Morphology of Nascent Ziegler-Natta Polymers
- 29 July 1966
- journal article
- other
- Published by American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) in Science
- Vol. 153 (3735), 539-541
- https://doi.org/10.1126/science.153.3735.539
Abstract
In the polymerization of α-olefins with heterogeneous Ziegler-Natta catalysts, the polymer is formed directly as long fibrillar units with folder chains. It is proposed that the fibrils are formed by the crystallization of polymer chains growing from the active sites on the catalyst surface, a process which is likened to root growth in whiskers.Keywords
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