Catalyst design for tailor-made polyolefins : proceedings of the International Symposium on Catalyst Design for Tailor-Made Polyolefins, Kanazawa, March 10-12, 1994

A selection of the contents. Articulation of kinetics of quasi-living stages to those of slurry polymerisation and an unified explanation - propane polymerisation with MgCl2EB/TiCI4-AI(C2H5)3 ( T. Ken). Active sites and mechanisms of stereospecificity in heterogeneous Ziegler-Natta catalysts (P. Corradini et al). Dependence of transient comonomer kinetics on catalyst design by magnesium chloride supported polymerisation of ethene and propane (K.A. Solli et al). A new mechanism for hydrogen activation in propane polymerisation catalysts (A. Guyot et al). Rate enhancement effects in the prepolymerisation and copolymerisation of ethylene and alpha-olefins (P.J.T. Tait, I.G. Berry). Characterization of active sites in Ti/Hf/MgCI2 catalysts by chiral reagents (R Masi, R Menconi). A new polymer-supported catalyst for olefin polymerisation (L. Sun et al.). Active center determination in Ziegler-Natta polymerisation: An innovative dual-labelling approach (S.N. Gan et al). The control of molecular weight distributions in Ziegler-Natta catalysis (R. Spitz et al). Wide range control of microtacticity in propylene polymerisation with heterogeneous catalyst systems (M. Kakugo). New heterogeneous catalysts for polyolefins (E. Albizzati et al). Mechanism of the first steps of the isotactic polymerisation with metallocene catalysts (W. Kaminsky, M. Arndt). Reaction mechanisms in metallocene-catalysed olefin polymerisation (H. Brintzinger et al.). The role of ion-pair equilibria on the activity and stereoregularity of soluble metallocene Ziegler-Natta catalysts (J.J. Eisch, S.I. Pombrik). High molecular weight monodisperse polymers synthesised by rare earth metal complexes (H. Yasuda et al). Lanthanocene based catalysts for olefin polymerisation: Scope and present limitations (J.F. Pelletier el al). Effect of ligand and inorganic support on polymerisation performances of Ti and Zr catalyst (R Ciardelli et al). Design of non-metallocene single-site olefin polymerisation catalysts (E.B. Tjaden,R.R Jordan). InsiteTM catalyst structure/activity relationships for olefin polymerisation (J.C. Stevens). Novel molecular structure opens up new applications for insite TM based polymers (K.W. Swagger). Highly isospecific heterogeneous metallocene catalysts activated by ordinary alkylalumiums (K. Soga). Syndiotactic polypropylene (T. Shiomura et al). The industrial synthesis of bimodal polyethylene grades with improved properties (L.L. Bohm et al.). Progress in gas phase polymerisation of propylene with supported TIC14 and metallocene catalysts (K.D. Hungenberg et al). Feature of metallocene-catalyzed polyolefins (N. Kashiwa). Ligand effects at transition metal centres for olefin polymerisation (F.J. Karol, S.C.'Kao).