Strategies to estimate the pressure drop threshold of nucleation for polystyrene foam with carbon dioxide

Industrial and Engineering Chemistry Research

Volumn 48, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 1921-1927

  Leung, Siu N ^a   Wong, Anson ^a   Park, Chul B ^a   Guo, Qingping ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CARBON DIOXIDE; DROPS; FOAMS; NUCLEATION; POLYSTYRENES; PRESSURE DROP;

BATCH FOAMING; BUBBLE NUCLEATIONS; FOAMING PROCESS; GAS CONTENTS; NUCLEATION THEORIES; POLYSTYRENE FOAMS; PROCESSING TEMPERATURES;

PRESSURE EFFECTS;

EID: 61849114086     PISSN: 08885885     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/ie800079x     Document Type: Article

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