Structure and properties of flexible polyurethane foams with nano- and micro-fillers

Journal of Cellular Plastics

Volumn 47, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 357-372

  Javni, Ivan ^a   Song, Kevin ^a   Lin, Jie ^a   Petrovic, Zoran S ^a  

^a PITTSBURG STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

clay; foams; nanoparticles; polyurethane; silicas

Indexed keywords

AIR FLOW; CELL STRUCTURE; CHEMICAL BLOWING AGENTS; CLOISITE; COMPRESSION SET; COMPRESSION STRENGTH; ELONGATION AT BREAK; ETHYLENE OXIDES; FLEXIBLE FOAMS; FLEXIBLE POLYURETHANES; HARD DOMAIN; HYDROPHILIC SURFACES; MICRO-FILLERS; NANO CLAYS; NANO-FILLERS; NANO-SILICA; NATURAL MONTMORILLONITE; OPEN-CELL; QUATERNARY AMMONIUM SALT; STRUCTURE AND PROPERTIES; TEAR STRENGTH; TOLUENE DIISOCYANATES;

AMMONIUM COMPOUNDS; BLOWING AGENTS; CLAY MINERALS; ETHERS; ETHYLENE; HARDNESS; MORPHOLOGY; SILICA; TENSILE STRENGTH; TOLUENE;

FILLERS;

EID: 79960132052     PISSN: 0021955X     EISSN: 15307999     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0021955X11398115     Document Type: Article

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