Contents
Contributions to the Ziegler–Natta Catalysis: An Anthology . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1
Gerhard Fink
Giulio Natta and the Development of Stereoselective Propene
Polymerization . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 37
Vincenzo Busico
The Slurry Polymerization Process with Super-Active
Ziegler-Type Catalyst Systems: From the 2 L Glass
Autoclave to the 200 m
3 Stirred Tank Reactor . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 59
L.L. Bo ¨hm
The Use of Donors to Increase the Isotacticity of Polypropylene . . . . . . . . . 81
Toshiaki Taniike and Minoru Terano
Kinetics of Olefin Polymerization and Active Sites
of Heterogeneous Ziegler–Natta Catalysts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 99
Lyudmila A. Novokshonova and Vladimir A. Zakharov
Phillips Cr/Silica Catalyst for Ethylene Polymerization . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 135
Ruihua Cheng, Zhen Liu, Lei Zhong, Xuelian He, Pengyuan Qiu,
Minoru Terano, Moris S. Eisen, Susannah L. Scott, and Boping Liu
Polyolefin Characterization: Recent Advances in Separation
Techniques . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 203
Benjamı ´n Monrabal
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