Structures and physical properties of rigid polyurethane foams with water as the sole blowing agent

Science in China, Series B: Chemistry

Volumn 49, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 363-370

  Li, Xiaobin ^a,b   Cao, Hongbin ^a   Zhang, Yi ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF PROCESS ENGINEERING   (China)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CHINESE ACADEMY OF SCIENCES   (China)

Author keywords

Cell size; Compressive strength; Dimensional stability; Glass transition temperature; Polyether polyol; Polyurethane rigid foam

Indexed keywords

BLOWING AGENTS; COMPRESSIVE STRENGTH; DIFFERENTIAL SCANNING CALORIMETRY; DIMENSIONAL STABILITY; GLASS TRANSITION; PHYSICAL PROPERTIES; POLYETHERS; RIGID FOAMED PLASTICS; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; THERMOANALYSIS; WATER LEVELS;

CELL SIZE; CHEMICAL BLOWING AGENT; GLASS TRANSITION TEMPERATURE; POLYETHER POLYOL; POLYURETHANE RIGID FOAM;

POLYURETHANES;

EID: 33748691009     PISSN: 10069291     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11426-006-2007-8     Document Type: Article

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