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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 12, 2002
Filed:
Jan. 28, 1999
Applicant:
Inventors:
Assignee:
Kaneka Corporation, Osaka, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
C08J 9/16 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
C08J 9/16 ;
Abstract
Polypropylene resin pre-expanded particles having a weight of 0.3 to 1.8 mg per particle and a mean cell diameter of at most 250 &mgr;m and exhibiting two fusion peaks on a DSC curve thereof one of which appearing on a higher temperature side has a specific heat of fusion QH, which can be molded in a mold in a shortened molding time to give cellular molded articles having a low density of 25 g/liter or less after being provided with an inorganic gas pressure of at least 1.5 atms when the heat of fusion QH is 2.8 to 6.0 cal/g, or after being provided with an inorganic gas pressure of 1.18 to 1.5 atms when the heat of fusion QH is from 0.3 to less than 2.8 cal/g.