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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 16, 2013
Filed:
Jan. 23, 2012
Toshiaki Masuda, Yao, JP;
Ichiro Takahara, Yao, JP;
Kenichi Kitano, Yao, JP;
Katsushi Miki, Yao, JP;
Takeshi Inohara, Yao, JP;
Takayuki Aoki, Yao, JP;
Toshiaki Masuda, Yao, JP;
Ichiro Takahara, Yao, JP;
Kenichi Kitano, Yao, JP;
Katsushi Miki, Yao, JP;
Takeshi Inohara, Yao, JP;
Takayuki Aoki, Yao, JP;
Matsumoto Yushi-Seiyaku Co., Ltd., Yao-Shi, JP;
Abstract
The present invention provides heat-expanded microspheres having high packing efficiency, and a production method thereof. The heat-expanded microspheres are produced by expanding heat-expandable microspheres, which comprise shell of thermoplastic resin and a blowing agent encapsulated therein having a boiling point not higher than the softening point of the thermoplastic resin and have an average particle size from 1 to 100 micrometer, at a temperature not lower than their expansion initiating temperature, and the heat-expanded microspheres result in a void fraction not higher than 0.70.