Fundamental foaming mechanisms governing the volume expansion of extruded polypropylene foams

Journal of Applied Polymer Science

Volumn 91, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 2661-2668

  Naguib, Hani E ^a   Park, Chul B ^b   Reichelt, N ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OTTAWA   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^c BOREALIS POLYOLEFINE GMBH   (Austria)

Author keywords

Blowing agents; Crystallization; Diffusion; Foam extrusion; Poly(propylene) (PP)

Indexed keywords

BLOWING AGENTS; CAMERAS; CHARGE COUPLED DEVICES; CRYSTALLIZATION; DIFFUSION; EXTRUSION; IMAGE ANALYSIS; POLYPROPYLENES; SOLIDIFICATION; THERMAL EFFECTS;

FOAMING; GAS LOSS; POLYPROPYLENE FOAM;

FOAMED PLASTICS;

FOAM;

EID: 0942268459     PISSN: 00218995     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/app.13448     Document Type: Article

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