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The Metallocene & Single-Site Catalyst Short Course: A New Millenium of Innovation
Program-At-A-Glance
SESSION I: Introduction - Metallocene and Single-Site Catalysts Redefine the Polymer Industry
- Objective & Agenda
- Introduction: Metallocenes Catalyze Industry Change
- Redefining the Polymers Industry: "Polymers in Transition"
- Technology Advances
- Beyond Metallocenes
- Metallocenes and SSCs Impacts - Only the Beginning...
SESSION II: Metallocene and Single-Site Polymers - Performance in Use
- Metallocene and SSC Resins - Properties, Performance & Targets
- New Process Challenges
- Fabricating Metallocene Polymers - "Real World" Experience
- Competitive Assessment & Prospects for Growth
SESSION III: Metallocene and Single-Site Catalysts in Polyolefin and Copolymer Processes
- Polyolefins Technology History
- Polyethylene Commercial Technologies
- Polypropylene and Copolymer Technologies
SESSION IV: High Performance Metallocene & Single-Site Catalysts: Properties and Products
- Technological Change & New Capabilities
- Previously "Incompatible" Monomers
- Inexpensive Feedstocks
- Polar-/Functional Comonomer Incorporation
- Implications on Competition
SESSION V: Basic Principles of Metallocene and Single-Site Chemistry and Catalysts
- Ziegler-Natta Olefin Polymerization
- Metallocene Chemistry: General Aspects
- Historical Development of Metallocene Catalysts
- Titanocene and Lanthanide Catalysts
- Zirconocene Catalysts
- Current Scope of Metallocene Catalyst Applications
- Reaction Mechanisms
- Catalyst Activation, Propagation, Chain Transfer, Deactivation
- Active Site Structure: Key Requirements and Implications
- Co-Catalysts
- Influence of Counterions, Lewis Bases, TMA
- Kinetic Profiles
- Comparison of Single-Site and Multi-Site Catalysts
- Structure/Reactivity Relationships, Catalyst Design, and New Polymers
- Electronic, Steric, and Chirality Properties; Metal Properties (TivsZrvsHf)
- Polyethylene
- Polypropylene
- New Polymers: Poly (1, 5-Hexadiene), ROZP, Elastomeric
PP, Syndiotactic PS
- Current Problems and Future Trends in Metallocene Catalysis
- Ligand and Metallocene Synthesis: Problems and Prospects
- Non-Metallocene Single Site Catalysts
- Late Transition Metal Catalysts
- Co-catalysts and Counterions
- Supported Metallocenes
- Functionalized Polyolefins
SESSION VI: Metallocene and Single-Site Catalysts: Industry/Regional Impacts and Strategies
- Current Industry Structure
- Historic Paradigms Dismantled
- Scenario Analysis Based on Technology Impacts
- Key Factors to Success
- Strategies for Survival
- A Vision for the Year 2010
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