Characterization of the Structure, Acoustic Property, Thermal Conductivity, and Mechanical Property of Highly Expanded Open-Cell Polycarbonate Foams
Davoud Jahani
Microcellular Plastics Manufacturing Laboratory, Department of Mechanical and Industrial, Engineering, University of Toronto, 5 King's College Road, Toronto, Ontario, Canada, M5S 3G8
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Microcellular Plastics Manufacturing Laboratory, Department of Mechanical and Industrial, Engineering, University of Toronto, 5 King's College Road, Toronto, Ontario, Canada, M5S 3G8
Search for more papers by this authorMehdi Saniei
Microcellular Plastics Manufacturing Laboratory, Department of Mechanical and Industrial, Engineering, University of Toronto, 5 King's College Road, Toronto, Ontario, Canada, M5S 3G8
Search for more papers by this authorWeidan Ding
Microcellular Plastics Manufacturing Laboratory, Department of Mechanical and Industrial, Engineering, University of Toronto, 5 King's College Road, Toronto, Ontario, Canada, M5S 3G8
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Chul B. Park
Microcellular Plastics Manufacturing Laboratory, Department of Mechanical and Industrial, Engineering, University of Toronto, 5 King's College Road, Toronto, Ontario, Canada, M5S 3G8
Search for more papers by this authorHani E. Naguib
Microcellular Plastics Manufacturing Laboratory, Department of Mechanical and Industrial, Engineering, University of Toronto, 5 King's College Road, Toronto, Ontario, Canada, M5S 3G8
Search for more papers by this authorDavoud Jahani
Microcellular Plastics Manufacturing Laboratory, Department of Mechanical and Industrial, Engineering, University of Toronto, 5 King's College Road, Toronto, Ontario, Canada, M5S 3G8
Search for more papers by this authorAboutaleb Ameli
Microcellular Plastics Manufacturing Laboratory, Department of Mechanical and Industrial, Engineering, University of Toronto, 5 King's College Road, Toronto, Ontario, Canada, M5S 3G8
Search for more papers by this authorMehdi Saniei
Microcellular Plastics Manufacturing Laboratory, Department of Mechanical and Industrial, Engineering, University of Toronto, 5 King's College Road, Toronto, Ontario, Canada, M5S 3G8
Search for more papers by this authorWeidan Ding
Microcellular Plastics Manufacturing Laboratory, Department of Mechanical and Industrial, Engineering, University of Toronto, 5 King's College Road, Toronto, Ontario, Canada, M5S 3G8
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Chul B. Park
Microcellular Plastics Manufacturing Laboratory, Department of Mechanical and Industrial, Engineering, University of Toronto, 5 King's College Road, Toronto, Ontario, Canada, M5S 3G8
Search for more papers by this authorHani E. Naguib
Microcellular Plastics Manufacturing Laboratory, Department of Mechanical and Industrial, Engineering, University of Toronto, 5 King's College Road, Toronto, Ontario, Canada, M5S 3G8
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This paper studies the processing, structural, and property relationships needed for highly expanded open-cell polycarbonate (PC) foams. Acoustic insulation, thermal conductivity, and mechanical properties of the foams were characterized. Using foam injection molding, samples expansion ratios ranging from 1 to 8 and open-cell content up to 85% were prepared. Relative to their solid counterparts, the sound wave transmission loss was increased up to 2.5-fold while their thermal conductivity was decreased up to fivefold. Thus, lightweight rigid PC foams, useful in both sound and thermal insulation applications, were developed.
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