Evaluating the foamability of polypropylene with nitrogen as the blowing agent

Polymer Testing

Volumn 30, Issue 8, 2011, Pages 887-892

  Yu, Chenyang ^a   Wang, Ya ^a   Wu, Bingtian ^a   Xie, Yuhong ^a   Yu, Chun ^a   Chen, Shaohua ^a   Li, Wenguang ^a  

^a SICHUAN UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Evaluating; Foam; Foamability; N2; Polypropylene

Indexed keywords

BRANCHED PP; CORRELATION FACTORS; ETHYLENE PROPYLENE RANDOM COPOLYMERS; ETHYLENE-PROPYLENE BLOCK COPOLYMERS; EVALUATING; FOAM DENSITIES; FOAM PRODUCTION; FOAMABILITY; FOAMING TEMPERATURE; HIGH MELT STRENGTHS; ISOTACTIC POLY(PROPYLENE) (IPP); MEASURING PARAMETERS; MOLECULAR ARCHITECTURE;

BLOCK COPOLYMERS; BLOWING AGENTS; COPOLYMERIZATION; ETHYLENE; FOAMS; PLASTIC PRODUCTS; PROPYLENE; THERMOPLASTICS;

POLYPROPYLENES;

EID: 80052574447     PISSN: 01429418     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.polymertesting.2011.08.014     Document Type: Article

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