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JOURNAL OF CELLULAR PLASTICS
Volume 59, Issue 1, Pages 29-45Publisher
SAGE PUBLICATIONS LTD
DOI: 10.1177/0021955X221150863
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Expanded polypropylene; polybutene-1; autoclave foaming; steam-chest molding; crystallization; mechanical properties
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This study finds that adding a certain amount of PB-1 into PP can reduce the temperature and pressure required for foaming/molding, and broaden the foaming temperature range. The effects of PB-1 content on the crystallization properties, foaming/molding behaviors, and mechanical properties of PP/PB-1 bead foams are illustrated. The low-pressure foaming strategy presented here is beneficial for reducing energy consumption barriers and promoting the development of new bead foam materials.
Expanded polypropylene (EPP) foams have showed wide applications in our daily life, such as automotive and packaging. Usually, autoclave foaming combined with steam-chest molding is the main artwork to prepare the high-precision EPP foam products. However, the foaming behavior of EPP and the excessive pressure required for molding still need to be further improved, which is great significance for energy saving and cost saving, etc. Herein, this study finds that adding a certain amount of polybutene-1 (PB-1) into the PP can help to reduce the temperature and pressure required for foaming/molding, and to broaden the foaming temperature. For example, in order to make the foam beads bonding well and with the expansion ratio of 20, the molding pressure should be higher than 2.7 bar for Neat PP foams, but just 1.5 bar for PP/PB-1 mixtures. Moreover, the effects of PB-1 content on the crystallization properties and foaming/molding behaviors of the PP/PB-1 bead foams are illustrated, and then the mechanical properties are also studied. Furthermore, the low-pressure foaming strategy presented here is beneficial for reducing the barriers of energy consumption and promoting the development of new bead foam materials.
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