| Download | - View final version: Plastic foams (PDF, 3.3 MiB)
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| DOI | Resolve DOI: https://doi.org/10.4224/40000744 |
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| Author | Search for: Blaga, A.1 |
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| Affiliation | - National Research Council of Canada
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| Format | Text, Issue |
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| Physical description | 6 p. |
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| Subject | Cellular plastics (plastic foam); Foam; cellular plastics; properties of materials; porosity |
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| Abstract | This Digest discusses the nature and general properties of plastic foams (or cellular plastics). Plastic foams may be either open-cell or closed-cell; they may be flexible, semi- flexible (or semi-rigid) and rigid, depending on the degree of rigidity of the plastic matrix. Rigid closed-cell foams can have good thermal insulation properties and buoyancy characteristics. Open-cell foams can have good cushioning properties (e.g. flexible) and sound absorbing characteristics. Since plastic foams have a relatively large surface area, the problem of flammability is more acute than with bulk plastics. |
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| Publication date | 1974 |
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| Publisher | National Research Council of Canada. Division of Building Research |
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| Language | English |
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| Peer reviewed | No |
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| NRC number | NRC-IRC-618 |
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| NPARC number | 20328607 |
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| Record identifier | f6c09b6e-e677-4089-9111-7f2605bfa387 |
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| Record created | 2012-07-18 |
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| Record modified | 2023-01-23 |
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