Effects of cell structure and density on the properties of high performance polyimide foams

Polymers for Advanced Technologies

Volumn 16, Issue 2-3, 2005, Pages 167-174

  Williams, Martha K ^a   Weiser, Erik S ^b   Fesmire, James E ^a   Grimsley, Brian W ^b   Smith, Trent M ^a,c   Brenner, James R ^c   Nelson, Gordon L ^c  

^a KENNEDY SPACE CENTER   (United States)

^b NASA LANGLEY RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

^c FLORIDA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

Foams; High performance polymers; Mechanical properties; Polyimides; Thermal properties

Indexed keywords

ALCOHOLS; CARBOXYLIC ACIDS; COMPRESSIVE STRENGTH; DENSITY (SPECIFIC GRAVITY); MOLECULAR STRUCTURE; MOLECULAR WEIGHT; MONOMERS; POLYIMIDES; POLYMER BLENDS; THERMAL CONDUCTIVITY; THERMOANALYSIS;

CELL STRUCTURES; FOAM DENSITY; MONOMER BLENDS; POLYIMIDE FOAMS;

FOAMS;

POLYMER SCIENCE;

EID: 15544375683     PISSN: 10427147     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/pat.567     Document Type: Article

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