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The Development of High Activity Catalysts in α-Olefin Polymerization

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History of Polyolefins

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The development of high activity catalysts for the polymerization of α-olefins is without doubt one of the greater achievements made in the field of polymer science during the past twenty-five years. In the polymerization of propylene catalyst activities have improved from values of 5–10 kg/gTi to values in excess of 1,000 kg/gTi within a comparatively short period of time. This dramatic increase in catalyst activity has been made possible by a number of contributing discoveries, some of which go back to the early days soon after Ziegler’s original discovery.

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  1. Department of Chemistry, UMIST, Manchester, M60 1QD, UK

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

    Raymond B. Seymour

  2. Raychem Corp., Menlo Park, California, USA

    Tai Cheng

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Tait, P.J.T. (1986). The Development of High Activity Catalysts in α-Olefin Polymerization. In: Seymour, R.B., Cheng, T. (eds) History of Polyolefins. Chemists and Chemistry, vol 7. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-009-5472-4_13

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