Foaming polyethylene with CO2-based mixtures of blowing agents

Annual Technical Conference - ANTEC, Conference Proceedings

Volumn 3, Issue , 2004, Pages 3125-3129

  Champagne, M F ^a   Gendron, R ^a   Vachon, C ^a   Rampalli, S ^b  

^a NATIONAL RESEARCH COUNCIL CANADA   (Canada)

^b Andrew Corporation   (United States)

Author keywords

Carbon dioxide; Foam extrusion; HFC 134a; Polyethylene foaming

Indexed keywords

BLOWING AGENTS; CARBON DIOXIDE; CRYSTALLINE MATERIALS; DENSITY (SPECIFIC GRAVITY); DISSOLUTION; EXTRUSION; FOAMS; HIGH PERFORMANCE LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; MIXTURES; NUCLEATION; OPTIMIZATION; SOLUBILITY;

DIE PRESSURE; INJECTION ZONES; PHYSICAL FOAMING AGENTS (PFA); WEIGHT CONCENTRATION;

POLYETHYLENES;

EID: 2442574656     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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