chemistry (CACH, volume 7)

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Table of contents (18 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-xii
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  2. Introduction to History of Polyolefins

    • Raymond B. Seymour
    Pages 1-7

  3. The Discovery of Polyethylene and Its Effect on the Evolution of Polymer Science

    • D. G. H. Ballard
    Pages 9-53

  4. Research Work in High Pressure Polyethylene Synthesis at C.d.F. Chimie

    • J. P. Machon
    Pages 55-69

  5. The History of the Crosslinking of Polyolefins

    • Malcolm Dole
    Pages 71-86

  6. Early Polyolefin Synthesis with Ziegler Catalysis

    • E. J. Vandenberg
    Pages 87-101

  7. History of Crystalline Polypropylene

    • J. Paul Hogan, Robert L. Banks
    Pages 103-115

  8. An Overview of Polypropylene Resins

    • Tai C. Cheng
    Pages 117-130

  9. History of Helical Structures in Vinyl Polymers

    • R. H. Marchessault
    Pages 131-142

  10. Polyolefin Elastomers — Fifty Years of Progress

    • Erik G. M. Tornqvist
    Pages 143-161

  11. Optically Active Polyolefins

    • Francesco Ciardelli, Carlo Carlini
    Pages 163-176

  12. Ethylene Copolymer Ionomers

    • R. J. Statz
    Pages 177-192

  13. Catalysis and the Polyethylene Revolution

    • Frederick J. Karol
    Pages 193-211

  14. The Development of High Activity Catalysts in α-Olefin Polymerization

    • Peter J. T. Tait
    Pages 213-242

  15. The Role of Mgcl2 on the Activity of Olefin Polymerization

    • Kazuo Soga
    Pages 243-256

  16. Synthesis of Polyolefins with Homogeneous Ziegler-Natta-Catalysts of High Activity

    • W. Kaminsky
    Pages 257-270

  17. CNRS Contribution to the Phillips Catalysts

    • A. Guyot, R. Spitz
    Pages 271-305

  18. Controlled Rheology PP Resins

    • Ronald C. Kowalski
    Pages 307-318

  19. Conclusions

    • Raymond B. Seymour
    Pages 319-321

  20. Back Matter

    Pages 323-336
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Editors and Affiliations

  • Department of Polymer Science, The University of Southern Mississippi, USA

    Raymond B. Seymour

  • Raychem Corp., Menlo Park, USA

    Tai Cheng

Bibliographic Information

  • Book Title: History of Polyolefins

  • Book Subtitle: The World’s Most Widely Used Polymers

  • Editors: Raymond B. Seymour, Tai Cheng

  • Series Title: Chemists and Chemistry

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-009-5472-4

  • Publisher: Springer Dordrecht

  • eBook Packages: Springer Book Archive

  • Copyright Information: Springer Science+Business Media Dordrecht 1986

  • Hardcover ISBN: 978-90-277-2128-0Published: 30 November 1985

  • Softcover ISBN: 978-94-010-8916-6Published: 13 November 2013

  • eBook ISBN: 978-94-009-5472-4Published: 06 December 2012

  • Edition Number: 1

  • Number of Pages: XII, 336

  • Topics: Polymer Sciences, Organic Chemistry

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