POLYSTYRENE/POLYETHYLENE OXIDE COPOLYMER FOR ENHANCING WATER VAPOR PERMEABILITY IN THERMOPLASTIC FOAM
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    发明申请
    POLYSTYRENE/POLYETHYLENE OXIDE COPOLYMER FOR ENHANCING WATER VAPOR PERMEABILITY IN THERMOPLASTIC FOAM 有权
    聚苯乙烯/聚乙烯氧化物共聚物,用于增加热塑性泡沫中的水蒸气渗透性

    公开(公告)号:US20130225704A1

    公开(公告)日:2013-08-29

    申请号:US13769647

    申请日:2013-02-18

    IPC分类号: C08J9/14

    摘要: Polymeric foam and polymeric foam products that contain a foamable polymer material, at least one blowing agent, a polystyrene/polyethylene oxide copolymer, and optionally, an infrared attenuating agent, are provided. In exemplary embodiments, the blowing agent includes at least one hydrofluorocarbon blowing agent. The maleic anhydride-styrene copolymer grafted with polyethylene oxide provides a water vapor permeability of 1.1 perm inch or greater in the extruded foam product without detrimentally affecting physical or thermal properties of the product. Additionally, the copolymer of maleic anhydride-styrene grafted with polyethylene oxide has a positive affect on the processability of the blowing agent(s) in the composition by both widening the process window and enhancing the solubility of the blowing agent in the polymer melt. Thus, the polystyrene/polyethylene oxide copolymer present in the inventive composition acts as a cell enlarger, a plasticizer, and a processing aid. A method of forming an extruded foam product is also provided.

    摘要翻译: 提供含有可发泡聚合物材料,至少一种发泡剂,聚苯乙烯/聚环氧乙烷共聚物和任选的红外衰减剂的聚合物泡沫和聚合泡沫产品。 在示例性实施方案中,发泡剂包括至少一种氢氟烃发泡剂。 用聚环氧乙烷接枝的马来酸酐 - 苯乙烯共聚物在挤出的泡沫产品中提供1.1 perm英寸或更大的水蒸汽透过率,而不会有害地影响产品的物理或热性能。 此外,接枝聚环氧乙烷的马来酸酐 - 苯乙烯的共聚物通过加工工艺窗口和提高发泡剂在聚合物熔体中的溶解度而对组合物中的发泡剂的加工性具有积极的影响。 因此,存在于本发明组合物中的聚苯乙烯/聚环氧乙烷共聚物用作电池放大器,增塑剂和加工助剂。 还提供了一种形成挤出泡沫产品的方法。