Urea hard segment morphology in flexible polyurethane foam

Journal of Polymer Science, Part B: Polymer Physics

Volumn 36, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 573-581

  Neff, Raymond ^a,c   Adedeji, Adeyinka ^a,d   Macosko, Christopher W ^a   Ryan, Anthony J ^b,e  

^a University of Minnesota   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

^c BASF CORPORATION   (United States)

^d GE PLASTICS   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF SHEFFIELD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Block segmented copolymers; Microphase separation; Optical microscopy; Polyether polyol; Polyurethane foam; Small angle X ray scattering; Transmission electron microscopy

Indexed keywords

BLOCK COPOLYMERS; CHEMICAL MODIFICATION; ELECTRON BEAMS; GLYCEROL; GRAIN SIZE AND SHAPE; IMPREGNATION; MOLECULAR STRUCTURE; MORPHOLOGY; PHASE SEPARATION; POLYURETHANES; TEXTURES; UREA;

POLYETHER POLYOL; SMALL ANGLE X RAY SCATTERING;

FLEXIBLE FOAMED PLASTICS;

EID: 0032024697     PISSN: 08876266     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1099-0488(199803)36:4<573::AID-POLB4>3.0.CO;2-Q     Document Type: Article

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