Effect of activated carbon particle size on the thermo-foaming of aqueous sucrose resin and properties of the carbon foams

Journal of Materials Research

Volumn 30, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 46-54

  Narasimman, Rajaram ^a   Vijayan, Sujith ^a   Prabhakaran, Kuttan ^a  

^a INDIAN INSTITUTE OF SPACE SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (India)

Author keywords

Ablation; Foam; Machining; Strength; Thermal conductivity

Indexed keywords

ABLATION; ACTIVATED CARBON; COMPRESSIVE STRENGTH; GLASSY CARBON; MACHINING; PARTICLE SIZE; RESINS; SUGAR (SUCROSE); THERMAL CONDUCTIVITY;

ACTIVATED CARBON PARTICLES; AVERAGE PARTICLE SIZE; CONVENTIONAL MACHINES; FINER PARTICLES; FIRE RESISTANT; PARTICLE AGGLOMERATIONS; STRENGTH; VITREOUS CARBON;

FOAMS;

EID: 84921438950     PISSN: 08842914     EISSN: 20445326     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1557/jmr.2014.294     Document Type: Article

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