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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 16, 1995
Filed:
May. 10, 1994
Applicant:
Inventors:
Bharat I Chaudhary, Kehl, DE;
Georges Eschenlauer, Soufflenheim, FR;
Bruce S Marks, Westerville, OH (US);
Assignee:
The Dow Chemical Company, Midland, MI (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
C08J / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
521 79 ; 264 50 ; 521 82 ; 521 97 ; 521143 ;
Abstract
An uncrosslinked, closed cell, low density ethylenic polymer foam having a density of less than 150 kg/m.sup.3 is prepared from, for example, uncrosslinked low density polyethylene using inorganic blowing agents, such as carbon dioxide, argon, or mixtures thereof. A process for preparing such uncrosslinked, closed cell, low density ethylenic polymer foam comprising extruding a ethylenic polymer of suitable melt tension using a 100 percent inorganic blowing agent, such as carbon dioxide, argon, or mixtures thereof, and the foams produced with this process are also disclosed.