Polyethylene (HDPE/LDPE/LLDPE)

Layer 2 — Chemistryin the Petrochemistry And Industrial subtree

Ethylene chain polymer; #1 commodity plastic (~120 Mt/y). LDPE: branched, free-radical, high-pressure. HDPE: linear, Ziegler-Natta/metallocene. LLDPE: short-branch copolymer with α-olefins.

Related concepts

Polymerization
Ziegler–Natta polymerization

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