Structure and properties of radiation cross-linked polypropylene foam

Polymer - Plastics Technology and Engineering

Volumn 50, Issue 10, 2011, Pages 1027-1034

  Feng, Jian Min ^a   Wang, Wei Kang ^a   Yang, Wei ^a   Xie, Bang Hu ^a   Yang, Ming Bo ^a  

^a SICHUAN UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Cell structure; Foaming temperature; Foaming time; mechanical properties; PP foam

Indexed keywords

CELL DENSITY; CELL SIZE; CELL STRUCTURE; COMPRESSION MODULUS; COMPRESSION STRENGTH; CROSSLINKED; ELECTRON BEAM IRRADIATION; EXPANSION RATIO; FOAM DENSITIES; FOAMING TEMPERATURE; MASTERBATCH; MORPHOLOGY PARAMETERS; OPTIMUM TEMPERATURE; POLYPROPYLENE FOAMS; PROCESSING CONDITION; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPES; STRUCTURE AND PROPERTIES; TWO-STEP PROCESS;

BIOMECHANICS; CELLS; COALESCENCE; ELECTRON BEAMS; MORPHOLOGY; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; THERMOPLASTICS;

MECHANICAL PROPERTIES;

EID: 79960680808     PISSN: 03602559     EISSN: 15256111     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/03602559.2011.557821     Document Type: Article

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