Chain extension and foaming of recycled PET in extrusion equipment

Macromolecular Symposia

Volumn 228, Issue , 2005, Pages 185-200

  Di Maio, L ^a   Coccorullo, I ^a   Montesano, S ^a   Incarnato, L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SALERNO   (Italy)

Author keywords

Chemical blowing agent; Foaming; Morphology; Reactive extrusion

Indexed keywords

BLOWING AGENTS; EXTRUSION; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; MOLECULAR WEIGHT; MORPHOLOGY; VISCOSITY;

CHEMICAL BLOWING AGENT; FOAMING; PDMA; REACTIVE EXTRUSION;

POLYETHYLENE TEREPHTHALATES;

EID: 25644461111     PISSN: 10221360     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/masy.200551017     Document Type: Article

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