Past and present developments in polymer bead foams and bead foaming technology

Polymer

Volumn 56, Issue , 2015, Pages 5-19

  Raps, Daniel ^a   Hossieny, Nemat ^b   Park, Chul B ^b   Altstädt, Volker ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BAYREUTH   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

Author keywords

Bead foam; Expandable polystyrene; Expanded polypropylene

Indexed keywords

FLOTATION; HEAT RESISTANCE; POLYSTYRENES; REINFORCED PLASTICS; SINTERING;

ENGINEERING THERMOPLASTICS; EXPANDABLE POLYSTYRENE; EXPANDED POLYSTYRENE; FOAMING TECHNOLOGY; GEOMETRICAL STRUCTURE; POLY (BUTYLENE TEREPHTHALATE); POLYLACTIDE ACIDS; THERMOPLASTIC POLYURETHANES;

POLYPROPYLENES;

EID: 84921287655     PISSN: 00323861     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.polymer.2014.10.078     Document Type: Review

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