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Polyethylene-nanocomposites with CaCO3-weight fractions from 0 to 15 wt.% were prepared by in-situ polymerization with Me2Si(Ind)2ZrCl2/MAO metallocene catalysts. A high activity especially in the presence of TIBA was observed. The morphology was investigated by using raster electron microscopy (REM) showing that the CaCO3-nanoparticles are uniformly distributed. The melting temperatures and the crystallization temperatures are not much influenced by increasing filler content.
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Scharlach, K., Kaminsky, W. PE/CaCO3-nanocomposites synthesized by in-situ polymerization. J. Zhejiang Univ. - Sci. A 8, 987–990 (2007). https://doi.org/10.1631/jzus.2007.A0987
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.1631/jzus.2007.A0987