Foaming poly(vinyl alcohol)/microfibrillated cellulose composites with CO2 and water as co-blowing agents

Industrial and Engineering Chemistry Research

Volumn 53, Issue 30, 2014, Pages 11962-11972

  Zhao, Na ^a,b   Mark, Lun Howe ^b   Zhu, Changwei ^b   Park, Chul B ^b   Li, Qian ^a   Glenn, Robert ^c   Thompson, Todd Ryan ^c  

^a ZHENGZHOU UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^c PROCTER AND GAMBLE COMPANY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CARBON DIOXIDE; CELLS; CELLULOSE; CYTOLOGY; DIFFERENTIAL SCANNING CALORIMETRY; FOAMS; POLYVINYL ALCOHOLS; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; SUPERCRITICAL FLUID EXTRACTION;

CELLULAR MORPHOLOGY; CELLULOSE COMPOSITES; CONTINUOUS EXTRUSION; ENVIRONMENTAL SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPIES (ESEM); HIGH CELL DENSITY; SUPERCRITICAL CARBON DIOXIDES; THERMAL BEHAVIORS; UNIFORM CELL STRUCTURES;

BLOWING AGENTS;

EID: 84905241242     PISSN: 08885885     EISSN: 15205045     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/ie502018v     Document Type: Article

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