泡孔尺寸對於高分子發泡材料的性質影響較深，控制泡孔尺寸的預測可以減少需要試誤法的實驗條件，本研究著重模擬精確的高分子發泡行為(PS/CO2)中的泡體成長現象，運用文獻精準量測到的物理參數(表面張力、零剪切黏度、擴散係數、亨利常數等)，比對本實驗室利用高分子發泡視覺化設備拍攝之泡體成長數據，比較本研究的泡體成長模型的精確性，確認本研究在泡體成長行為模擬的可靠性，其結果建立了本實驗室對泡體成長模擬的初步研究。
也比對文獻中哪些物理參數對泡體成長現象是敏感的，代表那些物理參數對泡體成長行為是極重要的因子，驗證本研究對文獻結果有一定程度的還原性。

The size of the bubble is the critical factor that affects polymer foam's properties.
Controlling the prediction of bubble size can reduce the experimental conditions that
require a trial-and-error method. The present study focuses on the simulation of precise polymer foaming behaviors (PS/CO2) in the bubble growth phenomenon and the use of the literature to accurately measure physical parameters (surface tension, zero-shear viscosity, diffusion coefficient, Henry's constant, etc.), compared with this laboratory using polymer foaming visualization equipment to capture bubble growth data to confirm the accuracy of this study in the bubble growth model. We compare the accuracy of our bubble growth model with the bubble growth data captured by our laboratory using the polymer foaming visualization equipment and confirm the reliability of our study in simulating the bubble growth behavior. The results establish the preliminary study of bubble growth simulation in our laboratory.
The results also compare which physical parameters in the literature are sensitive to
the bubble growth phenomenon, and represent those physical parameters that are critical
factors for bubble growth behavior, verifying that the present study has a certain degree of reversibility to the literature results.

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