Foaming of poly(lactic acid) based on its nonisothermal crystallization behavior under compressed carbon dioxide

Industrial and Engineering Chemistry Research

Volumn 50, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 1997-2007

  Li, Da Chao ^a   Liu, Tao ^a   Zhao, Ling ^a   Lian, Xiao Song ^a   Yuan, Wei Kang ^a  

^a EAST CHINA UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BUBBLE SIZE; COMPRESSED CO; COOLING RATES; CRYSTALLINITIES; CRYSTALLIZATION BEHAVIOR; CRYSTALLIZATION TIME; EXPANSION RATIO; INTERCONNECTED STRUCTURES; LOWER TEMPERATURE LIMITS; MELT STRENGTH; NONISOTHERMAL CRYSTALLIZATION; POLY(LACTIC ACID); POLYLACTIC ACIDS; PRESSURE DIFFERENTIAL SCANNING CALORIMETRY; TEMPERATURE RANGE; TEMPERATURE REGIONS;

BODY FLUIDS; CARBON DIOXIDE; DIFFERENTIAL SCANNING CALORIMETRY; ISOTHERMS; LACTIC ACID; TEMPERATURE;

CRYSTALLIZATION;

EID: 79951473971     PISSN: 08885885     EISSN: 15205045     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/ie101723g     Document Type: Article

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