Production of thick microcellular thermoplastic sheets

Annual Technical Conference - ANTEC, Conference Proceedings

Volumn 2, Issue , 2003, Pages 1722-1726

  Kumar, Vipin ^a   Nadella, Krishna ^a   Li, Wei ^a  

^a University of Washington   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FOAMED PLASTICS; HOT PRESSING; MICROSTRUCTURE; NUCLEATION; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; THERMOPLASTICS;

FOAMED SHEETS;

PLASTIC SHEETS;

EID: 0141505017     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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