A quantitative investigation of the effect of the recipe on the trimer-yield in polyisocyanurate foams

Journal of Cellular Plastics

Volumn 42, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 289-305

  Lövgenich, Catherine J ^a   Raffel, Bolko ^a  

^a Formerly Baver Material Science AG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Blowing agent; Burning behavior; Isocyanurate conversion; Isocyanurate yield; PIR catalyst; Polyisocyanurate; Polyurethane; Rigid foam

Indexed keywords

BURNING BEHAVIOR; ISOCYANURATE CONVERSION; ISOCYANURATE YIELD; PIR-CATALYST; POLYISOCYANURATE; RIGID FOAM;

BLOWING AGENTS; CATALYSTS; CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; FLAMMABILITY; FOAMS; FOURIER TRANSFORM INFRARED SPECTROSCOPY;

POLYURETHANES;

EID: 33745463281     PISSN: 0021955X     EISSN: 15307999     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0021955X06063515     Document Type: Article

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