Polyolefin Compounds and Materials Fundamentals and Industrial Appli

This book describes industrial applications of polyolefins from the researchers' perspective. Polyolefins constitute today arguably the most important class of polymers and polymeric materials for widespread industrial applications. This book summarizes t

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Mariam Al-Ali AlMa’adeed Igor Krupa Editors

Polyolefin Compounds and Materials Fundamentals and Industrial Applications

Springer Series on Polymer and Composite Materials Series editor Susheel Kalia, Dehradun, India

More information about this series at http://www.springer.com/series/13173

Mariam Al-Ali AlMa’adeed Igor Krupa •

Editors

Polyolefin Compounds and Materials Fundamentals and Industrial Applications

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Editors Mariam Al-Ali AlMa’adeed Center for Advanced Materials Qatar University Doha Qatar

Igor Krupa Center of Advanced Materials Qatar University Doha Qatar

ISSN 2364-1878 ISSN 2364-1886 (electronic) Springer Series on Polymer and Composite Materials ISBN 978-3-319-25980-2 ISBN 978-3-319-25982-6 (eBook) DOI 10.1007/978-3-319-25982-6 Library of Congress Control Number: 2015954597 Springer Cham Heidelberg New York Dordrecht London © Springer International Publishing Switzerland 2016 This work is subject to copyright. All rights are reserved by the Publisher, whether the whole or part of the material is concerned, specifically the rights of translation, reprinting, reuse of illustrations, recitation, broadcasting, reproduction on microfilms or in any other physical way, and transmission or information storage and retrieval, electronic adaptation, computer software, or by similar or dissimilar methodology now known or hereafter developed. The use of general descriptive names, registered names, trademarks, service marks, etc. in this publication does not imply, even in the absence of a specific statement, that such names are exempt from the relevant protective laws and regulations and therefore free for general use. The publisher, the authors and the editors are safe to assume that the advice and information in this book are believed to be true and accurate at the date of publication. Neither the publisher nor the authors or the editors give a warranty, express or implied, with respect to the material contained herein or for any errors or omissions that may have been made. Printed on acid-free paper Springer International Publishing AG Switzerland is part of Springer Science+Business Media (www.springer.com)

Contents

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Introduction. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Mariam Al-Ali AlMa’adeed and Igor Krupa

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Polyolefins—The History and Economic Impact . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Trevor J. Hutley and Mabrouk Ouederni

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Olefin Polymerization . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Hani D. Tabba, Yousef M. Hijji and Adnan S. Abu-Surrah

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Processing Techniques for Polyolefins . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Tomáš Sedláček

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Polyolefin Blends . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 107 Adriaan S. Luyt

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Polyolefin Composites and Nanocomposites . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 157 Noora J. Al-Thani, Jolly Bhadra and Khadija M. Zadeh

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Polyolefin in Packaging and Food Industry . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 181 Igor Novák, Anton Popelka, Zdeno Špitalský, Ig