Modeling of skeletal members using polyurethane foam

Technical Report · Mon Oct 31 23:00:00 EST 1983

OSTI ID:5710124

Sena, J M.F.; Weaver, R W

At the request of the University of New Mexico's Maxwell Museum of Anthropology, members of the Plastic Section in the Process Development Division at SNLA undertook the special project of the Chaco Lady. The project consisted of polyurethane foam casting of a disinterred female skull considered to be approximately 1000 years old. Rubber latex molds, supplied by the UNM Anthropology Department, were used to produce the polymeric skull requested. The authors developed for the project a modified foaming process which will be used in future polyurethane castings of archaeological artifacts and contemporary skeletal members at the University.

• DOE Contract Number: AC04-76DP00789
• OSTI ID: 5710124
• Report Number(s): SAND-83-2198; ON: DE84002476
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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36 MATERIALS SCIENCE
360400* -- Polymers & Plastics-- (-1987)
BODY
CASTING
COLLOIDS
DISPERSIONS
FABRICATION
FOAMS
MATERIALS
ORGANIC COMPOUNDS
ORGANIC POLYMERS
ORGANS
PETROCHEMICALS
PETROLEUM PRODUCTS
PLASTICS
POLYAMIDES
POLYMERS
POLYURETHANES
REPLICA TECHNIQUES
SKELETON
SKULL
SYNTHETIC MATERIALS
USES