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PURPOSE:To obtain an expanded polyolefin resin particle being flame-retardant and being excellent in moldability such as the fusibility among particle and secondary expansibility of particles during molding. CONSTITUTION:This particle contains a bis(alkyl ether)tetrabromobisphenol A flame retardant and/or a bis(alkyl ether)tetrabromobisphenol S flame retardant and a flame-retardant synergist.
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PURPOSE:To obtain easily a particle having a high expansion ratio and containing no ultrafine cells by using a blowing agent prepared by mixing carbon dioxide with an aliphatic hydrocarbon in a specified ratio corresponding to the aimed bulk expansion ratio of the particles. CONSTITUTION:A process for producing expanded particles by dispersing noncrosslinked resin particles of a copolymer of ethylene with 1.0-10wt.% 4-10 C alpha-olefin as a comonomer component in a dispersion medium in the presence of a blowing agent prepared by mixing carbon dioxide with an aliphatic hydrocarbon in a sealed container and releasing the resultant resin particles into a lower-pressure zone at a temperature of the resin particles by opening one end of the container, wherein the rate of the constituent gases in the mixed gas comprising carbon dioxide and an aliphatic hydrocarbon gas as the blowing agent and the amounts of the respective gases used simultaneously satisfy formulas I and II (wherein x is the number of moles of the aliphatic hydrocarbon used per 1000g of the base resin; y is the number of moles of the carbon dioxide used per 1000g of the base resin; and E is the aimed bulk expansion ratio of the expanded particles.
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PURPOSE:To easily produce the title particles having a high expansion ratio without making cells fine even when an inorg. gaseous blowing agent, such as carbon dioxide, is used in a process wherein polymer particles are impregnated with a blowing agent and spouted out of a hermetically sealed container into a low-pressure atmosphere to expand the particles. CONSTITUTION:Polymer particles contg. 0.02-5.0wt.% inorg. substance such as a metal carbonate, bisulfate, sulfate, oxide, or chloride, clay, or a natural mineral and 0.02-5.0wt.% polypropylene glycol-polyethylene glycol copolymer are impregnated with a blowing agent and spouted out of a hermetically sealed container into a low-pressure atmosphere to expand the particles.
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PURPOSE:To obtain the objective foamed particles having excellent weldability and giving low shrinkage after molding by using polyolefinic resin particles containing a specific amount of a quaternary ammonium salt, dispersing the resin particles in a dispersion medium in a closed vessel in the presence of carbon dioxide gas, heating the dispersion and discharging into a low-pressure zone. CONSTITUTION:Particles of a polyolefinic resin such as PP (the particle diameter is preferably 0.5-3mm) are dispersed in a dispersion medium in a closed vessel in the presence of carbon dioxide gas, heated at a temperature above the softening point of the resin particle and discharged into a low-pressure zone to obtain foamed particles. In the above process, the polyolefinic resin particle is incorporated with 0.1-5wt.% (preferably 0.1-1.0wt.%) of a quaternary ammonium salt such as octadecyl trimethyl ammonium salt.
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PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide foam particles which are polypropylene-based resin foam particles that have a low apparent density (high foaming ratio) and are excellent in lightness, and can obtain a polypropylene-based resin foam particle molded body which is excellent in hue and is uniform.SOLUTION: Polypropylene-based resin foam particles contain a specific sulfate compound and a coloring agent, and have an apparent density of 7 to 80 g/L. An average foam diameter (Ls) in a surface layer section of the foam particles is 70 μm or more, and a ratio (La/Ls) between an average foam diameter (La) in the whole foam particles and the average foam diameter (Ls) in the surface layer section of the foam particles is 1.0 to 2.2.
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PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide polypropylene-based resin-foamed particles capable of producing a molded article thereof excellent in foamability, molding fusion property and stably expressing an electrostatic diffusion property having the surface resistivity of specific range while maintaining excellent characteristics peculiar to the above resin; and also to provide a molded article of polypropylene-based resin-foamed particles formed through in-mold molding of the particles.SOLUTION: A polypropylene-based resin-foamed particle having electrostatic diffusion property has: a polypropylene-based resin-foamed core layer formed by foaming the composite resin particles in which a polyolefin-based resin-covered layer including a conductive carbon black is covered on a polypropylene-based resin core layer to become an apparent density of 10-120 kg/m; and a polyolefin-based resin-covering layer covering the above foamed core layer. The polyolefin-based resin composing a polyolefin-based resin-covering layer of the foamed particle is the mixture resin of a polypropylene-based resin (A) and a polyethylene-based resin (B), and the reains (A) and (B) form the continuous and dispersing phases, respectively, in the polyolefin-based resin-covering layer. The conductive carbon black is unevenly distributed to a dispersing phase side, and the weight ratio (A:B) of resins (A) and (B) is 99.5:0.5 to 50:50. The blending amount of the carbon black is 5-30 pts.wt. based on 100 pts.wt. of the mixture of resins (A) and (B).
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PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To foam resin particles having as a base resin, a polyolefin resin modified by styrene, by using an inorganic physical foaming agent, thereby providing expanded particles having high expansion ratio.SOLUTION: A method includes: a modification step of adding a styrene monomer to a suspension liquid obtained by suspending in an aqueous medium, polyolefin resin seed particles that contain one or more additive selected from a borate metal salt and a sulfate salt, and then impregnating the seed particles with the styrene monomer for polymerization to obtain composite resin particles; an impregnation step of dispersing the composite resin particles together with the inorganic physical foaming agent in a dispersion medium present inside a pressure tight case, and then impregnating the composite resin particles with a foaming agent; and a foaming step of releasing the foaming agent-impregnated composite resin particles from the pressure tight case in a heat-softened state, and then foaming the foaming agent-impregnated composite resin particles to obtain the composite resin-expanded particles.
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PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a method for producing polylactic acid-based resin foamed particles by which a foam molded product having excellent fusibility of mutual foamed particles can stably be produced without being seized by control of crystallinity.SOLUTION: The method for producing the polylactic acid-based resin foamed particles includes: dispersing polylactic acid-based resin particles together with a dispersion medium in the presence of a blowing agent under heating conditions in a pressure-resistant vessel; releasing and foaming the resultant foamable polylactic acid-based resin particles together with the dispersion medium from the interior of the pressure-resistant vessel to a lower pressure than that of the interior of the pressure-resistant vessel. The polylactic acid-based resin particles are composed of a core layer formed from the polylactic acid-based resin and an outer layer formed from the polylactic acid-based resin. The relationship between the softening point (A) [°C] of the polylactic acid-based resin forming the core layer and the softening point (B) [°C] of the polylactic acid-based resin forming the outer layer satisfies a specific formula (1), and the endothermic quantity (R:endo) [J/g] of the polylactic acid-based resin particles determined according to a heat flux differential scanning calorimetry under specific conditions satisfies a specific formula (2).
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PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a manufacturing method of polyolefin resin foam particles, which can produce a low density foam particle and small foam particles each of which has uniform foam structure and small variation in density per particle in a broad range of density. SOLUTION: In the present method of manufacturing polyolefin resin particles, foam particles are produced by releasing foam resin particles obtained by impregnating the polyolefin resin particles with a foaming agent, together with a dispersed media from a sealed container, to an environment having lower pressure than the pressure inside the sealed container. The polyolefin resin foam particles contain one or more resins (A) selected from aromatic polycarbonate resins or aromatic polyester resins, and the total content of the resin (A) is 15 pts.wt. or less (not including 0) relative to 100 pts.wt. of the polyolefin resin constituting the resin particles. COPYRIGHT: (C)2011,JPO&INPIT
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PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide foamed polyolefin resin beads good in fusibility of foamed beads with each other and excellent in in-mold moldability, while suppressed in shrinkage of foamed beads experienced when a polymer type antistatic agent is compounded with foamed polyolefin resin beads; to provide foamed polyolefin resin beads giving an in-mold molded article having antistatic performances, good surface conditions and excellent mechanical strength. SOLUTION: This foamed beads are obtained by expanding composite resin beads consisting of a core layer constituted by a polyolefin resin and a covering layer constituted by a polyolefin resin and covering the core layer. The polyolefin resin constituting the core layer is a crystalline polyolefin resin, and the polyolefin resin constituting the covering layer is a crystalline polyolefin resin which has a lower melting point (B) than the melting point (A) of the polyolefin resin constituting the core layer, wherein the temperature difference [(A)-(B)] between the melting point (B) and the melting point (A) of the polyolefin resin constituting the core layer is more than 0°C and 80°C or less, or a non-crystalline polyolefin resin which has a softening point (C) lower than the melting point (A) of the polyolefin resin constituting the core layer, wherein the temperature difference [(A)-(C)] between the softening point (C) and the melting point (A) of the polyolefin resin constituting the core layer is more than 0°C and 100°C or less, and 10 wt% or more and less than 50 wt% of a polymer type antistatic agent is formulated in the covering layer. COPYRIGHT: (C)2009,JPO&INPIT