Foamability of thermoplastic polymeric materials /

Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Ray, Suprakas Sinha, 1973-
Otros Autores: Banerjee, Ritima
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Amsterdam : Elsevier, 2021.
Temas:
Plastic foams.
Thermoplastics.
Mousses plastiques.
Thermoplastiques.
plastic foam.
thermoplastic.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Front Cover
  • Foamability of Thermoplastic Polymeric Materials
  • Copyright Page
  • Dedication
  • Contents
  • About the authors
  • Preface
  • Acknowledgements
  • 1 Introduction to polymer foams and foaming
  • 1.1 Basics of polymer foams, foaming and foam properties
  • 1.2 Effect of foam density and open-cell content on foam properties
  • 1.3 Blowing agents
  • 1.4 Foam manufacturing techniques
  • 1.5 Dimensional stability and foam shrinkage
  • 1.6 Crosslinked polyethylene foams
  • 1.7 Thermoplastic polymeric materials used for foaming
  • 1.8 Conclusion
  • References
  • 2 Foam manufacturing technologies
  • 2.1 Batch foaming
  • 2.2 Extrusion foaming
  • 2.3 Foam injection moulding
  • 2.3.1 Gas-assisted or gas injection moulding
  • 2.4 Thermoset reactive foaming
  • 2.5 Compression foam moulding
  • 2.6 Rotational foam moulding
  • 2.7 Bead foaming
  • 2.7.1 Steam-chest moulding process
  • 2.7.2 Postprocessing of the final part
  • 2.7.3 Moulding of expanded polypropylene beads
  • 2.8 Film foaming
  • 2.9 Conclusion
  • References
  • 3 The science behind foaming
  • 3.1 Gas dissolution
  • 3.1.1 EOSs based on the lattice theory
  • 3.1.2 Cubic equations of state
  • 3.1.3 Off-lattice theory
  • 3.1.4 Gas-polymer solubility studies using SL EOS
  • 3.2 Diffusion in gas dissolution
  • 3.3 Cell nucleation
  • 3.3.1 Classical nucleation theory
  • 3.3.1.1 Classical homogeneous nucleation
  • 3.3.1.1.1 Rate of homogeneous nucleation
  • 3.3.1.2 Classical heterogeneous nucleation
  • 3.3.1.2.1 Rate of heterogeneous nucleation
  • 3.3.1.3 Mixed mode nucleation
  • 3.3.1.4 Limitations of the CNT
  • 3.3.2 Pseudo-classical nucleation
  • 3.3.3 Stress-induced nucleation
  • 3.3.4 Cell density
  • 3.4 Cell growth
  • 3.4.1 Single bubble growth models
  • 3.4.2 Cell models
  • 3.4.2.1 Cell growth modelling
  • 3.5 Cell stabilisation
  • 3.6 Conclusion
  • References
  • 4 Foamability of thermoplastics
  • 4.1 What is foamability?
  • 4.2 Factors affecting foamability
  • 4.2.1 Material characteristics
  • 4.2.1.1 Rheological characteristics
  • 4.2.1.1.1 Dynamic rheology
  • 4.2.1.1.2 Extensional rheology
  • 4.2.1.1.3 Shear rheology
  • 4.2.1.2 Morphological characteristics
  • 4.2.1.2.1 Crystallinity
  • 4.2.1.2.2 Heterogeneous nucleating agents
  • 4.2.1.3 Correlation of rheology and morphology in foamability
  • 4.2.2 Processing conditions
  • 4.2.3 Blowing agent
  • 4.3 Conclusion

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