PROCESS FOR PREPARING PHENOL FOAMS

• Main Author: JONES JOHN EDWARD
• Format: Patent
• Language: English
• Published: 14.08.1996
• Edition: 6
• Subjects: ADHESIVES; AFTER-TREATMENT NOT COVERED BY SUBCLASSES C08B, C08C, C08F,C08G; CHEMISTRY; COMPOSITIONS BASED THEREON; DYES; GENERAL PROCESSES OF COMPOUNDING; MACROMOLECULAR COMPOUNDS OBTAINED OTHERWISE THAN BY REACTIONSONLY INVOLVING UNSATURATED CARBON-TO-CARBON BONDS; MATERIALS FOR MISCELLANEOUS APPLICATIONS, NOT PROVIDED FORELSEWHERE; METALLURGY; MISCELLANEOUS APPLICATIONS OF MATERIALS; MISCELLANEOUS COMPOSITIONS; NATURAL RESINS; ORGANIC MACROMOLECULAR COMPOUNDS; PAINTS; POLISHES; THEIR PREPARATION OR CHEMICAL WORKING-UP; WORKING-UP

This invention relates to a process for producing phenolic foams from phenolic resins using a blowing agent comprising 1,1,1,4,4,4-hexafluorobutane. These blowing agents are much more environmentally friendly than the conventional chlorofluorocarbons and do not adversely affect the properties of the...