Effect of the crystallinity and morphology on the microcellular foam structure of semicrystalline polymers

Polymer Engineering and Science

Volumn 36, Issue 21, 1996, Pages 2645-2662

  Doroudiani, Saeed ^a   Park, Chul B ^a   Kortschot, Mark T ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BLOWING AGENTS; BUBBLE FORMATION; COOLING; CRYSTAL STRUCTURE; CRYSTALLINE MATERIALS; DIFFUSION IN SOLIDS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; MORPHOLOGY; SOLUBILITY;

AMORPHOUS POLYMER FOAMS; BUBBLE NUCLEATION; MICROCELLULAR FOAM STRUCTURE; NUCLEATED CELL DENSITY; SEMICRYSTALLINE POLYMERS;

FOAMED PLASTICS;

EID: 0030285273     PISSN: 00323888     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/pen.10664     Document Type: Article

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