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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 12, 2002
Filed:
Aug. 31, 1999
Bharat I. Chaudhary, Pearland, TX (US);
Russell P. Barry, Baden Wuertenburg, DE;
Lawrence S. Hood, Saginaw, MI (US);
Chung P. Park, Baden-Baden, DE;
The Dow Chemical Company, Midland, MI (US);
Abstract
This invention pertains to a composition and a process for preparing a closed cell alkenyl aromatic polymer foam having enlarged cell size, comprising one or more alkenyl aromatic polymers, one or more substantially random interpolymers, one or more blowing agents having zero ozone depletion potential and optionally one or more co-blowing agents, and optionally, one or more nucleating agents and optionally, one or more other additives. This combination allows the manufacture of closed cell, low density alkenyl aromatic polymer foams of enlarged cell size, when blowing agents of relatively high nucleation potential are employed. When such blowing agents are used with alkenyl aromatic polymers in the absence of the substantially random interpolymers, small cell foams result.