Strategy to produce microcellular foamed poly(lactic acid)/wood-flour composites in a continuous extrusion process

Industrial and Engineering Chemistry Research

Volumn 52, Issue 34, 2013, Pages 12032-12040

  Matuana, Laurent M ^a   Diaz, Carlos A ^a  

^a Michigan State University   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CELLULAR STRUCTURE; CONTINUOUS EXTRUSION; EXTENSIONAL VISCOSITY; LOW MOLECULAR WEIGHT; MICROCELLULAR FOAMING PROCESS; PLASTIC MATRICES; POLY LACTIC ACID; RHEOLOGY MODIFIERS;

ELASTICITY; FOAMS; MICROCELLULAR RADIO SYSTEMS;

POLYMER MATRIX COMPOSITES;

EID: 84883376365     PISSN: 08885885     EISSN: 15205045     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/ie4019462     Document Type: Article

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