Development of CO2 for polymer foam applications |
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| Affiliation: | 1. University of Nottingham, School of Chemistry, University Park, Nottingham, NG72RD, UK;2. University of Nottingham, Division of Materials, Mechanics and Structures, Faculty of Engineering, University Park, Nottingham, NG72RD, UK;1. State Key Laboratory of Chemical Engineering, East China University of Science and Technology, Shanghai, 200237, China;2. College of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Xinjiang University, Urumqi, 830046, China;1. Applied Biotechnology Research Center, Baqiyatallah University of Medical Sciences, P.O. Box 19945-546, Tehran, Iran;2. School of Chemical, Petroleum and Gas Engineering, Iran University of Science and Technology, Tehran, Iran;3. Department of Polymer Engineering and Color Technology, Amirkabir University of Technology, Tehran, Iran;4. Department of Chemical Engineering, Kyoto University, Kyoto, Japan;5. Faculty of Mechanical Engineering, Institute of Science and Engineering, Kanazawa University, Kanazawa, Japan;6. Department of Resin and Additives, Institute for Color Science and Technology, Tehran, Iran |
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| Abstract: | Polymer foams created using supercritical carbon dioxide as a processing solvent have garnered much interest in recent years. The properties of supercritical CO2 make it ideally suited to replace organic solvents such as chlorofluorocarbons that are being phased out for environmental reasons. A number of processes and products are already being used in industry, and we provide several examples of these developments. Yet, despite all that is now known about polymer/CO2 systems, a complete understanding of the foaming process, particularly nucleation, is lacking. In this article, we give an overview of the state of the art in polymer foaming with CO2 and highlight the challenges that remain to be overcome. |
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