公开(公告)号：AU3568371A

公开(公告)日：1973-05-24

申请号：AU3568371

申请日：1971-11-15

Applicant: HOECHST AG

Inventor： JASTROW HORST ,  LEDERER MICHAEL ,  HEISKEL ELMAR

IPC: C08F271/00 ,  C08F283/12 ,  C08J9/20 ,  C08F1/11

Abstract: 1334150 Preparation of foamable styrene polymer beads by suspension polymerization FARBWERKE HOECHST AG 15 Nov 1971 [16 Nov 1970] 52950/71 Headings C3P and C3C In a process for the production of foamable styrene polymer beads by suspension polymerizing styrene with or without up to 10% by weight of an alkyl styrene or nuclear halogenated styrene or up to 10% by weight of an acrylic or methacrylic acid ester, acrylonitrile, vinyl chloride, a vinyl ester or a vinyl polysiloxane, in the presence of a blowing agent, the protective colloid for the suspension is 0À02-0À08% by wt. based on the total monomer, of a copolymer of 98-99À5% by wt. of an N-vinyl-N- alkyl acetamide in which the alkyl is C 1-4 , and from 2-0À5% by wt. of a C 6-18 aliphaticalcohol ester of acrylic, methacrylic, maleic, or fumaric acid, said copolymer having a Fickentscher K value of 70-120, measured as a 1% methanol solution at 20‹ C. The preferred protective colloid is a copolymer of N-vinyl-N- methyl acetamide and 2-ethylhexyl acrylate. Other suitable comonomers for the N-vinyl-N- alkylacetamide are n-hexyl acrylate, decyl methacrylate, dodecyl maleate and stearyl fumarate. Blowing agents specified are npentane, isopentane, cyclopentane, hexane, petroleum ether, and halogenated hydrocarbons such as CFCl 3 , CF 2 Cl 2 , CH 3 Cl, and CH 2 Cl 2 . Nucleating agents for pore regulation may also be present, such as hexabromocyclododecane, tetrabromobutane, tris(dibromopropylphosphate), brominated butadiene oligomers and chlorine compounds such as chloro-paraffins and P.V.C., and polysiloxanes. The initiators used are conventional. Other additives such as flame retarders, plasticizers &c. may also be present. The blowing agent may be added before or during polymerization.