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Crosslinked Polyolefin Foams: Production, Structure, Properties, and Applications

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Crosslinking in Materials Science

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The purpose of this paper is to review the most significant developments of the last 10 years in the field of crosslinked polyolefin foams. The methods to produce the foams, the relationships between structure and properties, and the main applications of these materials are briefly reviewed. Topics of possible future research are proposed.

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Abbreviations

AAGR:

Average annual growth rate

AZD:

Azodicarbonamide

CPOF:

Crosslinked polyolefin foams

C :

Constant that accounts for the cell shape

C1 , C2 , C3:

Fitting constants in the Gibson and Ahsby equations

Φ :

Mean cell size

δ :

Mean cell wall thickness

σc :

Collapse or yield stress

ρ :

Density of the foam

ρs :

Density of the solid polymer

DCP:

Dicumyl peroxide

EVA:

Ethylene vinyl acetate copolymer

ESI:

Ethylene styrene interpolymer

D ef :

Effective diffusion coefficient

f s :

Fraction of material in the struts or edges

T N :

Fraction of radiant energy sent forward by a solid membrane of thickness δ

r :

Fraction of incident energy reflected by each gas-solid interface

t :

Fraction of energy transmitted through a solid membrane

HDPE:

High-density polyethylene

K :

Foam bulk modulus

L :

Foam thickness

p 0 :

Initial gas pressure

LDPE:

Low-density polyethylene

LLDPE:

Linear low-density polyethylene

PO:

Polyolefin

PP:

Polypropylene

ρ/ρs :

Relative density

ω :

Refractive index of the plastic

ν :

Poisson ratio

P :

Polymer permeability

ε :

Strain

σ :

Stefan--Boltzman constant

λ :

Foam thermal conductivity

T :

Temperature

λg :

Thermal conductivity by conduction through the gas phase

λs :

Thermal conductivity by conduction through the solid phase

λr :

Thermal conductivity by radiation

λgas :

Thermal conductivity of the gas

λsolid :

Thermal conductivity of the solid

α :

Thermal expansion of the foam

αg :

Thermal expansion of the gas

αs :

Thermal expansion of the solid

V gas :

Volume fraction of gas

V poly :

Volume fraction of solid

E s :

Solid polymer Young modulus

E :

Foam Young modulus

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Rodríguez-Pérez, M.A. (2005 ). Crosslinked Polyolefin Foams: Production, Structure, Properties, and Applications. In: Crosslinking in Materials Science. Advances in Polymer Science, vol 184. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/b136244

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