Foaming behavior and cellular structure of microcellular HDPE nanocomposites prepared by a high temperature process

Journal of Cellular Plastics

Volumn 46, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 173-190

  Khorasani, Mohammad Mehdi ^a,b   Ghaffarian, Seyed Reza ^a   Babaie, Amir ^a   Mohammadi, Naser ^a  

^a AMIRKABIR UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Iran)

^b NATIONAL PETROCHEMICAL COMPANY   (Iran)

Author keywords

Batch foaming; Cellular morphology; HDPE; Microcellular nanocomposites

Indexed keywords

BATCH FOAMING; BATCH-FOAMING PROCESS; CELL STRUCTURE; CELLULAR MORPHOLOGY; CELLULAR STRUCTURE; CLAY CONTENT; CLAY NANOCOMPOSITES; CRYSTALLINE MORPHOLOGIES; CRYSTALLINITIES; FOAMING BEHAVIOR; FOAMING PROCESS; HDPE; HIGH TEMPERATURE PROCESS; MICROCELLULAR; MICROCELLULAR FOAMING; MICROCELLULAR FOAMS; MICROCELLULAR MORPHOLOGY; NANO-PARTICLE DISPERSIONS; NANOCOMPOSITE MICROSTRUCTURE; SUPER-CRITICAL;

GROWTH KINETICS; MICROCELLULAR RADIO SYSTEMS; MORPHOLOGY; NANOCOMPOSITES; VOID FRACTION;

FOAMS;

EID: 77952645176     PISSN: 0021955X     EISSN: 15307999     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0021955X09358237     Document Type: Article

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