Bubble dissolution in molten polymers and its role in rotational molding

Polymer Engineering and Science

Volumn 39, Issue 7, 1999, Pages 1189-1198

  Kontopoulou, M ^a   Vlachopoulos, J ^a  

^a MCMASTER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BUBBLE FORMATION; BUBBLES (IN FLUIDS); DIFFUSION IN SOLIDS; DISSOLUTION; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; MOLTEN MATERIALS; ROTATIONAL MOLDING; SURFACE TENSION; VISCOSITY;

BUBBLE DISSOLUTION; MOLTEN POLYMERS;

ORGANIC POLYMERS;

EID: 0032651788     PISSN: 00323888     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/pen.11505     Document Type: Article

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