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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 25, 1992
Filed:
Aug. 03, 1990
Heinz Weber, Gruenstadt, DE;
Gerd Ehrmann, Deidesheim, DE;
Franz-Josef Dietzen, Schiffweiler, DE;
Eckhard Nintz, Ludwigshafen, DE;
Hans D Zettler, Gruenstadt, DE;
BASF Aktiengesellschaft, Ludwigshafen, DE;
Abstract
A process for the preparation of expandable granules based on polyaryl ether sulfones and/or polyether imides, containing from 5 to 20% by weight of a physical blowing agent, the blowing agent and the polymers being mixed in an extruder and subsequently extruded directly into a medium at less than 40.degree. C., and a process for the production of foams from expandable granules based on polyaryl ether sulfones and/or polyether imides, containing from 5 to 20% by weight of a physical blowing agent, the granules being press molded at from 120.degree. to 250.degree. C. and at a pressure of from 5 to 30 bar to form a sheet, and the sheet being subsequently foamed by reducing the pressure, are described.