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Process for the preparation of polymer particles

US6127439A · kind A · utility

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Filing dateDec 30, 1998
Grant dateOct 3, 2000
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Expiry dateDec 30, 2018

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC C)Chemistry; Metallurgy
  • CPC primaryC08J2439/06
  • WIPO fieldMacromolecular chemistry, polymers
  • WIPO sectorChemistry

Abstract

The present invention provides a process for preparing an expandable polymer of a vinyl aromatic monomer and a polar water adsorbing monomer. The monomers are partially polymerized and then suspended in water so that the resulting beads contain from 3 to 40 weight % water which act as the sole or a predominant blowing agent.

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