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Ethylene can be polymerised with Ziegler-Natta catalysts to give high density polyethylene.

The stoichiometry of 1000 monomer units polymerising is arbitrary. Average chain length, which determines physical properties, is determined by many factors: temperature, pressure, initiator concentration, etc.

1000
H2C=CH2
  +  
Ziegler-Natta
catalyst
        
–[CH2CH2]n–
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Interaction, Reaction, Process defined as:
Ethylene the Petrochemical Building Block
Polymerisation

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