Tensile properties of microcellular poly(lactic acid) foams blown by compressed CO2

Journal of Cellular Plastics

Volumn 49, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 101-117

  Ji, Guoying ^a   Wang, Jing ^a   Zhai, Wentao ^a   Lin, Dongpo ^a   Zheng, Wenge ^a  

^a NINGBO INSTITUTE OF MATERIALS TECHNOLOGY AND ENGINEERING   (China)

Author keywords

crystallization; microcellular foam; Poly(lactic acid); tensile properties

Indexed keywords

ANNEALING PROCESS; CRYSTALLINITIES; ELONGATION AT BREAK; HIGH CRYSTALLINITY; MICROCELLULAR FOAMING; MICROCELLULAR FOAMS; PHYSICAL BLOWING AGENTS; POLY LACTIC ACID;

BLOWING AGENTS; CARBON DIOXIDE; CRYSTALLIZATION; MICROCELLULAR RADIO SYSTEMS; MORPHOLOGY; TENSILE PROPERTIES; TENSILE STRENGTH;

LACTIC ACID;

EID: 84875503774     PISSN: 0021955X     EISSN: 15307999     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0021955X13477437     Document Type: Article

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