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US4407977A Expired / Lapsed US ⏱️ 0.0 years remaining

Fire retardant particulate expandable styrene polymers

Assignee: Huels AG
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Filing: 1982-05-20
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Granted: 1983-10-04
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Expires: 2002-05-20
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Abstract

Abstract Fine particulate expandable flame retardant styrene polymers having an improved minimum mold dwell time and reduced block shrinkage are prepared by: (a) mixing together styrene monomer or a mixture of styrene and a copolymerizable monomer with an organic halogen compound and an expanding agent in an aqueous dispersion; (b) adding before or during polymerization to the mixture of (a) from 0.0001 to 0.1% by weight of an expoxidation product of an aliphatic hydrocarbon of which the epoxidated aliphatic chain comprises from 6 to 18 C atoms, this epoxidation product being soluble in the monomers; (c) carrying out a polymerization in the aqueous suspension of (a) and (b) using radical forming initiators at temperatures of 80 DEG C.-130 DEG C. to form expandable particles; (d) pre-forming the expandable particles resulting from (c); ageing the pre-formed particles of (d); and (f) molding the pre-formed and aged particles of (e) in a pressure resistant mold.

Inventors

  • 👤 Josef K. Rigler
  • 👤 Ekkehard Wienhofer
  • 👤 Horst Leithauser
  • 👤 Karl Trukenbrod

Bibliographic Details

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Jurisdiction US
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Last Synchronized 2026-10-29 20:12
CPC Classifications
C; C08; C08J; C08J9/00; C08J9/16; C08J9/20; C08J9/0014; C08J9/0023; C08J2325/00; Y; Y10; Y10S; Y10S264/00; Y10S264/09; Y10S264/15; Y10S521/00; Y10S521/907

Claims Analysis

Total Claims: 7
Claim 1
Independent Claim 118 words
In a process for the preparation of shaped bodies based on expanded styrene polymers comprising: the polymerization of styrene or a mixture thereof with at least one monomer copolymerizable therewith in a suspension having an organic phase, the addition of an expanding agent and a fire retardant organic halogen compound, pre-forming of the resulting expandable particles, ageing of the formed particles, and molding thereof in a pressure resistant mold, the improvement comprising: adding to the polymerization about 0.0001 to 0.1 percent by weight based on said monomers and comonomers of an epoxidation product of an aliphatic hydrocarbon having an epoxidated aliphatic chain containing from 6 to 18 C atoms, said epoxidation product being soluble in said organic phase.
Claim 2
Dependent Claim 118 words
In a process for the preparation of shaped bodies based on expanded styrene polymers comprising: the polymerization of styrene or a mixture thereof with at least one monomer copolymerizable therewith in a suspension having an organic phase, the addition of an expanding agent and a fire retardant organic halogen compound, pre-forming of the resulting expandable particles, ageing of the formed particles, and molding thereof in a pressure resistant mold, the improvement comprising: adding to the polymerization about 0.0001 to 0.1 percent by weight based on said monomers and comonomers of an epoxidation product of an aliphatic hydrocarbon having an epoxidated aliphatic chain containing from 6 to 18 C atoms, said epoxidation product being soluble in said organic phase.
Claim 3
Dependent Claim 14 words
The process of claim 1, wherein said epoxidation product is added before the polymerization.
Claim 4
Dependent Claim 14 words
The process of claim 1, wherein said epoxidation product is added during the polymerization.
Claim 5
Dependent Claim 19 words
The process of claim 1, wherein about 0.001 to 0.05 percent by weight of said epoxidation product is added.
Claim 6
Dependent Claim 37 words
The process of claim 1, wherein said epoxidation product is selected from the group consisting of 1,2-epoxyhexane, 3,4-epoxyheptane, 1,2-epoxyoctane, 1,2-epoxydecane, 1,2-epoxyundecane, 1,2-epoxydodecane, 1,2-epoxytetradecane, 1,2-epoxyhexadecane, 1,2-epoxyoctadecane, in particular 1,2-epoxydodecane, 1,2-epoxytetradecane, 1,2-epoxyhexadecane, branched-chain 1,2-epoxy-2-butyloctane, 1,2-epoxybutyldecane, 1,2,5,6-bis-epoxyhexane, 1,2,9,10-bis-epoxydecane and 1,2,7,8-bis-epoxyoctane.
Claim 7
Dependent Claim 10 words
The shaped bodies obtained by the process of claim 1.

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