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Making cross-linked styrene polymer foam

US4454086A · kind A · utility

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Filing dateJun 18, 1982
Grant dateJun 12, 1984
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Expiry dateJun 18, 2002

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC Y)Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
  • CPC primaryY10S264/83
  • WIPO fieldOther special machines
  • WIPO sectorMechanical engineering

Abstract

High quality plastic foam and the like expanded products and articles are made by incorporating a blowing agent in an acid-containing alkenyl aromatic polymer, such as a copolymer of styrene and acrylic acid; extruding while cross-linking the polymer with a polyfunctional cross-linking agent.

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