Advanced structural foam molding using a continuous polymer/gas melt flow stream

Journal of Applied Polymer Science

Volumn 109, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 2855-2861

  Xu, Xiang ^a   Park, Chul B ^a   Lee, John W S ^a   Zhu, Xindong ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

Author keywords

Blowing agents; Foams; Injection molding; Voids

Indexed keywords

FLOW OF FLUIDS; FORMING; INJECTION (OIL WELLS); MATRIX ALGEBRA; MOLDING; POLYMERS; TECHNOLOGY; VOID FRACTION;

BLOWING AGENTS; CELL SIZE DISTRIBUTIONS; CELL SIZES; FOAMS; GEOMETRIC ACCURACY; INJECTION MOLDING; MELT FLOWS; NEW TECHNOLOGIES; POLYMER MATRIX.; PROCESSING CONDITIONS; VOIDS;

PATENTS AND INVENTIONS;

FOAM; MATRIX; MOLDING; ORGANIC POLYMER;

EID: 49549116225     PISSN: 00218995     EISSN: 10974628     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/app.28248     Document Type: Article

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