ABSTRACT
This text provides the basic history, molecular structure and intrinsic properties, practical applications and future developments of polyethylene production and marketing - including recycling systems and metallocene technology. It describes commercial processing techniques used to convert raw polyethylene to finished products, emphasizing special
TABLE OF CONTENTS
chapter 1|26 pages
Introduction
THE ESSENCE OF POLYETHYLENE Molecular Structure of an of covalently linked carbon atoms with a pair of hydrogen atoms
chapter 2|16 pages
Commercial Development of Polyethylene
of everyday life did not of synthetic polymers was appreciated. It was not until the 1930s that chemists,
chapter 5|62 pages
Properties of Polyethylene
of polyethylene lies in its desirable balance of physical prop- of choice for a of physical properties can be controlled by
chapter 7|3 pages
The Chemistry of Polyethylene
of reactions that polyethylene is likely to of various other
chapter |24 pages
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of 300,000 [51]. Concentrations less than or equal to ap- of the polymer can be effected
chapter 10|14 pages
The Future of Polyethylene
DISPOSAL AND RECYCLING of the by-products of a highly industrialized society is a massive amount of
