How chemical foaming agents improve performance and productivity

Plastics Engineering

Volumn 56, Issue 5, 2000, Pages 47-50

  Reedy, Michael E ^a  

^a Reedy International Corporation   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADDITIVES; CARBON DIOXIDE; EMULSIONS; INJECTION MOLDING; LOW DENSITY POLYETHYLENES; MARKETING; NITROGEN; PARTICLE SIZE ANALYSIS; PH EFFECTS; PRODUCTIVITY; SUPERCRITICAL FLUIDS; THERMOPLASTICS;

ENDOTHERMIC AGENT; MICROCELLULAR STRUCTURE; MISCIBILITY; SEMICRYSTALLINE THERMOPLASTICS;

BLOWING AGENTS;

EID: 0034191550     PISSN: 00919578     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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