A refined approach to bubble nucleation and polymer foaming process: Dissolved gas and cluster size effects

Journal of Colloid and Interface Science

Volumn 184, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 335-348

  Lee, James G ^a,b   Flumerfelt, Raymond W ^a,c  

^a Texas AandM University   (United States)

^b Hoechst Celanese Corporation   (United States)

^c The University of Alabama   (United States)

Author keywords

bubble nucleation; cluster size effect; dissolved gas effect; intermolecular force; intermolecular potential; polymer foaming; surface tension

Indexed keywords

FOAMING AGENT; POLYETHYLENE; POLYMER;

ARTICLE; DIELECTRIC CONSTANT; ELECTRIC POTENTIAL; GAS; PHASE TRANSITION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SURFACE TENSION;

EID: 0030602279     PISSN: 00219797     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/jcis.1996.0628     Document Type: Article

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