Production of polyurethane foams in space: Gravitational and pressure effects on foam formation

American Chemical Society, Polymer Preprints, Division of Polymer Chemistry

Volumn 41, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 1056-1057

  McManus, Samuel P ^a,b  

^a University of Alabama in Huntsville   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA IN HUNTSVILLE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALUMINUM; BLOWING AGENTS; FOAMED PLASTICS; GRAVITATIONAL EFFECTS; MICROGRAVITY PROCESSING; PARTICLES (PARTICULATE MATTER); WATER;

CLOSED-CELL FOAMS; POLYURETHANE FOAMS;

POLYURETHANES;

EID: 0033733165     PISSN: 00323934     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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