Dependence of the structural parameters and properties of low density polyethylene on the synthesis conditions

Abstract

In a previous publicaitons from the authors' laboratotry a method was developed to predict the structure and properties of low density polyethylene (PE-LD) that could be obtained over a very wide range of polymerization conditions. The method was proved using experimental data from the literature. However, some shortcomings of the method were noticed. The aim of this work was to overcome the shortcomings and to enable the better manipulation of experimental data using a computer. A computer program has been developed to establish the mathematical relationships between ethylene entropy and the structural parameters and density of Pe-LD. All available experimental data (more than 300 experimental points) have elaborated and confirmed our mathematical models and our theoretical predictions.