Study of cell nucleation in microcellular poly(lactic acid) foamed with supercritical CO2 through a continuous-extrusion process

Industrial and Engineering Chemistry Research

Volumn 49, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 2186-2193

  Matuana, Laurent M ^a   Diaz, Carlos A ^a  

^a MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CELL DENSITY; CELL SIZE; CELL-POPULATION DENSITY; EXTRUSION FOAMING PROCESS; EXTRUSION PROCESS; FOAMING PROCESS; HETEROGENEOUS NUCLEATION; HIGH PRESSURE; HIGH TEMPERATURE; LOWER PRESSURES; MELT VISCOSITIES; MICROCELLULAR; MICROCELLULAR STRUCTURES; NANO CLAYS; NUCLEATION MECHANISM; NUCLEATION RATE; POLY(LACTIC ACID); POLYLACTIC ACIDS; PROCESSING TEMPERATURE; SEMICRYSTALLINES; SUPERCRITICAL CO;

BLOWING AGENTS; BODY FLUIDS; EXTRUSION; EXTRUSION DIES; LACTIC ACID; MICROCELLULAR RADIO SYSTEMS; NUCLEATION; ORGANIC ACIDS; PRESSURE DROP; PROCESSING; TEMPERATURE; VISCOSITY;

PRESSURE EFFECTS;

EID: 77749340053     PISSN: 08885885     EISSN: 15205045     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/ie9011694     Document Type: Article

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