Recent developments in polyethylene polymers can be traced back to innovative catalytic and process technology enabling better control in molecular architecture, leading to unique performance characteristics.  Majority of the developments can be attributed to the metallocene catalyzed linear polyethylene materials, used for wide variety of film applications. Specific control of the molecular architecture is crucial for the optimum balance of processability characteristics and performance attributes. This is very critical in this era, as we thrive for less material use (down gaging) with enhanced final performance. This presentation will cover one of the recent exciting development in linear polyethylene polymer leading to extreme performance (especially in mechanical properties for wide variety of film applications) without sacrificing processability characteristics.

Innovative performance polyethylene polymers: Development and applications

254th National Meeting (2017)

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