Impact of molecular branching on microcellular foaming of polylactic acid in extrusion

Annual Technical Conference - ANTEC, Conference Proceedings

Volumn 1, Issue , 2009, Pages 36-40

  Wang, Jing ^a   Zhu, Wenli ^a   Park, Chul B ^a   Randall, Jed ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^b NATUREWORKS LLC   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CELL DENSITY; EXPANSION RATIO; LOW CRYSTALLINITY; LOW DENSITY FOAM; MICROCELLULAR FOAMING; MICROCELLULAR FOAMS; MOLECULAR BRANCHING; OPTIMAL PROCESSING; PHYSICAL BLOWING AGENTS; POLY LACTIC ACID; PROCESSING TEMPERATURE; SUPERCRITICAL CARBON DIOXIDES;

ACIDS; BLOWING AGENTS; CARBON DIOXIDE; ELASTOMERS; EXTRUSION; GRAIN BOUNDARIES; MICROCELLULAR RADIO SYSTEMS; PLASTIC PRODUCTS; PLASTICITY; PLASTICS EXTRUDERS; POLYMER BLENDS; PROCESSING; SUPERCRITICAL FLUID EXTRACTION;

FOAMS;

EID: 70449930742     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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