FOAMABLE THERMOPLASTIC COMPOSITIONS, THERMOPLASTIC FOAMS AND METHODS OF MAKING SAME

• Main Authors: CHMURA, Steven, NICKL, Peter, TRIEZENBERG, Mark, YU, Bin, MARTINS, Susie, ABREVAYA, Hayim, MACKOWIAK, David, LIU, Tianyu, LOBO, Rodrigo, KRUGLOV, Alexey, LEHUTA, Keith, BRODERICK, Erin, SINGH, Rajiv, MAHMOOD, Syed
• Format: Patent
• Language: English; French
• Published: 23.02.2023
• Subjects: AFTER-TREATMENT NOT COVERED BY SUBCLASSES C08B, C08C, C08F,C08G; CHEMISTRY; COMPOSITIONS BASED THEREON; GENERAL PROCESSES OF COMPOUNDING; MACROMOLECULAR COMPOUNDS OBTAINED OTHERWISE THAN BY REACTIONSONLY INVOLVING UNSATURATED CARBON-TO-CARBON BONDS; METALLURGY; ORGANIC MACROMOLECULAR COMPOUNDS; THEIR PREPARATION OR CHEMICAL WORKING-UP; WORKING-UP

Low-density, thermoplastic foams comprising: (a) thermoplastic polymer cells comprising cell walls comprising polyethylene furanoate, wherein at least about 50% by volume of the cells are closed cells; and (b) at least HFO-1234ze(E) contained in said closed cells. Mousses thermoplastiques à faible densité comprenant : (a) des cellules polymères thermoplastiques comprenant des parois cellulaires comprenant du polyéthylène furanoate, au moins environ 50 % en volume des cellules étant des cellules fermées ; et (b) au moins de l'HFO-1234ze(E) contenu dans lesdites cellules fermées.