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Abstract
The present invention relates to the use of hollow microspheres filled with a hydrocarbon, to introduce uniform cell geometries in syntactic foams having a bimodal cell structure. The rigid foam product includes from 40 to 60 percent by weight of the hollow microspheres, the microspheres having average diameters ranging from 80 to 140 microns. The microspheres are encapsulated from 60 to 40 percent by weight of a closed cell polyurethane foam, the cells of the foam having average diameters from 0.01 to 40 microns.
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Mo4704 SYNTACTIC RIGID PUR/PIR FOAM BOARDSTOCK
FIELD OF THE INVENTION
The present invention relates to a rigid polyurethane/poly-isocyanurate foam product having a high compressive strength comprising the use of microspheres. In particular, the foam is syntactic, closed cell and is bimodal in structure.
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
Rigid foams and processes for their production are well known in the art. Such foams are typically produced by reacting a polyisocyanate with an isocyanate reactive material such as polyol in the presence of a blowing agent.
In recent years, the substantial increases in costs of the basic materials used to make foam, has encouraged the development and use of filler materials to reduce the amount of the basic materials used and the weight of the finished materials. One of the suggested filler materials and insulating materials utilizes hollow microspheres.
The use of hollow microspheres in foam is known in the art. The use of microspheres, however, in a syntactic foam having a bimodal cell structure is neither disclosed nor suggested by the art.
The expression "syntactic" as used herein refers to the use of hollow spheres in a polymer matrix to produce a cellular material.
The expression "PUR/PIR foam" refers to polyurethane and/or isocyanurate foam produced by generation of gas bubbles during reaction of the polymer matrix.
The expression "hybrid" as used herein refers to the simultaneous use of hollow spheres and PUR/PIR foam to produce a syntactic foam.
The expression "bimodal cell size" refers to a hybrid foam wherein the hollow spheres have a median diameter of at least 2 times greater than the cell diameter of the foamed matrix.
Mo4704 - 2 -Expanded microspheres consisting of a synthetic thermoplastic resin shell that encapsulates a liquid blowing agent are known. See e.g., U.S. Patent Nos. 4,829,094, 4,843,104 and 4,902,722.
In Melber, et al. (U.S. Patent Nos. 4,829,094 and 4,843,104), a syntactic-polymer foam composition having a low density filler containing free flowing microspheres is disclosed. Melber, et al., however, does not disclose or suggest a bimodal cell structured foam.
Otioski, et al. (U.S. Patent No. 4,916,173) discloses a polyurethane composition for a millable modeling stock application having hollow microspheres. Otloski, et al., however, discloses a solid polymer matrix and does not disclose a bimodal cell structure. Janda (U.S.
Patent No. 4,959,395) also discloses a solid polymer matrix and not a foam with a bimodal cell structure.
The two patents to Torobin (U.S. Patent Nos. 4,303,729 and 4,303,736) disclose the use of hollow plastic microspheres as filler materials in plastics. Each of these patents does not disclose the bimodal cell structure. Additionally, the Torobin patents disclose large diameter microspheres in the range of 200 to 10,000 microns.
Cravens (U.S. Patent No. 4,038,238) discloses hollow microspheres having lower loadings of 2 to 5 percent by weight of the total composition. Additionally, Cravens does not disclose a foam having a bimodal cell structure.
Harper (U.S. Patent No. 4,082,702) discloses a rigid syntactic foam comprising glass microballoons. Har er, however, does not disclose a foam having a bimodal cell structure.
It has now been found that the use of hollow microspheres in a syntactic PUR/PIR foam having a bimodal cell structure improves the k-factor aging losses and the flammability since the blowing agent is encapsulated in a microsphere. Additionally, the addition of the Mo4704 - 3 -microspheres to the present foam results in improved compressive strength.
SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION
It is an object of the present invention to provide a rigid foam product that would have a reduced density while maintaining the k-factor of the product.
It is also an object of the present invention to provide a rigid foam product having higher compressive strength at a given density when compared with typical foams.
It is a further object of the present invention to provide a safer product by reducing the flammability of the foam.
These and other objects, which will be apparent to those skilled in the art, are accomplished by the use of hollow microspheres filled with a hydrocarbon, air or vacuum to introduce uniform cell geometries in foams.
The hybrid bimodal syntactic rigid polyurethane and/or polyisocyanurate (PIR) foam product comprises from 40 to 60 percent by weight of the hollow microspheres, the microspheres having average diameters ranging from 80 to 140 microns. The microspheres are encapsulated from 60 to 40 percent by weight of a closed cell polyurethane foam and/or polyisocyanurate foam, the cells of the foam having average diameters from 0.01 to 40 microns. The sum of the percent by weight of the hollow microspheres and the percent by weight of the closed cell polyurethane foam and/or polyisocyanu rate foam totals 100 percent by weight of the hybrid bimodal syntactic rigid polyurethane product and/or polyisocyanurate product. In addition, the ratio of the average diameter of microspheres to the average diameter of cells is at least 2:1.
The narrow microsphere diameter distribution, coupied with the very fine cells generated by the blowing agent, create a bimodal syntactic foam structure. Such a structure will have a higher compressive strength at a given density when compared with the typical foam. Also, because the Mo4704Ca - 3A -hydrocarbon blowing agent, if present, is encapsulated in the hollow microsphere, flammability will be reduced and the k-factor retention is improved.
Mo4704 DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS
Fig. 1 is a diagram of a portion of the present syntactic foam wherein the bimodal cell structure is shown between the fine cells of the foamed matrix and the microsphere.
Fig. 2a is a diagram showing a cross-sectional view of a sandwich beam showing the small PUR/PIR cells between the shells of the microspheres.
Fig. 2b is a diagram showing how the compressive strength is increased in the present invention by making a sandwich beam from the small PUR/PIR cells between the shells of the microspheres.
Fig. 3 is a micrograph of a typical, non-syntactic PIR foam with random and widely distributed cell sizes.
Fig. 4 is a micrograph showing the same magnification of a foam of the present invention wherein the large spherical cells are embedded in the water/isocyanate foam.
Fig. 5 is a micrograph which is a further magnification of Fig. 4 showing an example of the microspheres joined by the water/isocyanate cells.
DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION
The present invention is directed to an improved rigid foam product comprising microspheres.
The hollow microspheres used herein are known. Commercially available microspheres include Expancel* 551 DE, which is available from Expancel Inc.; Z-Light* W-1000 from Zeelan Industries; Dualite* M6032AE, which is from Pierce & Stevens Corporation; Scotchlite* S-series, which is from 3M; and QCEL* 300 and QCEL* 650, which are available from the PQ Corporation. The Expancel* and Dualite* type microspheres are both expandable and hollow microspheres consisting of a thin shell of a copolymer of vinylidene chloride and acrylonitrile, the shell of the Z-Light*
W-1000 microsphere is ceramic and the Scotchlite* and QCEL*
microspheres consist of glass shells. The interior of the Expancel* and Pierce & Stevens microspheres typically contain a volatile hydrocarbon, which contain isobutane, isopentane or cyclopentane, but also could be *trade-mark Mo4704 made with custom low boiling solvents, if necessary. The ceramic and glass microspheres usually contain air, but may contain vacuum. In the example of a polymeric shell, when the microsphere is heated, the polymeric shell gradually softens, the volatile hydrocarbon evaporates, thus expanding the microspheres.
It is typical of available microspheres that a given sample contains a range of sizes. The microspheres used in this invention are hollow microspheres with a mean diameter of between 80 to 200 microns, preferably 100 to 140 microns. The density of polymeric, glass and ceramic microspheres range from 0.01 to 0.4 g/cc, 0.1 to 0.5 g/cc and 0.4 to 0.7 g/cc, respectively.
The addition of the amount of microspheres is such that the weight percent of the microspheres to the foam product is 20 to 80 percent by weight of the hollow microspheres. Preferably, the weight percent of the microspheres is from 40 to 60 weight percent.
The microspheres are encapsulated, from 80 to 20 percent, by weight of a closed cell PUR/PIR foam. For example, if the amount of microspheres in the foam product is 20 percent, the remaining 80 percent is the closed cell PUR/PIR foam. Conversely, if the amount of the microspheres in the foam product is 80 percent, the remaining 20 percent is the polyurethane foam.
The foam of the present invention is a closed cell polyurethane or polyisocyanurate foam such that the diameter of the cells of the foam range from 0.01 to 60 microns. Preferably, the diameter of the cells range from 0.5 to 30 microns.
Since the present foam is a syntactic foam having a bimodal cell structure, the microspheres will have a diameter of at least 2 times greater than the diameter of the cell size. This is illustrated in Figure 1 wherein Region "A" represents the microsphere, Region "B" shows the triangular plateau border and Region "C" shows the microsphere shell.
Mo4704 The small cells of the PUR/PIR foam are found between the microspheres' shells and in the triangular plateau borders. Figure 2a shows a cross-section of a sandwich beam with the small PUR/PIR cells between the shells of the microspheres. Figure 2b shows how the compressive strength is increased by making a sandwich beam from the small PUR/PIR cells between the shells of the microspheres. Whereas Figure 3 shows a micrograph of a typical, non-syntactic PIR foam with random and widely distributed cell sizes, Figure 4 and 5 show a foam of the present invention wherein the large spherical cells are embedded in the water/isocyanate foam.
For example, if a microsphere has a diameter of 80 microns, the cell diameter will be no greater than 40 microns. Figure 2b shows the compressive strength is increased by making a sandwich beam from the small PUR/PIR cells between the shells of the microspheres.
The production of rigid foams of the present invention based on isocyanates is known per se and is described, for example, in German Offenlegungsschriften 1,694,142, 1,694,215 and 1,720,768, as well as in Kunststoff-Handbuch [Plastics Handbook], Volume VII, Polyurethane, edited by Vieweg and Hochtlen, Carl Hanser Verlag, Munich 1966, and in the new edition of this tome, edited by G. Oertel, Carl Hanser Verlag, Munich, Vienna, 1983.
These foams are mainly those that comprise urethane and/or isocyanurate and/or allophanate and/or uretdione and/or urea and/or carbodiimide groups. The following can be employed for the production of the bimodal syntactic foams based on isocyanates, using the microspheres according to the present invention:
a) As starting components, aliphatic, cycloaliphatic, araliphatic, aromatic and heterocyclic polyisocyanates, such as those described, for example, by W. Siefken in Justus Liebigs Annalen der Chemie, 562, pp. 75-136, for example, those of the formula Q(NCO)n in which n denotes 2-4, preferably 2-3, and Mo4704 - 7 -Q denotes an aliphatic hydrocarbon radical of 2-18, preferably 6-10 carbon atoms, a cycloaliphatic hydrocarbon radical of 4-15, preferably 5-carbon atoms, an aromatic hydrocarbon radical of 6-15, preferably 6-13 carbon atoms or an araliphatic hydrocarbon radical of 8-15, preferably 5 8-13 carbon atoms, for example, such polyisocyanates as described in DE-OS 2,832,253, pp 10-11.
Particularly preferred are usually those polyisocyanates which are technically readily accessible, for example, the 2,4- and 2,6-toluylene diisocyanate as well as any mixture of these isomers ("TDI"); polyphenyl-10 polymethylenepolyisocyanates, such as those obtained by an aniline-formaldehyde condensation and subsequent treatment with phosgene ("crude MDI"), and polyisocyanates comprising carbodiimide groups, urethane groups, allophanate groups, isocyanurate groups, urea groups or biuret groups ("modified polyisocyanates"), especially those modified polyisocyanates which are derived from 2,4- and/or 2,6-toluylene diisocyanate and from 4,4'- and/or 2,4'- diphenylmethane diisocyanate.
b) The starting components may further be compounds of a molecular weight usually of 400 to 10,000, containing at least two hydrogen atoms reactive toward isocyanates. These comprise, besides compounds containing amino, thio, or carboxyl groups, preferably compounds containing hydroxyl groups, in particular compounds containing 2 to 8 hydroxyl groups, especially those of a molecular weight of 1,000 to 6,000, preferably 2,000 to 6,000, for example polyethers and polyesters as well as polycarbonates and polyester amides containing at least 2, usually 2 to 8, preferably 2 to 6 hydroxyl groups; these compounds are known per se for the preparation of homogenous and cellular polyurethanes and are disclosed, for example in DE-OS
FIELD OF THE INVENTION
The present invention relates to a rigid polyurethane/poly-isocyanurate foam product having a high compressive strength comprising the use of microspheres. In particular, the foam is syntactic, closed cell and is bimodal in structure.
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
Rigid foams and processes for their production are well known in the art. Such foams are typically produced by reacting a polyisocyanate with an isocyanate reactive material such as polyol in the presence of a blowing agent.
In recent years, the substantial increases in costs of the basic materials used to make foam, has encouraged the development and use of filler materials to reduce the amount of the basic materials used and the weight of the finished materials. One of the suggested filler materials and insulating materials utilizes hollow microspheres.
The use of hollow microspheres in foam is known in the art. The use of microspheres, however, in a syntactic foam having a bimodal cell structure is neither disclosed nor suggested by the art.
The expression "syntactic" as used herein refers to the use of hollow spheres in a polymer matrix to produce a cellular material.
The expression "PUR/PIR foam" refers to polyurethane and/or isocyanurate foam produced by generation of gas bubbles during reaction of the polymer matrix.
The expression "hybrid" as used herein refers to the simultaneous use of hollow spheres and PUR/PIR foam to produce a syntactic foam.
The expression "bimodal cell size" refers to a hybrid foam wherein the hollow spheres have a median diameter of at least 2 times greater than the cell diameter of the foamed matrix.
Mo4704 - 2 -Expanded microspheres consisting of a synthetic thermoplastic resin shell that encapsulates a liquid blowing agent are known. See e.g., U.S. Patent Nos. 4,829,094, 4,843,104 and 4,902,722.
In Melber, et al. (U.S. Patent Nos. 4,829,094 and 4,843,104), a syntactic-polymer foam composition having a low density filler containing free flowing microspheres is disclosed. Melber, et al., however, does not disclose or suggest a bimodal cell structured foam.
Otioski, et al. (U.S. Patent No. 4,916,173) discloses a polyurethane composition for a millable modeling stock application having hollow microspheres. Otloski, et al., however, discloses a solid polymer matrix and does not disclose a bimodal cell structure. Janda (U.S.
Patent No. 4,959,395) also discloses a solid polymer matrix and not a foam with a bimodal cell structure.
The two patents to Torobin (U.S. Patent Nos. 4,303,729 and 4,303,736) disclose the use of hollow plastic microspheres as filler materials in plastics. Each of these patents does not disclose the bimodal cell structure. Additionally, the Torobin patents disclose large diameter microspheres in the range of 200 to 10,000 microns.
Cravens (U.S. Patent No. 4,038,238) discloses hollow microspheres having lower loadings of 2 to 5 percent by weight of the total composition. Additionally, Cravens does not disclose a foam having a bimodal cell structure.
Harper (U.S. Patent No. 4,082,702) discloses a rigid syntactic foam comprising glass microballoons. Har er, however, does not disclose a foam having a bimodal cell structure.
It has now been found that the use of hollow microspheres in a syntactic PUR/PIR foam having a bimodal cell structure improves the k-factor aging losses and the flammability since the blowing agent is encapsulated in a microsphere. Additionally, the addition of the Mo4704 - 3 -microspheres to the present foam results in improved compressive strength.
SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION
It is an object of the present invention to provide a rigid foam product that would have a reduced density while maintaining the k-factor of the product.
It is also an object of the present invention to provide a rigid foam product having higher compressive strength at a given density when compared with typical foams.
It is a further object of the present invention to provide a safer product by reducing the flammability of the foam.
These and other objects, which will be apparent to those skilled in the art, are accomplished by the use of hollow microspheres filled with a hydrocarbon, air or vacuum to introduce uniform cell geometries in foams.
The hybrid bimodal syntactic rigid polyurethane and/or polyisocyanurate (PIR) foam product comprises from 40 to 60 percent by weight of the hollow microspheres, the microspheres having average diameters ranging from 80 to 140 microns. The microspheres are encapsulated from 60 to 40 percent by weight of a closed cell polyurethane foam and/or polyisocyanurate foam, the cells of the foam having average diameters from 0.01 to 40 microns. The sum of the percent by weight of the hollow microspheres and the percent by weight of the closed cell polyurethane foam and/or polyisocyanu rate foam totals 100 percent by weight of the hybrid bimodal syntactic rigid polyurethane product and/or polyisocyanurate product. In addition, the ratio of the average diameter of microspheres to the average diameter of cells is at least 2:1.
The narrow microsphere diameter distribution, coupied with the very fine cells generated by the blowing agent, create a bimodal syntactic foam structure. Such a structure will have a higher compressive strength at a given density when compared with the typical foam. Also, because the Mo4704Ca - 3A -hydrocarbon blowing agent, if present, is encapsulated in the hollow microsphere, flammability will be reduced and the k-factor retention is improved.
Mo4704 DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS
Fig. 1 is a diagram of a portion of the present syntactic foam wherein the bimodal cell structure is shown between the fine cells of the foamed matrix and the microsphere.
Fig. 2a is a diagram showing a cross-sectional view of a sandwich beam showing the small PUR/PIR cells between the shells of the microspheres.
Fig. 2b is a diagram showing how the compressive strength is increased in the present invention by making a sandwich beam from the small PUR/PIR cells between the shells of the microspheres.
Fig. 3 is a micrograph of a typical, non-syntactic PIR foam with random and widely distributed cell sizes.
Fig. 4 is a micrograph showing the same magnification of a foam of the present invention wherein the large spherical cells are embedded in the water/isocyanate foam.
Fig. 5 is a micrograph which is a further magnification of Fig. 4 showing an example of the microspheres joined by the water/isocyanate cells.
DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION
The present invention is directed to an improved rigid foam product comprising microspheres.
The hollow microspheres used herein are known. Commercially available microspheres include Expancel* 551 DE, which is available from Expancel Inc.; Z-Light* W-1000 from Zeelan Industries; Dualite* M6032AE, which is from Pierce & Stevens Corporation; Scotchlite* S-series, which is from 3M; and QCEL* 300 and QCEL* 650, which are available from the PQ Corporation. The Expancel* and Dualite* type microspheres are both expandable and hollow microspheres consisting of a thin shell of a copolymer of vinylidene chloride and acrylonitrile, the shell of the Z-Light*
W-1000 microsphere is ceramic and the Scotchlite* and QCEL*
microspheres consist of glass shells. The interior of the Expancel* and Pierce & Stevens microspheres typically contain a volatile hydrocarbon, which contain isobutane, isopentane or cyclopentane, but also could be *trade-mark Mo4704 made with custom low boiling solvents, if necessary. The ceramic and glass microspheres usually contain air, but may contain vacuum. In the example of a polymeric shell, when the microsphere is heated, the polymeric shell gradually softens, the volatile hydrocarbon evaporates, thus expanding the microspheres.
It is typical of available microspheres that a given sample contains a range of sizes. The microspheres used in this invention are hollow microspheres with a mean diameter of between 80 to 200 microns, preferably 100 to 140 microns. The density of polymeric, glass and ceramic microspheres range from 0.01 to 0.4 g/cc, 0.1 to 0.5 g/cc and 0.4 to 0.7 g/cc, respectively.
The addition of the amount of microspheres is such that the weight percent of the microspheres to the foam product is 20 to 80 percent by weight of the hollow microspheres. Preferably, the weight percent of the microspheres is from 40 to 60 weight percent.
The microspheres are encapsulated, from 80 to 20 percent, by weight of a closed cell PUR/PIR foam. For example, if the amount of microspheres in the foam product is 20 percent, the remaining 80 percent is the closed cell PUR/PIR foam. Conversely, if the amount of the microspheres in the foam product is 80 percent, the remaining 20 percent is the polyurethane foam.
The foam of the present invention is a closed cell polyurethane or polyisocyanurate foam such that the diameter of the cells of the foam range from 0.01 to 60 microns. Preferably, the diameter of the cells range from 0.5 to 30 microns.
Since the present foam is a syntactic foam having a bimodal cell structure, the microspheres will have a diameter of at least 2 times greater than the diameter of the cell size. This is illustrated in Figure 1 wherein Region "A" represents the microsphere, Region "B" shows the triangular plateau border and Region "C" shows the microsphere shell.
Mo4704 The small cells of the PUR/PIR foam are found between the microspheres' shells and in the triangular plateau borders. Figure 2a shows a cross-section of a sandwich beam with the small PUR/PIR cells between the shells of the microspheres. Figure 2b shows how the compressive strength is increased by making a sandwich beam from the small PUR/PIR cells between the shells of the microspheres. Whereas Figure 3 shows a micrograph of a typical, non-syntactic PIR foam with random and widely distributed cell sizes, Figure 4 and 5 show a foam of the present invention wherein the large spherical cells are embedded in the water/isocyanate foam.
For example, if a microsphere has a diameter of 80 microns, the cell diameter will be no greater than 40 microns. Figure 2b shows the compressive strength is increased by making a sandwich beam from the small PUR/PIR cells between the shells of the microspheres.
The production of rigid foams of the present invention based on isocyanates is known per se and is described, for example, in German Offenlegungsschriften 1,694,142, 1,694,215 and 1,720,768, as well as in Kunststoff-Handbuch [Plastics Handbook], Volume VII, Polyurethane, edited by Vieweg and Hochtlen, Carl Hanser Verlag, Munich 1966, and in the new edition of this tome, edited by G. Oertel, Carl Hanser Verlag, Munich, Vienna, 1983.
These foams are mainly those that comprise urethane and/or isocyanurate and/or allophanate and/or uretdione and/or urea and/or carbodiimide groups. The following can be employed for the production of the bimodal syntactic foams based on isocyanates, using the microspheres according to the present invention:
a) As starting components, aliphatic, cycloaliphatic, araliphatic, aromatic and heterocyclic polyisocyanates, such as those described, for example, by W. Siefken in Justus Liebigs Annalen der Chemie, 562, pp. 75-136, for example, those of the formula Q(NCO)n in which n denotes 2-4, preferably 2-3, and Mo4704 - 7 -Q denotes an aliphatic hydrocarbon radical of 2-18, preferably 6-10 carbon atoms, a cycloaliphatic hydrocarbon radical of 4-15, preferably 5-carbon atoms, an aromatic hydrocarbon radical of 6-15, preferably 6-13 carbon atoms or an araliphatic hydrocarbon radical of 8-15, preferably 5 8-13 carbon atoms, for example, such polyisocyanates as described in DE-OS 2,832,253, pp 10-11.
Particularly preferred are usually those polyisocyanates which are technically readily accessible, for example, the 2,4- and 2,6-toluylene diisocyanate as well as any mixture of these isomers ("TDI"); polyphenyl-10 polymethylenepolyisocyanates, such as those obtained by an aniline-formaldehyde condensation and subsequent treatment with phosgene ("crude MDI"), and polyisocyanates comprising carbodiimide groups, urethane groups, allophanate groups, isocyanurate groups, urea groups or biuret groups ("modified polyisocyanates"), especially those modified polyisocyanates which are derived from 2,4- and/or 2,6-toluylene diisocyanate and from 4,4'- and/or 2,4'- diphenylmethane diisocyanate.
b) The starting components may further be compounds of a molecular weight usually of 400 to 10,000, containing at least two hydrogen atoms reactive toward isocyanates. These comprise, besides compounds containing amino, thio, or carboxyl groups, preferably compounds containing hydroxyl groups, in particular compounds containing 2 to 8 hydroxyl groups, especially those of a molecular weight of 1,000 to 6,000, preferably 2,000 to 6,000, for example polyethers and polyesters as well as polycarbonates and polyester amides containing at least 2, usually 2 to 8, preferably 2 to 6 hydroxyl groups; these compounds are known per se for the preparation of homogenous and cellular polyurethanes and are disclosed, for example in DE-OS
2,832,253, pp. 11-18.
Mo4704 - 8 -c) When appropriate, compounds comprising at least two hydrogen atoms reactive toward isocyanates and of a molecular weight of 32 to 399 may be used as further starting components. Also, in this case, compounds containing hydroxyl groups and/or amino groups and/or thiol groups and/or carboxyl groups, preferably compounds containing hydroxyl groups and/or amino groups, are understood to be those which are used as chain lengtheners or crosslinking agents. These compounds usually have 2 to 8, preferably 2 to 4 hydrogen atoms reactive toward isocyanates. Appropriate examples are disclosed in DE-OS 2,832,253, pp. 19-20.
d) The blowing agents which may be used in the process of the present invention include water and/or readily volatile inorganic or organic substances and other auxiliary volatile blowing agents typically used to blow PUR/PIR foams. Organic blowing agents include acetone, ethylacetate; halogen-substituted alkanes, such as methylene chloride, chloroform, ethylidene chloride, vinylidene chloride, monofluorotri-chloromethane, chlorodifluoromethane, dichlorodifluoromethane, dichlorodifluoroethane, dichlorotrifluoroethane; also butane, hexane, heptane or diethyl ether. Specific examples of such blowing agents include: 1,1,1,4,4,4-hexafluorobutane (HFC-356); the tetrafluoroethanes such as 1,1,1,2-tetrafluoroethane (HFC-134a); the pentafluoropropanes such as 1,1,2,2,3-pentafluoropropane (HFC-245ca), 1,1,2,3,3-pentafluoropropane (HFC-245ea), 1,1,1,2,3-pentafluoropropane (HFC-245eb), and 1,1,1,3,3-pentafluoropropane (HFC-245fa); the hexafluoro-propanes such as 1,1,2,2,3,3-hexafluoropropane (HFC-236ca), 1,1,1,2,2,3-hexafluoropropane (HFC-236cb), 1,1,1,2,3,3-hexafluoro-propane (HFC-236ea), 1,1,1,3,3,3-hexafluoropropane (HFC-236fa); the pentafluorobutanes such as 1,1,1,3,3-pentafluorobutane (HFC-365); and difluoroethanes such as 1,1-difluoroethane (HFC-152a). Inorganic blowing agents are, for example, air, CO2 or N2O. A blowing effect may Mo4704 - 9 -also be obtained by adding compounds which decompose at temperatures above room temperature giving off gases, such as azodicarbonamide or azoisobutyronitrile. Other examples of blowing agents may be found in Kunststoff-Handbuch, Vol. VII, by Vieweg and Hochtlen, Carl-Hanser-Verlag, Munich, 1966, on pages 108 and 109, 453 to 455 and 507 to 510.
e) When appropriate, other auxiliary agents and additives may be used at the same time, such as:
- water and/or other highly volatile organic substances as propellants;
- additional catalysts of the type known per se in amounts up to 10% by weight, based on the component b);
- surface-active additives, such as emulsifiers and foam stabilizers, and - reaction retardants, for example acidic substances such as hydrochloric acid or organic acid halides, also cell regulators of the type known per se, such as paraffins or fatty alcohols or dimethylpolysiloxanes, as well as, pigments or dyes and other flame retardants of the type known per se, for example tricresyl phosphate, also stabilizers against the effect, of aging and weathering, plasticizers and fungistats and bacteriostats as well as fillers such as barium sulphate, kieselguhr, carbon black or whiting.
Other examples of surface active additives, foam stabilizers, cell regulators, reaction retardants, stabilizers, flame retardants, plasticizers, dyes, fillers, fungistats, bacteriostats to be used at the same time if appropriate, as well as details concerning the use and action of these additives are described in Kunststoff-Handbuch [Plastics Handbook], Volume Vil, edited by Vieweg and Hochtlen, Carl Hanser Verlag, Munich 1966, for example on pages 103-113.
Mo4704 The isocyanate-based foams can be prepared in a manner known per se.
The preparation of polyurethane plastics may be prepared for example, as follows: the reactants are caused to react by the single-stage process known per se, the prepolymer process or the semiprepolymer process, frequent use being made of plant machinery, for example that disclosed in U.S. Patent 2,764,565. Details concerning the processing plant which are likewise relevant according to the invention, are described in Kunststoff-Handbuch, Volume VII, edited by Vieweg and Hochtlen, Carl Hanser Verlag, Munich 1966, for example on pages 121-205. Because of the inherently high viscosities of formulations containing high loadings of microspheres, additional processing considerations are necessary. One commercial solution is the use of an extruder for mixing and metering the slurry containing the microspheres. Such technology, for example is disclosed in U.S. Patent No. 5,424,014.
The products obtainable according to the present invention may be used, for example, as energy absorbing foams; insulation for appliances;
laminated boards as exterior wall elements, roof insulating board, interior walls, insulated doors, etc.
Mo4704 - 8 -c) When appropriate, compounds comprising at least two hydrogen atoms reactive toward isocyanates and of a molecular weight of 32 to 399 may be used as further starting components. Also, in this case, compounds containing hydroxyl groups and/or amino groups and/or thiol groups and/or carboxyl groups, preferably compounds containing hydroxyl groups and/or amino groups, are understood to be those which are used as chain lengtheners or crosslinking agents. These compounds usually have 2 to 8, preferably 2 to 4 hydrogen atoms reactive toward isocyanates. Appropriate examples are disclosed in DE-OS 2,832,253, pp. 19-20.
d) The blowing agents which may be used in the process of the present invention include water and/or readily volatile inorganic or organic substances and other auxiliary volatile blowing agents typically used to blow PUR/PIR foams. Organic blowing agents include acetone, ethylacetate; halogen-substituted alkanes, such as methylene chloride, chloroform, ethylidene chloride, vinylidene chloride, monofluorotri-chloromethane, chlorodifluoromethane, dichlorodifluoromethane, dichlorodifluoroethane, dichlorotrifluoroethane; also butane, hexane, heptane or diethyl ether. Specific examples of such blowing agents include: 1,1,1,4,4,4-hexafluorobutane (HFC-356); the tetrafluoroethanes such as 1,1,1,2-tetrafluoroethane (HFC-134a); the pentafluoropropanes such as 1,1,2,2,3-pentafluoropropane (HFC-245ca), 1,1,2,3,3-pentafluoropropane (HFC-245ea), 1,1,1,2,3-pentafluoropropane (HFC-245eb), and 1,1,1,3,3-pentafluoropropane (HFC-245fa); the hexafluoro-propanes such as 1,1,2,2,3,3-hexafluoropropane (HFC-236ca), 1,1,1,2,2,3-hexafluoropropane (HFC-236cb), 1,1,1,2,3,3-hexafluoro-propane (HFC-236ea), 1,1,1,3,3,3-hexafluoropropane (HFC-236fa); the pentafluorobutanes such as 1,1,1,3,3-pentafluorobutane (HFC-365); and difluoroethanes such as 1,1-difluoroethane (HFC-152a). Inorganic blowing agents are, for example, air, CO2 or N2O. A blowing effect may Mo4704 - 9 -also be obtained by adding compounds which decompose at temperatures above room temperature giving off gases, such as azodicarbonamide or azoisobutyronitrile. Other examples of blowing agents may be found in Kunststoff-Handbuch, Vol. VII, by Vieweg and Hochtlen, Carl-Hanser-Verlag, Munich, 1966, on pages 108 and 109, 453 to 455 and 507 to 510.
e) When appropriate, other auxiliary agents and additives may be used at the same time, such as:
- water and/or other highly volatile organic substances as propellants;
- additional catalysts of the type known per se in amounts up to 10% by weight, based on the component b);
- surface-active additives, such as emulsifiers and foam stabilizers, and - reaction retardants, for example acidic substances such as hydrochloric acid or organic acid halides, also cell regulators of the type known per se, such as paraffins or fatty alcohols or dimethylpolysiloxanes, as well as, pigments or dyes and other flame retardants of the type known per se, for example tricresyl phosphate, also stabilizers against the effect, of aging and weathering, plasticizers and fungistats and bacteriostats as well as fillers such as barium sulphate, kieselguhr, carbon black or whiting.
Other examples of surface active additives, foam stabilizers, cell regulators, reaction retardants, stabilizers, flame retardants, plasticizers, dyes, fillers, fungistats, bacteriostats to be used at the same time if appropriate, as well as details concerning the use and action of these additives are described in Kunststoff-Handbuch [Plastics Handbook], Volume Vil, edited by Vieweg and Hochtlen, Carl Hanser Verlag, Munich 1966, for example on pages 103-113.
Mo4704 The isocyanate-based foams can be prepared in a manner known per se.
The preparation of polyurethane plastics may be prepared for example, as follows: the reactants are caused to react by the single-stage process known per se, the prepolymer process or the semiprepolymer process, frequent use being made of plant machinery, for example that disclosed in U.S. Patent 2,764,565. Details concerning the processing plant which are likewise relevant according to the invention, are described in Kunststoff-Handbuch, Volume VII, edited by Vieweg and Hochtlen, Carl Hanser Verlag, Munich 1966, for example on pages 121-205. Because of the inherently high viscosities of formulations containing high loadings of microspheres, additional processing considerations are necessary. One commercial solution is the use of an extruder for mixing and metering the slurry containing the microspheres. Such technology, for example is disclosed in U.S. Patent No. 5,424,014.
The products obtainable according to the present invention may be used, for example, as energy absorbing foams; insulation for appliances;
laminated boards as exterior wall elements, roof insulating board, interior walls, insulated doors, etc.
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1. A hybrid bimodal syntactic rigid polyurethane product and/or polyisocyanurate (PIR) product comprising:
a) from 40 to 60 percent by weight of hollow microspheres, said microspheres having an average diameter of from 80 to 140 microns and being encapsulated in b) from 60 to 40 percent by weight of a closed cell polyurethane foam and/or polyisocyanurate foam, the cells of said foam having an average diameter of from 0.01 to 40 microns, with the sum of the percent by weight of a) and b) totaling 100 percent by weight, and wherein the ratio of the average diameter of said microspheres to the average diameter of said cells is at least
a) from 40 to 60 percent by weight of hollow microspheres, said microspheres having an average diameter of from 80 to 140 microns and being encapsulated in b) from 60 to 40 percent by weight of a closed cell polyurethane foam and/or polyisocyanurate foam, the cells of said foam having an average diameter of from 0.01 to 40 microns, with the sum of the percent by weight of a) and b) totaling 100 percent by weight, and wherein the ratio of the average diameter of said microspheres to the average diameter of said cells is at least
2:1.
2. A hybrid bimodal syntactic rigid polyurethane and/or PIR
product according to Claim 1 wherein said average diameter of said hollow microspheres ranges from 100 to 140 microns.
2. A hybrid bimodal syntactic rigid polyurethane and/or PIR
product according to Claim 1 wherein said average diameter of said hollow microspheres ranges from 100 to 140 microns.
3. A hybrid bimodal syntactic rigid polyurethane product according to Claim 1 wherein said average diameter of said cells of said foam ranges from 0.5 to 20 microns.
4. A hybrid bimodal syntactic rigid polyurethane product according to Claim 1 wherein said microspheres comprise a shell of a copolymer of vinylidene chloride and acrylonitrile.
5. A hybrid bimodal syntactic rigid polyurethane product according to Claim 4 wherein the interiors of said microspheres comprise a hydrocarbon gas.
6. A hybrid bimodal syntactic rigid polyurethane product according to Claim 5 wherein said hydrocarbon gas is selected from the group consisting of cyclopentane, isobutane and pentane.
7. A hybrid bimodal syntactic rigid polyurethane product according to Claim 1 wherein said microspheres comprise a ceramic shell.
8. A hybrid bidmodal syntactic rigid polyurethane product according to Claim 1 wherein said microspheres comprise a glass shell.
9. A hybrid bimodal syntactic rigid polyurethane product according to Claim 7 wherein the interiors of said microspheres consists of a vacuum.
10. A hybrid bimodal syntactic rigid polyurethane product according to Claim 8 wherein the interiors of said microspheres consists of a vacuum.
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