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Titre : |
Challenges to the formation of nano-cells in foaming processes |
Type de document : |
texte imprimé |
Auteurs : |
Z. Zhu, Auteur ; C. B. Park, Auteur ; J. H. Zong, Auteur |
Année de publication : |
2008 |
Article en page(s) : |
p. 270-276 |
Note générale : |
Bibliogr. |
Langues : |
Anglais (eng) |
Index. décimale : |
668.9 Polymères |
Résumé : |
This paper uses a finite element analysis to investigate the morphological changes of nano-cells in a polystyrene (PS)–CO2 foaming system. The system was composed of a finite polymer melt with a central cell and eight surrounding cells. The computational domain was discretized using linear triangular elements. The growth and shrinkage of nano-sized cells were tracked using the moving mesh method. The effects of the initial bulk gas concentration, cell size, intercellular distance, and system temperature on cell ripening were examined. The results show that smaller nano-sized cell(s) are doomed to collapse very quickly once they have interacted with larger cell(s), making it difficult to survive. Efforts were made to improve the general understanding of the challenges posed to the formation of nano-cells in foaming processes. |
DOI : |
10.3139/217.2050 |
En ligne : |
https://drive.google.com/file/d/1jv3RfhOvwt1VfZE9uUl9fPVZKQjPyI_q/view?usp=drive [...] |
Format de la ressource électronique : |
Pdf |
Permalink : |
https://e-campus.itech.fr/pmb/opac_css/index.php?lvl=notice_display&id=2627 |
in INTERNATIONAL POLYMER PROCESSING > Vol. XXIII, N° 3 (07/2008) . - p. 270-276
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