Effect of Carbon Dioxide on the Interfacial Tension of Polymer Melts

Industrial and Engineering Chemistry Research

Volumn 43, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 509-514

  Li, Hongbo ^a   Lee, L James ^a   Tomasko, David L ^a  

^a Ohio State University   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BUBBLES (IN FLUIDS); CARBON DIOXIDE; DROP BREAKUP; HIGH PRESSURE EFFECTS; HIGH TEMPERATURE EFFECTS; MOLECULAR WEIGHT; NUCLEATION; POLYMER BLENDS; POLYSTYRENES; SUPERCRITICAL FLUIDS;

FOAMING; GROWTH RATES;

SURFACE TENSION;

CARBON DIOXIDE; POLYMER; POLYPROPYLENE; POLYSTYRENE; SOLVENT;

POLYMER MELT; SUPERCRITICAL CARBON DIOXIDE;

ARTICLE; CARBON DIOXIDE TENSION; DENSITY GRADIENT; FOAMING; GROWTH RATE; HIGH TEMPERATURE PROCEDURES; HYPERBARISM; HYPOBARISM; MELTING POINT; SUPERCRITICAL FLUID; SURFACE TENSION;

EID: 0347128010     PISSN: 08885885     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/ie034092n     Document Type: Article

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