Abstract:
The present invention provides thermoplastic olefin elastomer crosslinked expanded beads, having a content of a fraction insoluble in hot xylene of 10 to 40 wt %, and having a crystal structure such that a melting peak inherent in the thermoplastic olefin elastomer (inherent peak) and one or more melting peaks on a higher temperature side than the inherent peak (high temperature peak) appear on a DSC curve obtained by heating the crosslinked expanded beads from 23° C. to 200° C. at a heating rate of 10° C./min, wherein in the DSC curve, a total heat of melting is 40 to 60 J/g, and a ratio of a heat of melting of the high temperature peak to the total heat of melting is 0.1 to 0.6.
Abstract:
The present invention is concerned with expanded beads of a block copolymer of a polyethylene block and an ethylene/α-olefin copolymer block, wherein a xylene insoluble fraction (A) of the expanded beads by a hot xylene extraction method is 10 to 70% by weight, and a ratio (A/B) of the xylene insoluble fraction (A) to a xylene insoluble fraction (B) of the expanded beads by a hot xylene extraction method when divided into two equal parts and measured is 1.0 to 1.1, and is able to provide expanded beads with excellent in-mold moldability and an expanded beads molded article with excellent fusion bondability and restorability.
Abstract:
The present invention provides expanded beads comprising a crosslinked multi-block copolymer containing an ethylene block and an ethylene-α-olefin copolymer block, having an apparent density of 40 to 300 g/L, a gel fraction of 30 to 70% by weight by a hot xylene extraction method, an average cell diameter (a) of 50 to 180 μm, and an average surface layer thickness (b) of 3 to 27 μm, and the expanded beads are excellent in in-mold moldability, and can produce an expanded beads molded article being excellent in tensile characteristics in a well balanced manner.
Abstract:
An object of the present invention is to provide expanded beads capable of producing an expanded beads molded article that is excellent in in-mold moldability and is excellent with good balance in lightweight property, flexibility, repulsion, restorability, and tensile characteristics, and an expanded beads molded article using the expanded beads. For achieving the object, the present invention provides crosslinked expanded beads produced by crosslinking and expanding particles containing a multi-block copolymer containing a polyethylene block and an ethylene-α-olefin copolymer block, the multi-block copolymer having a melt flow rate of from 2 to 10 g/10 min at 190° C. and a load of 2.16 kg, and a Shore A hardness of from 65 to 90 measured according to ASTM D2240, the crosslinked expanded beads having a gel fraction of from 30 to 60% by a hot xylene extraction method. The expanded beads molded article of the present invention is produced by subjecting the crosslinked expanded beads of the present invention, to in-mold molding. The expanded beads molded article of the present invention may have an apparent density of from 40 to 150 g/L.
Abstract:
There is provided polyvinylidene fluoride resin expanded beads which have a high expansion ratio, do not shrink easily, and are capable of obtaining a molded article of the expanded beads that is excellent in mold reproducibility and dimensional stability. The polyvinylidene fluoride resin expanded beads include a polyvinylidene fluoride resin as a base resin, in which a flexural modulus of the polyvinylidene fluoride resin is 450 MPa or more, a melt flow rate (MFR) of the polyvinylidene fluoride resin is 1 g/10 min or more at 230° C. and 2.16 kg load, an apparent density of the expanded beads is 25 to 150 g/L, and a closed cell content of the expanded beads is 80% or more.