Expanded waste ground rubber tire powder/polypropylene composites: Processing-structure relationships

Journal of Composite Materials

Volumn 43, Issue 24, 2009, Pages 3003-3015

  Xin, Zhen Xiang ^a,b   Zhang, Zhen Xiu ^a   Zhang, Bao Sheng ^b   Pal, Kaushik ^a   Deng, Xu ^a   Lee, Sung Hyo ^c   Kim, Jin Kuk ^a  

^a Gyeongsang National University   (South Korea)

^b QINGDAO UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (China)

^c QUEEN S UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Central composite design; Chemical blowing agent.; Extrusion foaming; Polypropylene; Waste ground rubber tire powder

Indexed keywords

CELL DENSITY; CELL SIZE; CENTRAL COMPOSITE DESIGN; CENTRAL COMPOSITE DESIGNS; CHEMICAL BLOWING AGENT.; CHEMICAL BLOWING AGENTS; COMPOSITE FOAMS; DIE TEMPERATURES; DISPERSED PHASE; EXTRUSION FOAMING; FOAM EXTRUSION; FOAM STRUCTURE; GROUND RUBBERS; POLYPROPYLENE MATRICES; PROCESS PARAMETERS; PROCESSING CONDITION; REGRESSION MODEL; RESPONSE SURFACE PLOT; SCREW SPEED; STATISTICAL APPROACH; VALUE ADDED; WASTE GROUND RUBBER TIRE POWDER; WASTE TIRE POWDER; WASTE TIRES;

BLOWING AGENTS; EXTRUSION; PLASTIC PRODUCTS; POLYPROPYLENES; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RUBBER; STRUCTURAL DESIGN; THERMOPLASTICS; TIRES; VOID FRACTION; WHEELS;

FOAMS;

EID: 70449339796     PISSN: 00219983     EISSN: 1530793X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0021998309345346     Document Type: Article

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