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Controlled Rheology PP Resins

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History of Polyolefins

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The development of controlled rheology (CR) products and of the process for making them began with recognition of the important negative impact of polypropylene’s very high melt elasticity on the processor’s high-speed operations.

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  1. Exxon Chemical Company, P. O. Box 45, Linden, New Jersey, 07036, USA

    Ronald C. Kowalski

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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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Kowalski, R.C. (1989). Controlled Rheology PP Resins. 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_17

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