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The article contains sections titled: 1. Introduction 2. Production 2.1. Principles 2.2. Blowing Agents 2.3. Additives 3. Properties 4. Specific Foamed Plastics 4.1. Polyolefin (PO) Foams 4.1.1. Low‐Density Polyolefin Foams (25 ‐ 250 kg/m 3 ) 4.1.2. High‐Density Polyolefin Foams (250 ‐ 700 kg/m 3 ) 4.2. Polystyrene (PS) Foams 4.2.1. Expandable Polystyrene (EPS) Foams 4.2.2. Extruded Polystyrene (XPS) Foams 4.2.3. Structural Polystyrene Foams 4.3. Poly(Vinyl Chloride) (PVC) Foams 4.3.1. Rigid Poly(Vinyl Chloride) Foams 4.3.2. Flexible Poly(Vinyl Chloride) Foams 4.4. Foams from Phenol‐Formaldehyde (PF) Resins 4.5. Foams from Urea‐Formaldehyde (UF) Resins 4.6. Foams from Melamine‐Formaldehyde (MF) Resins 4.7. Silicone (SI) Foams 4.8. Epoxy (EP) Foams 4.9. Polyimide (PI) Foams 4.10. Polymethacrylimide (PMI) Foams 4.11. Poly(Methyl Methacrylate) (PMMA) Foams 4.12. Polyamide (PA) Foams 4.13. Poly(Phenylene Oxide) (PPE) Foams 4.14. Polysulfone (PSU) Foams 4.15. Polycarbonate (PC) Foams 5. Testing 5.1. Mechanical Properties 5.1.1. Rigid Foams 5.1.2. Flexible Foams 5.2. Thermal Properties 5.3. Miscellaneous Properties 6. Economic Aspects 7. Toxicology and Environmental Aspects
The article contains sections titled: 1. Introduction 2. Production 2.1. Principles 2.2. Blowing Agents 2.3. Additives 3. Properties 4. Specific Foamed Plastics 4.1. Polyolefin (PO) Foams 4.1.1. Low‐Density Polyolefin Foams (25 ‐ 250 kg/m 3 ) 4.1.2. High‐Density Polyolefin Foams (250 ‐ 700 kg/m 3 ) 4.2. Polystyrene (PS) Foams 4.2.1. Expandable Polystyrene (EPS) Foams 4.2.2. Extruded Polystyrene (XPS) Foams 4.2.3. Structural Polystyrene Foams 4.3. Poly(Vinyl Chloride) (PVC) Foams 4.3.1. Rigid Poly(Vinyl Chloride) Foams 4.3.2. Flexible Poly(Vinyl Chloride) Foams 4.4. Foams from Phenol‐Formaldehyde (PF) Resins 4.5. Foams from Urea‐Formaldehyde (UF) Resins 4.6. Foams from Melamine‐Formaldehyde (MF) Resins 4.7. Silicone (SI) Foams 4.8. Epoxy (EP) Foams 4.9. Polyimide (PI) Foams 4.10. Polymethacrylimide (PMI) Foams 4.11. Poly(Methyl Methacrylate) (PMMA) Foams 4.12. Polyamide (PA) Foams 4.13. Poly(Phenylene Oxide) (PPE) Foams 4.14. Polysulfone (PSU) Foams 4.15. Polycarbonate (PC) Foams 5. Testing 5.1. Mechanical Properties 5.1.1. Rigid Foams 5.1.2. Flexible Foams 5.2. Thermal Properties 5.3. Miscellaneous Properties 6. Economic Aspects 7. Toxicology and Environmental Aspects
The transitions and reactions involved in the thermal processing of binary mixtures of polyethylene and poly(ethylene-co-vinyl acetate) copolymers with different concentrations of a foaming agent (azodicarbonamide) were studied using differential scanning calorimetry (DSC). The effect of ZnO as a kicker also was discussed. The temperature at the maximum rate and the heat evolved were measured for all the processes-melting, transitions, and reactions-all the mixtures prepared were measured and compared. Azodicarbonamide decomposed differently depending on the polymeric matrix. These data can be very useful for the plastic processing industry.
is an open access repository that collects the work of Arts et Métiers ParisTech researchers and makes it freely available over the web where possible. The decomposition of azodicarbonamide, used as foaming agent in PVC-plasticizer (1/1) plastisols was studied by DSC. Nineteen different plasticizers, all belonging to the ester family, two being polymeric (polyadipates), were compared. The temperature of maximum decomposition rate (in anisothermal regime at 5 K min 21 scanning rate), ranges between 434 and 452 K. The heat of decomposition ranges between 8.7 and 12.5 J g 21 . Some trends of variation of these parameters appear significant and are discussed in terms of solvent (matrix) and viscosity effects on the decomposition reactions. The shear modulus at 1 Hz frequency was determined at the temperature of maximum rate of foaming agent decomposition, and differs significantly from a sample to another. The foam density was determined at ambient temperature and the volume fraction of bubbles was used as criterion to judge the efficiency of the foaming process. The results reveal the existence of an optimal shear modulus of the order of 2 kPa that corresponds roughly to plasticizer molar masses of the order of 450 6 50 g mol 21 . Heavier plasticizers, especially polymeric ones are too difficult to deform. Lighter plasticizers such as diethyl phthalate (DEP) deform too easily and presumably facilitate bubble collapse.
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