Blowing Agents and Foaming Processes 2012.

9781847357311_FrontCover -- Contents -- Session 1: Blowing Agents & Foaming Processes 2012 -- Paper 1 Forty years formulated endothermics in the foamed plastics world -- Paper 2 Advancements in high performance blowing agents -- Paper 3 Blowing agent blends - the new norm -- Paper 4 Performance update of FEA-1100 - a zero ODP and low GWP foam expansion agent -- Session 2: Extrusion Direct Gassing Processes and Applications -- Paper 5 Design of experiments in physical foaming and its relation to practice: Sabic developments in foam polyolefins -- Paper 6 Twin/single tandem laboratory equipment for basic research in foam extrusion -- Paper 7 Foam-extruded high temperature thermoplastics with different nucleating agents for printed circuit boards -- Paper 8 XPS insulation board - new machinery developments -- Paper 9 Extensional stress-induced foaming behaviours of polysytrene-talc composites -- Session 3: New Aspects, New Foams, Specialities -- Paper 10 Novel polymer foams for sustainable solutions -- Paper 11 Rheological properties of cellulose acetate with respect to its foamability: influence of plasticizer and blowing -- Paper 12 Laser-induced expansion (LIF) of plastics (and expandable matrices) for the production of raised structures and tactile lettering -- Paper 13 Innovative low density silicone RT-foams -- Session 4: Injection Moulding New Findings and Efforts -- Paper 14 Dry ice - physical foam injection moulding the easy way -- Paper 15 Overmoulding of plane structural foamed parts with a second thermoplastic component -- Paper 16 Using mould filling tools for large part, multi-drop parts with the MuCell™ process -- Paper 17 Challenges and possibilities in foaming of semi-crystalline poly(butylene terephthalate) -- Paper 18 Block copolymer-assisted microcellular supercritical CO2 foaming of polymers and blends.

Session 5: Biodegradables and Nanostructures -- Paper 19 Effects of talc and compounding on morphology and mechanical properties of lowpressure-injection-moulded structural polylactide foams -- Session 6: News from Research and Development Activities -- Paper 21 Reinforced particle foams -- Paper 22 Density graded polyethylene foams produced by compression moulding using a chemical blowing agent -- Paper 23 Improving XPS insulation boards and new insulation products -- Paper 24 Research progress in High melt strength polypropylene -- Reach For Polymers Advert for all books -- 9781847357311_BackCover.