Extrusion foaming behavior of PBT resins

Document Type

Conference Proceeding

Publication Date

12-1-2005

Abstract

An investigation of the foaming behavior of polybutylene terephthalate (PBT) resins in extrusion was performed. Commercial grades of PBT with different molecular weights and rheological characteristics were chosen. PBT's with a high temperature chemical blowing agent were extruded under different material and operational conditions (e.g. amount of blowing agent, set temperature at the die, screw rpm, etc.) to allow the understanding of the effects of those conditions on product characteristics. The foamed extrudates were analyzed for density, morphology, and crystallinity. It is shown that the foaming behavior and the foam quality of PBT are functions of the characteristic properties of the resins including rheological and crystallization behavior.

Identifier

33645000590 (Scopus)

Publication Title

Annual Technical Conference ANTEC Conference Proceedings

First Page

122

Last Page

126

Volume

7

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