# MICROSTRUCTURAL CHARACTERISATION OF A SYNTACTIC FOAM

> Title: MICROSTRUCTURAL CHARACTERISATION OF A SYNTACTIC FOAM Page Range: p.449-458 Author(s): Lawrence E; Wulfsohn D; Pyrz R File size: 159K Download the pdf (subscribers only) Buy the pdf (non-subscribers) Journal: Polymers and Polymer Composites Issue Year: ppc Volume: 9 Issue No: No....

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Published: 2001-07-01T00:00:00+00:00
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**Title: MICROSTRUCTURAL CHARACTERISATION OF A SYNTACTIC FOAM**
 Page Range: p.449-458
 Author(s): Lawrence E; Wulfsohn D; Pyrz R
 File size: 159K
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 Journal: Polymers and Polymer Composites
 Issue Year: ppc
 Volume: 9
 Issue No: No. 7

**Abstract**
 The use of design based stereological methods to quantify the microstructure of syntactic foam, including the interpretation of statistical results for the design of the experimental protocol is presented. The foam, formed by extrusion, consisted of hollow polymeric microballoons in a LDPE matrix. Estimates of cell volume fraction, number density and the mean and standard deviation of volumes of cells were made, and the distribution of cell aspect ratio was estimated, assuming ellipsoidal cells with the major axis in the direction of extrusion. 18 refs.

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