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Uwe Guhr

Klaus Hahn

Hans Hintz

Dietmar Wittenberg

Roland Gellert

Reinhold Weber

Gerhard Alicke

Hans Hoenl

Manfred Weilbacher

Michael Riethues

Peter Gleich

Hans G Keppler

Wolf-Dieter Back

Rolf Richter

Karl H Roehrig

Michael P O'Callaghan, Deceased

Heat distortion resistant, expandable styrene polymers having a high

Expandable styrene polymers which contain from 10 to 90% by weight of a crosslinked styrene-diene copolymer containing from 2 to 45% by weight of the diene, and from 1 to 10% by weight of a C.sub.3 -to C.sub.6 -hydrocarbon as blowing agent can be processed to give foams which have high resistance to aromatics.

Expandable styrene polymers, and aromatic-resistant foams produced

An oil-resistant, expandable styrene polymer contains

Oil-resistant, expandable styrene polymers

Expandable styrene polymers which contain from 10 to 90% by weight of a crosslinked styrene-diene copolymer containing from 2 to 45% by weight of the diene, and from 1 to 10% by weight of a C.sub.3 - to C.sub.6 -hydrocarbon as blowing agent can be processed to give foams which have high resistance to aromatics.

Foam sheets of high heat distortion resistance contain a) from 80 to 99% by weight of a styrene polymer and b) from 1 to 20% by weight of poly-1,4-phenylene sulfide, and, if desired, conventional additives and are produced by extrusion using a low-boiling blowing agent.

Foam sheets of high heat distortion resistance

Bead-form expandable styrene polymers containing a styrene polymer having a mean molecular weight (weight average) of less than 130.multidot.10.sup.3 and a steep high-molecular-weight flank of the molecular-weight distribution curve, and 0.15 to 1.5 mol of a C.sub.3 - to C.sub.6 -hydrocarbon as blowing agent, and, if desired, customary additives in effective amounts, are distinguished by a particularly high expansion capacity.

Bead-form expandable styrene polymers having a high expansion capacity

In the preparation of expandable styrene polymers by polymerizing styrene, if desired together with up to 50% by weight of other monomers, in aqueous suspension with addition of a C.sub.3 - to C.sub.6 -hydrocarbon as blowing agent and, if desired, conventional additives in effective amounts before, during or after the polymerization, foaming is reduced if the aqueous phase contains from 0.05 to 0.3% by weight of polyvinylpyrrolidone having a K value of from 100 to 150 as protective colloid.

Preparation of expandable styrene polymers

Expandable styrene polymers

Bead-like expandable molding materials having high heat distortion resistance contain from 80 to 99% by weight of a styrene polymer, from 1 to 20% by weight of poly-(2,6-dimethyl)-1,4-diphenylene ether and from 3 to 10% by weight of a C.sub.3 -C.sub.6 -hydrocarbon as a blowing agent and may contain conventional additives. They are obtained by suspension polymerization of a solution of the polyphenylene ether in styrene.

Bead-like expandable molding materials having high heat distortion

Expandable molding compositions having high heat distortion resistance and containing from 80 to 99% by weight of a styrene polymer, 1 to 20% by weight of poly-1,4-phenylene sulfide, from 1 to 10% by weight of a C.sub.3 -C.sub.6 -hydrocarbon as blowing agent and, if desired, customary additives, are obtained by suspension polymerization of a solution of the polyphenylene sulfide in styrene.

Expandable molding compositions having high heat distortion resistance,

Foam sheets of high heat distortion resistance contain a) from 80 to 99% by weight of a styrene polymer and b) from 1 to 20% by weight of poly(2,6-dimethyl-1,4-phenylene oxide), and, if desired, conventional additives and are produced by extrusion using a low-boiling blowing agent.

Flame-resistant, expandable styrene polymers containing a styrene (co)polymer, from 0.4 to 6% by weight of hexabromocyclododecane having a mean particle size of from 1 to 50 .mu.m, the particles being provided with a firm coating which has a thickness of from 1/100 to 1/10 of the particle diameter and is insoluble in water and styrene, from 1 to 10% by weight of a C.sub.3 - to C.sub.6 -hydrocarbon as blowing agent, and, if desired, customary additives, are distinguished by a reduced internal water content and can be processed to form foams which have an improved foam structure and high UV stability.

Flame resistant, expandable styrene polymers and foams, and flame

Expandable styrene polymers formed from 50 to 83% by weight of polystyrene and from 17 to 50% by weight of styrene-soluble styreneacrylonitrile copolymer having a total acrylonitrile content of not less than 5% by weight, containing from 3 to 10% by weight of a C.sub.3 -C.sub.6 -hydrocarbon with or without customary additives, are notable for high oil resistance and can be prepared by suspension polymerization of a solution of the styrene-acrylonitrile copolymer in styrene.

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