New challenges in polymer foaming: A review of extrusion processes assisted by supercritical carbon dioxide

Progress in Polymer Science (Oxford)

Volumn 36, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 749-766

  Sauceau, Martial ^a,b   Fages, Jacques ^a,b   Common, Audrey ^a,b   Nikitine, Clémence ^a,c   Rodier, Elisabeth ^a,b  

^a ECOLE DES MINES D ALBI CARMAUX   (France)

^b UNIVERSITÉ DE TOULOUSE   (France)

^c CNRS   (France)

Author keywords

Extrusion; Polymer foaming; Supercritical carbon dioxide

Indexed keywords

BATCH-FOAMING PROCESS; CONTINUOUS EXTRUSION; CONTINUOUS PROCESS; EXTRUSION PROCESS; FOAMING AGENT; FOOD INDUSTRIES; FURTHER DEVELOPMENT; GENERATION AND GROWTH; GLASS TRANSITION TEMPERATURE; INDUSTRIAL USE; LIQUID POLYMERS; MECHANICAL STRESS; MODELLING STUDIES; MOLTEN POLYMERS; NEW APPLICATIONS; OPERATING CONDITION; OPERATING TEMPERATURE; PARTICLE-GENERATION PROCESS; PHARMACEUTICAL APPLICATIONS; PHARMACEUTICAL FIELDS; SATURATED SOLUTIONS; SUPERCRITICAL CARBON DIOXIDE; SUPERCRITICAL CARBON DIOXIDES; SUPERCRITICAL CO; TECHNICAL EXPERTISE;

CARBON DIOXIDE; CARBON DIOXIDE PROCESS; DISSOLUTION; EFFLUENT TREATMENT; EXTRUSION; EXTRUSION DIES; GLASS TRANSITION; INDUSTRIAL APPLICATIONS; PLASTICIZERS; POLYMERS; REINFORCED PLASTICS; STRESSES; SUPERCRITICAL FLUIDS;

SUPERCRITICAL FLUID EXTRACTION;

EID: 79955484856     PISSN: 00796700     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.progpolymsci.2010.12.004     Document Type: Review

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