A microcellular processing study of polyethylene terephthalate in the amorphous and semicrystalline states. Part I: Microcell nucleation

Polymer Engineering and Science

Volumn 36, Issue 11, 1996, Pages 1437-1445

  Baldwin, Daniel F ^a,d   Park, Chul B ^b   Suh, Nam P ^c  

^a GEORGIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^c Massachusetts Institute of Technology Cambridge   (United States)

^d LUCENT TECHNOLOGIES   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMORPHOUS MATERIALS; CRYSTALLINE MATERIALS; DENSITY (SPECIFIC GRAVITY); NUCLEATION; THERMAL EFFECTS;

CELL DENSITY; CLASSICAL NUCLEATION THEORY; GAS/POLYMER SOLUTION FORMATION; MICROCELL NUCLEATION; MICROVOID NUCLEATION; SEMICRYSTALLINE STATE;

POLYETHYLENE TEREPHTHALATES;

EID: 0030169106     PISSN: 00323888     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/pen.10538     Document Type: Article

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