Improving the wall uniformity of resorcinol formaldehyde foam shells by modifying emulsion components

Fusion Science and Technology

Volumn 51, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 682-687

  Paguio, R R ^a   Takagi, M ^b   Thi, M ^a   Hund, J F ^a   Nikroo, A ^a   Paguio, S ^a   Luo, R ^a   Greenwood, A L ^a   Acenas, O ^c   Chowdhury, S ^d  

^a GENERAL ATOMICS   (United States)

^b LAWRENCE LIVERMORE NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^c CALIFORNIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BLOCK COPOLYMERS; DROP FORMATION; FORMALDEHYDE; LASER FUSION; MICROEMULSIONS; STYRENE; SURFACE TENSION; VISCOSITY;

DROPLET GENERATORS; FOAM SHELLS; MICROENCAPSULATION EMULSION;

FOAMS;

EID: 34250647795     PISSN: 15361055     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.13182/FST51-682     Document Type: Conference Paper

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