Flexible packaging resin used for blown and cast film, as well as extrusion coating/lamination.

Extrusion and rigid packaging polyethylene resin used for pharmaceutical, cosmetic and liquid food bottles, pails and crates.

Phillips Sumika Polypropylene Company brand name for its line of polypropylene products.

Medium density polyethylene.  See polyethylene.

A.k.a. thiol. A typically odorous sulfur compound used in diverse applications, ranging from agricultural supplements to polymerization modifiers. Chevron Phillips Chemical offers a wide range of mercaptan structures, including linear, branched, and functionalized.

An organometallic coordination compound, or more specifically, a cyclopentadienyl derivative of a transition metal or metal halide.  Metallocenes are best known as catalysts for polymerizing ethylene and propylene.

A.k.a. m-xylene, 3-methyltoluene or 1,3-dimethylbenzene.  Chevron Phillips Chemical’s Specialty Chemicals division sells high purity m-xylene.

The mass of a specific chemical defined as the weight of 6.02 x 10²³ atoms or molecules of that chemical.

A molecule of relatively simple structure and low molecular weight that is capable of being polymerized with itself or co-monomers into polymers, synthetic resins, or elastomers.  Examples of monomers include as ethylene, propylene, styrene, butadiene, and vinyl chloride.

Material Safety Data Sheet. (international: SDS) A regulatory compliance document used to provide the physical and health hazards and exposure characteristics of a product to employees, customers, and known users. The document includes product name, chemical content, physical properties, emergency and first aid procedures, and general safe handling  precautions, including known operational, maintenance, and personal protective equipment controls.