Long term performance of insulation foams

Society of Plastics Engineers - FOAMS 2010, 8th International Conference on Foam Materials and Technology

Volumn , Issue , 2010, Pages

  Costeux, Stéphane ^a   Vo, Chau V ^b   Hood, Lawrence S ^a  

^a DOW CHEMICAL COMPANY   (United States)

^b DOW EUROPE GMBH   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Foam; HFC 134a; Polystyrene copolymer; R value; Thermal insulation; XPS

Indexed keywords

ENVIRONMENTALLY-FRIENDLY; FOAMING AGENT; HFC-134A; INNOVATIVE APPROACHES; INSULATION BOARD; INSULATION FOAM; INSULATION PERFORMANCE; INSULATION PRODUCTS; LONG TERM PERFORMANCE; MECHANICAL STRENGTH; MOISTURE MANAGEMENT; POLYSTYRENE COPOLYMER; R-VALUE; XPS;

BLOWING AGENTS; COPOLYMERIZATION; COPOLYMERS; ELECTRIC CIRCUIT BREAKERS; MECHANICAL PROPERTIES; PLASTIC PRODUCTS; POLYSTYRENES; X RAY PHOTOELECTRON SPECTROSCOPY;

THERMAL INSULATION;

EID: 79551476761     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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