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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 09, 1991
Filed:
Dec. 02, 1988
Applicant:
Inventors:
Reinhold Weber, Mutterstadt, DE;
Manfred Weilbacher, Frankenthal, DE;
Hermann Tatzel, Hirschberg, DE;
Ludwig Zuern, Bad Durkheim, DE;
Hans D Zettler, Gruenstadt, DE;
Klaus Hinselmann, Mutterstadt, DE;
Assignee:
BASF Aktiengesellschaft, Ludwigshafen, DE;
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
C08J / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
521 79 ; 264 51 ; 264 53 ; 521 81 ; 521 97 ;
Abstract
Foams having high compressive strength are obtained by extrusion of a mixture of a styrene polymer and from 3 to 9% by weight of a blowing agent consisting of from 80 to 100% by weight of CO.sub.2 and from 0 to 20% by weight of one or more halohydrocarbons or hydrocarbons which are gaseous at room temperature, the mixture being extruded into a zone under from 0.1 to 2 bar gage pressure and the foam being allowed to stabilize under this pressure.