Preliminary investigation on morphology in water-assisted injection molded polymer blends

Polymer Testing

Volumn 29, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 235-244

  Huang, Han Xiong ^a   Zhou, Run Heng ^a  

^a SOUTH CHINA UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (China)

Author keywords

Blend; Injection molding; Morphology; Poly(propylene) (PP); Polyamide

Indexed keywords

BLEND; CURVED DUCTS; DISPERSED PHASE; HIGH-PRESSURE WATER; INJECTION SPEED; MELT FILLING; MELT TEMPERATURE; MOLD CAVITIES; MOLDED POLYMERS; MORPHOLOGY DEVELOPMENT; PHASE MORPHOLOGY; POLY(PROPYLENE) (PP); PROCESSING PARAMETERS; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION; TEMPERATURE FIELD; WATER CHANNELS; WATER INLETS; WATER PRESSURES;

DUCTS; INJECTION MOLDING; MORPHOLOGY; PLASTIC MOLDS; POLYMER BLENDS; PROPYLENE; SIZE DISTRIBUTION;

WATER INJECTION;

EID: 75749090732     PISSN: 01429418     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.polymertesting.2009.11.006     Document Type: Article

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