The Dow Chemical Company

Ronald D Deibel

Bharat Indu Chaudhary

Robert T Long, Sr

Violete L Stevens

Robert H Kelch

Susan E Dollinger

Arthur R Sexton

James W Lalk

Deborah L Kocsis

Fred P Corson

Douglas V Bibee

Adhere a polymer blend facer to at least one, preferably both, primary surfaces of a foam panel or board to provide a laminate with a combination of enhanced strength and resistance to bending relative to the foam panel. The polymer blend facer, prepared from a combination of an alkenyl aromatic polymer and an interpolymer of ethylene, an alkenyl aromatic monomer or hindered aliphatic or cycloaliphatic vinylidene monomer, provides an added benefit in terms of greater recyclability into a foam panel relative to biaxially oriented polypropylene. The polymer blend facer may be a film or a thin foam sheet.

Alkenyl aromatic polymer foam laminates

By using a thermal insulation foam/film laminate wherein each major planar surface of a foam panel has a facer film bonded thereto that meets certain performance criteria rather than a foam panel by itself, composite walls that have a foam panel sandwiched between concrete layers can be made with fewer steps.

Extruded polystyrene foam insulation laminates for pour-in-place concrete walls

Disclosed is a laminated foam insulation board having enhanced strength and resistance to bending and breaking. The board comprises a panel of an insulating plastic foam material and a thermoplastic facer film adhered to opposite surfaces of the panel. The facer films have an ultimate elongation of less than 200 percent in both machine and transverse directions, a yield tensile strength of at least 7,000 pounds per square inch (48,400 kilopascals) in both machine and transverse directions, and a 1 percent secant modulus of at least 200,000 pounds per square inch (1,380 megapascals) in both machine and transverse directions. The degree of adhesion is about 100 grams per inch or more (about 39.4 grams per centimeter or more) between the facer film and the foam panel.

Laminated foam insulation board of enhanced strength

Antistatic compositions for topical application to substrates, which comprise

Permanent topical antistats

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Ronald D Deibel