Polymeric Foams: Science and Technology

Polymeric Foams: Science and Technology

Volumn , Issue , 2006, Pages 1-220

  Lee, Shau Tarng ^a   Park, Chul B ^b   Ramesh, N S ^c  

^a University of Toronto ^*  (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^c SEALED AIR CORPORATION   (United States)

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