520b Dynamic prediction of microstructure and molecular size in coordination terpolymerizations including cross-linking and branching

Dias, RolandoCosta, Mário Rui2008-01-042008-01-042006Dias, Rolando; Costa, Mário (2006). 520b Dynamic prediction of microstructure and molecular size in coordination terpolymerizations including cross-linking and branching. AIChE Annual Meeting. San Francisco. ISBN 081691012X.081691012Xhttp://hdl.handle.net/10198/354The production of terpolymers using coordination catalysts is a subject with a great industrial importance, being the ethylene-propylene-diene (EPDM) the most representative chemical system within this class of polymers[1-4]. For technical reasons, only a very low content (less than 2 mol %) of diene monomer (such as ethylidene norbornene (ENB)) can usually be incorporated in the terpopolymer. Chain branching and cross-linking, leading eventually to gel formation are important limiting factors to increase the diene content as desired to obtain products with improved properties.engTerpolymerizationsNon-linear520b Dynamic prediction of microstructure and molecular size in coordination terpolymerizations including cross-linking and branchingconference object