Abstract:
Continuous production of styrene polymers which contain an expanding agent and which are in the form of granules by extrusion of a mixture of a melt of the polymer with the expanding agent and rapid cooling of the extruded mixture, wherein excess expanding agent is first mixed with the melt and then the excess of expanding agent is evaporated. In this way both the production of a homogeneous mixture and the cooling of the mixture prior to extrusion to temperatures just above the softening point of the mixture are facilitated.
Abstract:
1,146,653. Self-extinguishing polymeric compositions. BADISCHE ANILIN- & SODAFABRIK A.G. 7 July, 1966 [9 July, 1965], No. 30552/66. Headings C3C and C3P. A self-extinguishing composition consists of (a) a normally solid thermoplastic polymer of at least 50% by wt. of styrene which may be substituted, and less than 50% of at least one other copolymerizable compound having the group having intimately incorporated therewith (b) an organic bromide, having a plurality of bromine atoms attached to carbon atoms and the bromine atoms constituting more than 40% of the bromide, in such an amount that the composition has a bromine content of 0À1-5%, and (c) 0À01-5% of (a) of a polymer which is prepared from (i) a compound of formula where R 1 , R 2 , R 4 and R 5 are H, halogen or a C 1-4 aliphatic hydrocarbon radical and at least two of the above Rs are where R 7 is a C 1-4 linear aliphatic hydrocarbon radical and R 8 is H or R 7 , and R 3 and R 6 are H or halogen atoms; or (ii) a mixture of the above compounds and a compound of the same formula where R 1 is where R 7 and R 8 are as before and the remaining Rs are H or halogen atoms. The (a) polymer may be polystyrene, a copolymer of styrene and acrylonitrile together with optionally polybutadiene, or a polymer obtained by polymerizing styrene in the presence of polybutadiene. Polymer (c) may be prepared by dehydropolymerization of p- or m-diisopropylbenzene with optionally isopropylbenzene, or 1,2,4-tri- or 1,2,4,5-tetra-isopropylbenzene. The bromide (b) may be hexabromocyclododecane or tris - (2,3 - dibromopropyl) - phosphate. The composition may be made by dissolving the three components in methylene chloride or by extruding the three components, with optionally kaolin; or by polymerizing styrene in the presence of an aq. mixture of polyvinylpyrrolidone, sodium pyrophosphate, benzoyl peroxide and the above (b) and (c) components. The composition may also contain a foaming agent, e.g. pentane or methyl chloride, and may be formed into a foamed sheet or strand.
Abstract:
A THERMOSTABLE POLYPHENYLENE ETHER IS OBTAINED BY OXIDATIVE COUPLING OF A TRISUBSTITUTED PHENOL AND TREATMENT OF THE POLYMERIC PRODUCT WITH A THIOL. POLYPHENYLENE ETHERS OBTAINED BY THE OXIDATIVE COUPLING OF TRISUBSTITUTED PHENOLS IN THE PRESENCE OF OXYGEN, AN ORGANIC SOLVENT AND A COPPER/AMINE COMPLEX ARE ACTED UPON AT TEMPERATURE BETWEEN 10* AND 100*C. FOR AT LEAST 5 SECONDS BY A THIOL OF THE GENERAL FORMULA HSR2 WHERE R2 STANDS FOR A LINEAR, BRANCHED OR CYCLIC ALKYL RADICAL HAVING FROM 2 TO 20 CARBONS ATOMS,
Abstract:
SELF-EXTINGUISHING STYRENE POLYMERS CONTAINING (A) AN ORGANIC BROMINE COMPOUND AND LEAD NAPHTHENATE OR (B) AN ORGANIC CHLORINE COMPOUND AND IRON NAPHTHENATE. THE COMBINATIONS (A) AND (B) ARE EXCEEDINGLY EFFECTIVE WHEN USED AS FLAME-PROOFING AGENTS.
Abstract:
1,147,684. Self-extinguishing thermoplastic compositions. BADISCHE ANILIN- & SODAFABRIK A.G. 19 July, 1966 [21 July, 1965], No. 32374/66. Headings C3C and C3P. A self-extinguishing composition consists of (a) a normally solid thermoplastic polymer or copolymer of styrene or substituted styrene which comprises at least 50% by wt. of the styrene or substituted styrene and less than 50% of one other olefinically unsaturated compound having intimately incorporated therewith (b) an organic bromide having a plurality of bromine atoms attached to carbon atoms and the bromine atoms making up more than 40% by wt. of the bromide, in such an amount that the composition has 0À1-5% wt. of bromine, and (c) 0À01-5% by wt. on (a) of a polymer consisting of repeating units of formula where R 1 is R 7 or XR 7 , R 7 is a C 1-6 aliphatic hydrocarbon, a phenylalkyl or phenyl radical which may be substituted by 1-5 chlorine atoms or a C 1-4 alkyl or alkoxy group and X is -O-, -CO- or -COO-; R 2 to R 6 are H, Cl or a C 1-4 alkyl or alkoxy group; and n is 3-200. The (a) polymer may be polystyrene or a copolymer of styrene and acrylonitrile. The (b) bromide may be hexabromocyclododecane or tris-(2,3-dibromopropyl) phosphate. The (c) polymer may be a polymerized diphenylmethane or ethylbenzene. The composition may be made by dissolving the three constituents in methylene chloride. The composition may also contain 3-10% of a foaming agent which is a volatile organic compound which does not dissolve the (a) polymer and has a boiling point below its softening point e.g. pentane, and may be foamed, e.g. in film form, using steam.