Abstract:
The invention relates to foams and molded parts made of foamed supporting materials that are selected from the group consisting of polyurethane resins, polyester resins, epoxides, as well as non-woven fabrics, woven materials, and open-cell two- and three-dimensional networks that consist of mineral, animal, plant, and chemical (natural/synthetic) fibers or mixtures thereof containing melamine/formaldehyde resin as a foaming reactive resins.
Abstract:
Producing expandable polylactic acid-containing granules, comprises: (a) melting and mixing (i) polylactic acid, (ii) at least one additional polymer, (iii) a diepoxide or polyepoxide and (iv) at least one additive, preferably nucleating agent; (b) mixing (v) an organic blowing agent and (vi) a co-blowing agent including nitrogen, carbon dioxide, argon and/or helium, into the polymer melt via a static or dynamic mixer; (c) discharging the mixture via a nozzle plate with holes; and (d) granulating the blowing agent-containing melt directly behind the nozzle plate under water. Producing expandable polylactic acid-containing granules, comprises: (a) melting and mixing (i) polylactic acid (50-99.9 wt.%, based on the total weight of the components (i)-(iii)), (ii) at least one additional polymer (0-49.9 wt.%, based on the total weight of the components (i)-(iii)), (iii) a diepoxide or polyepoxide (0.1-2 wt.%, based on the total weight of the components (i)-(iii)) and (iv) at least one additive, preferably nucleating agent (0-10 wt.%, based on the total weight of the components (i)-(iii)); (b) mixing (v) an organic blowing agent (3-7 wt.%, preferably 1-7 wt.%, based on the total weight of the components (i)-(iv)) and (vi) a co-blowing agent including nitrogen, carbon dioxide, argon and/or helium (0.01-5 wt.%), into the polymer melt via a static or dynamic mixer at a temperature of at least 140[deg] C; (c) discharging the mixture via a nozzle plate with holes, whose diameter at the nozzle outlet is not > 1.5 mm; and (d) granulating the blowing agent-containing melt directly behind the nozzle plate under water at a pressure of 1-20 bar. Independent claims are also included for: (1) the expandable polylactic acid-containing granules with cavities with an average diameter of 0.1-50 mu m and a solid proportion of 93-97 wt.% obtained by the above method, comprising (in wt.%) (i) the polylactic acid (50-98.9, based on the total weight of components (i)-(iii)), (ii) at least one polyester based on aliphatic and aromatic dicarboxylic acids and aliphatic dihydroxy compounds (1-49.9, based on the total weight of components (i)-(iii)), (iii) an epoxide group-containing copolymer based on styrene, acrylic acid ester and/or methacrylic acid ester (0.1-2, based on the total weight of components (i)-(iii)), (iv) the additive (0-10, based on the total weight of components (i)-(iii)), and (v) the organic blowing agent (3-7), or a polylactic acid-containing polymer mixture; (2) producing particles of foam molded parts, comprising pre-foaming the expandable polylactic acid-containing granules with hot air or steam to form the foam particles with a density of 8-100 kg/m 3>, and then welding the foam particles in a closed mold; (3) the polylactic acid-containing polymer mixture comprising (in wt.%) (i) the polylactic acid (60-98.9, based on the total weight of components (i)-(iii)), (ii) at least one polyester (1-39.9, based on the total weight of components (i)-(iii)), based on (a) succinic acid (90-99.5 mol.%, based on the components (i)-(ii)), (b) at least one dicarboxylic acids with 8-20 carbon atoms (0.5-10 mol.%, based on the components (i)-(ii)), (c) 1,3-propanediol or 1,4-butanediol (98-102 mol.%, based on the components (i)-(ii)), (iii) the epoxide group-containing copolymer (0.1-2, based on the total weight of the components (i)-(iii)), and (iv) the nucleating agent (0-1, based on the total weight of components (i)-(iii)); and (4) foam materials comprising the polylactic acid-containing polymer mixture.
Abstract:
The invention relates to the use of a phosphorous compound of formula (I) as a flame retardant, wherein the symbols of formula (I) have the following meanings: a group Y is -P(=X 2 ) S R 3 R 4 , H, a straight-chain or branched C 1 -C 12 alkyl group , C 5 -C 6 cycloalkyl , C 6 -C 12 aryl, benzyl, wherein the four last cited groups are unsubstituted or substituted by one or more radicals from the group C 1 -C 4 alkyl or C 2 -C 4 alkenylene; R 1 , R 2 , R 3 and R 4 are the same or different hydrogen, OH, C 1 -C 16 -Alkyl, C 2 - C 16 -Alkenyl, C 1 -C 16 -Alkoxy, C 2 -C 16 -Alkenoxy, C 3 -C 10 -Cycloalkyl, C 3 -C 10 -Cycloalkoxy, C 6 -C 10 -Aryl, C 6 -C 10 -Aryloxy, C 6 -C 10 -Aryl-C 1 - C 16 -Alkyl, C 6 -C 10 -Aryl-C 1 -C 16 -Alkoxy, SR 9 COR 10 , COOR 11 , CONR 12 R 13 or two radicals R 1 , R 2 , R 3 , R 4 form a ring system together with the phosphorous atom to which they are bound or the group P-O-A-O-P; R 5 , R 6 , R 7 , and R 8 are the same or different H, C 1 -C 16 -Alkyl, C 2 -C 16 -Alkenyl, C 1 -C 16 -Alkoxy, C 2 -C 16 -Alkenoxy; R 9 , R 10 , R 11 , R 12 , and R 13 are the same or different H d-de-Alkyl, C 2 -C 16 - Alkenyl, C 6 -C 10 -Aryl, C 6 -C 10 -Aryl-C 1 -C 16 -Alkyl,, C 6 -C 10 - Aryl-C 1 -C 16 -Alkoxy; X 1 , and X 2 are the same or different S or O; r, and s are the same or different 0 or 1; and X 3 , X 4 , X 5 , and X 6 are the same or different S or O and n is a whole number from 1 to 50.
Abstract:
Moulded foams, obtainable by fusion of prefoamed foam beads made of expandable, thermoplastic polymer pellets, comprising: from 5 to 100% by weight of a component (A) comprising a1) from 5 to 100% by weight (based on (A)) of an α-methylstyrene/acrylonitrile copolymer and/or α-methylstyrene/styrene/acrylonitrile terpolymer and a2) from 0 to 95% by weight (based on (A)) of a styrene/acrylonitrile copolymer; from 0 to 95% by weight of polystyrene (B) and from 0 to 95% by weight of a thermoplastic polymer (C) different from (A) and (B), feature good heat resistance and good solvent resistance.