Monomers composed of carbon and hydrogen atoms are the simple building blocks that make up polyolefins - molecules which are extremelyuseful 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 approachusing 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 differenttypes 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.

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 GrowthSingle Particle Models Limitations of the PFM/MGM Approach: Particle Morphology DEVELOPING MODELS FOR INDUSTRIAL REACTORS Introduction