Handbook of foaming and blowing agents

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author Wypych, George (Author)
Format Electronic eBook
LanguageEnglish
Published Scarborough, Ontario : ChemTec Publishing, 2022.
EditionSecond edition.
Subjects
Online AccessFull text
ISBN1774670003
Physical Description1 online resource.

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Table of Contents:
  • Front Cover
  • Handbook of Foaming and Blowing Agents
  • Table of Contents
  • Copyright Page
  • Chapter 1. Introduction
  • Chapter 2. Chemical Origins of Blowing Agents
  • 2.1 Activators
  • 2.2 Azodicarbonamide
  • 2.3 Crosslinkers
  • 2.4 Dinitroso pentamethylene tetramine compounds
  • 2.5 Dispersions in polymers carriers
  • 2.6 Foaming agent mixtures with other additive(s)
  • 2.7 Gases
  • 2.8 Hydrazides
  • 2.9 Hydrocarbons
  • 2.10 Hydrochlorcarbon
  • 2.11 Hydrochlorofluorocarbon
  • 2.12 Hydrofluorocarbons
  • 2.13 Hydrofluoroolefins
  • 2.14 Masterbatches
  • 2.15 Microspheres
  • 2.16 Mixtures of foaming agents
  • 2.17 Nucleating agents
  • 2.18 Proprietary
  • 2.19 Salts of carbonic and polycarboxylic acids
  • 2.20 Sodium bicarbonate
  • 2.21 Sulfonylsemicarbazides
  • 2.22 Tetrazoles
  • 2.23 Water
  • References
  • Chapter 3. Mechanisms of Action of Blowing Agents
  • 3.1 Mechanisms of foaming by decomposing solids
  • 3.2 Production of gaseous products by chemical reaction
  • 3.3 Foaming by gases and evaporating liquids
  • References
  • Chapter 4. Dispersion and Solubility of Blowing Agents
  • References
  • Chapter 5. Parameters of Foam Production
  • 5.1 Amount of blowing agent
  • 5.2 Clamping pressure
  • 5.3 Delay time
  • 5.4 Desorption time
  • 5.5 Die pressure
  • 5.6 Die temperature
  • 5.7 Gas content
  • 5.8 Gas flow rate
  • 5.9 Gas injection location
  • 5.10 Gas sorption and desorption rates
  • 5.11 Internal pressure after foaming
  • 5.12 Mold pressure
  • 5.13 Mold temperature
  • 5.14 Operational window
  • 5.15 Plastisol viscosity
  • 5.16 Saturation pressure
  • 5.17 Saturation temperature
  • 5.18 Screw revolution speed
  • 5.19 Surface tension
  • 5.20 Time
  • 5.21 Temperature
  • 5.22 Void volume
  • References
  • Chapter 6. Foam Stabilization
  • References
  • Chapter 7. Foaming Efficiency Measures
  • 7.1 Cell size
  • 7.2 Cell density
  • 7.3 Cell wall thickness (average)
  • 7.4 Foam density
  • 7.5 Expansion ratio (by volume)
  • 7.6 Open cell content
  • 7.7 Void fraction
  • References
  • Chapter 8. Morphology of Foams
  • 8.1 Bimodal morphology
  • 8.2 Cell density
  • 8.3 Cell morphology
  • 8.4 Cell size
  • 8.5 Cell wall thickness
  • 8.6 Closed cell
  • 8.7 Core & skin thickness
  • 8.8 Morphological features of foams
  • 8.9 Open cell
  • References
  • Chapter 9. Foaming in Different Processing Methods
  • 9.1 Blown film extrusion
  • 9.2 Calendering
  • 9.3 Clay exfoliation
  • 9.4 Compression molding
  • 9.5 Depressurization
  • 9.6 Extrusion
  • 9.7 Free foaming
  • 9.8 Injection molding
  • 9.9 Microwave heating
  • 9.10 Rotational molding
  • 9.11 Solid-state foaming
  • 9.12 Supercritical fluid-laden pellet injection molding foaming technology
  • 9.13 Thermoforming
  • 9.14 UV laser
  • 9.15 Vacuum drying
  • 9.16 Wire coating
  • References
  • Chapter 10. Selection of Foaming and Blowing Agents for Different Polymers
  • 10.1 Acrylonitrile-butadiene-styrene
  • 10.2 Acrylonitrile-butadiene-acrylate