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1Dr. J. LaMonte AdamsSenior EngineerDr. David M. SimpsonProject ScientistPolyethylene Product CapabilitiesFrom metallocene Catalysts with theUNIPOL ProcessDr. William A. FraserExecutive Vice President, R&D and Engineering Univation TechnologiesExxon Chemical/Union Carbide Joint VenturePO Box 670Bound Brook, NJ 08805USA2ABSTRACTMetallocene catalysts developed and provenin the UNIPOL gas-phase PE Process comprisea platform technology for creating new families ofimproved polyethylenes for volume PE which will win in the diverse and frag-mented volume film markets of Asia/Pacific mustbe especially versatile in their ability to be proc-essed on a wide range of fabrication technology has been used withthe UNIPOL Process to demonstrate a range ofmPEs with narrow to broad molecular weight dis-tribution, narrow comonomer distribution, and lin-ear to long chain branched structures. Prototype,improved processing mPEs for blown film appli-cations span a wide performance domainof processability and properties.

1 Dr. J. LaMonte Adams Senior Engineer Dr. David M. Simpson Project Scientist Polyethylene Product Capabilities From Metallocene Catalysts with the

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