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Monomers composed of carbon and hydrogen atoms are the simple building blocks that make up polyolefins - molecules which are extremely
useful and which have an extraordinary range of properties and applications. How these monomer molecules are connected in the polymer chain defines the molecular architecture of polyolefins.
Written by two world-renowned authors pooling their experience from industry and academia, this book adopts a unique engineering approach
using elegant mathematical modeling techniques to relate polymerization conditions, reactor and catalyst type to polyolefin properties.
Readers thus learn how to design and optimize polymerization conditions to produce polyolefins with a given microstructure, and how different
types of reactors and processes are used to create the different products.
Aimed at polymer chemists, plastics technologists, process engineers,the plastics industry, chemical engineers, materials scientists, and company libraries.
List of contents
PREFACE
INTRODUCTION TO POLYOLEFINS
Introduction
Polyethylene Resins
Polypropylene Resins
POLYOLEFIN MICROSTRUCTURAL CHARACTERIZATION
Introduction
Molecular Weight Distribution
Chemical Composition Distribution
Cross-Fractionation Techniques
Long-Chain Branching
POLYMERIZATION CATALYSIS AND MECHANISM
Introduction
Catalyst Types
Supporting Single-Site Catalysts
Polymerization Mechanism with Coordination Catalysts
POLYOLEFIN REACTORS AND PROCESSES
Introduction
Reactor Configurations and Design
Olefin Polymerization Processes
Conclusion
POLYMERIZATION KINETICS
Introduction
Fundamental Model for Polymerization Kinetics
Nonstandard Polymerization Kinetics Models
Vapor-Liquid-Solid Equilibrium Considerations
POLYOLEFIN MICROSTRUCTURAL MODELING
Introduction
Instantaneous Distributions
Monte Carlo Simulation
PARTICLE GROWTH AND SINGLE PARTICLE MODELING
Introduction
Particle Fragmentation and Growth
Single Particle Models
Limitations of the PFM/MGM Approach: Particle Morphology
DEVELOPING MODELS FOR INDUSTRIAL REACTORS
Introduction
About the author
Joao B. P. Soares is a Professor in the Department of Chemical Engineering at the University of Waterloo. Before moving to Canada, he worked during four years as an R&D engineer for Pronor, COPENE, and Polibrasil (Brazil). He did his PhD thesis under the supervision of Professor A.E. Hamielec, in the Department of Chemical Engineering at McMaster University and joined the faculty in the Department of Chemical Engineering at the University of Waterloo in 1995.Professor Soares' research interests are: polymerization reactor engineering for Ziegler-Natta, metallocene, late transition metal, free-radical and living free-radical polymerization, polymer microstructural characterization and fractionation, mathematical modeling of polymer microstructure, and in-situ polymer nanocomposites.Professor Soares is recipient of the Premier?s Research Excellence Award (2000), the Union Carbide/Dow Innovation Recognition Program (2000,2001), and the Syncrude/CSChE Canada Innovation Award (2001).
Summary
Monomers composed of carbon and hydrogen atoms are the simple building blocks that make up polyolefins - molecules which are extremely
useful and which have an extraordinary range of properties and applications. How these monomer molecules are connected in the polymer chain defines the molecular architecture of polyolefins.
Written by two world-renowned authors pooling their experience from industry and academia, this book adopts a unique engineering approach
using elegant mathematical modeling techniques to relate polymerization conditions, reactor and catalyst type to polyolefin properties.
Readers thus learn how to design and optimize polymerization conditions to produce polyolefins with a given microstructure, and how different
types of reactors and processes are used to create the different products.
Aimed at polymer chemists, plastics technologists, process engineers,the plastics industry, chemical engineers, materials scientists, and company libraries.
