Effect of Temperature on Foaming Behaviors of Homo- and Co-polymer Polypropylene/Polydimethylsiloxane Blends with CO2

Journal of Cellular Plastics

Volumn 45, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 303-319

  Wu, Qingfeng ^a   Park, Chul B ^a,b   Zhou, Nanqiao ^a   Zhu, Wenli ^b  

^a SOUTH CHINA UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (China)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

Author keywords

Cell density; Nucleation.; Polydimethylsiloxane; Polypropylene

Indexed keywords

CELL DENSITY; CELL MORPHOLOGY; CELL STRUCTURE; EFFECT OF TEMPERATURE; FOAMING BEHAVIOR; FOAMING TEMPERATURE; HOMOPOLYMERS; MALEIC ANHYDRIDE GRAFTED PP; MELT STRENGTH; POLYDIMETHYLSILOXANE PDMS; PROCESSING WINDOWS; RANDOM COPOLYMER; SUPERCRITICAL CO; TEMPERATURE RANGE; TEMPERATURE SPECTRA; VERY LOW TEMPERATURES;

CELL MEMBRANES; MALEIC ANHYDRIDE; MELTING POINT; MICROCHANNELS; MORPHOLOGY; NUCLEATION; POLYMER BLENDS; PUMPING PLANTS; SILICONES; SURFACE TENSION; THERMAL EFFECTS; THERMOPLASTICS; WINDOWS;

PLASTIC PRODUCTS;

EID: 68149180951     PISSN: 0021955X     EISSN: 15307999     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0021955X09102399     Document Type: Article

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