poly(ethylene)
A polyethylene oligomer was prepared accidently by von Pechmann in
1898 from diazomethane.
The degree of polymerization of commerical polyethylene may vary from 400
to 50,000.
Properties of Ethylene Monomer
| molecular weight
| 28 deg C
|
| melting point
| -169 deg C
|
| boiling point
| -104 deg C
|
Date of Commercial Development- 1941 (Seymour)
Last Update- July 9, 1995- wld