Critical processing parameters for foamed bead manufacturing in a lab-scale autoclave system

Chemical Engineering Journal

Volumn 214, Issue , 2013, Pages 180-188

  Guo, Yanting ^a,b   Hossieny, Nemat ^b   Chu, Raymond K M ^b   Park, Chul B ^a,b   Zhou, Nanqiao ^a  

^a SOUTH CHINA UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (China)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

Author keywords

Bead foaming; Crystallization; Die effect; Double peak melting behaviour; Expanded polypropylene

Indexed keywords

CELLULAR MORPHOLOGY; CRITICAL PARAMETER; DOUBLE PEAK; FOAMING TECHNOLOGY; GEOMETRICAL STRUCTURE; LOW DENSITY; MANUFACTURING IS; MANUFACTURING PROCESS; PROCESSING CONDITION; PROCESSING PARAMETERS;

BLOWING AGENTS; CARBON DIOXIDE; CRYSTALLIZATION; POLYPROPYLENES; PRESSURE VESSELS;

MANUFACTURE;

EID: 84869880398     PISSN: 13858947     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cej.2012.10.043     Document Type: Article

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