Abstract: A foamable polymer composition comprising a resinous polymer and a mixture of polycyclic aromatic polycarboxylic acids carrying nuclear nitro groups that is substantially soluble in acetone but substantially insoluble in water obtained as a result of the nitric acid oxidation of a carbonaceous material, such as coal.
Abstract: Cellular polymeric solids are made by mixing an acidulous or acidic polymerizable medium that is polymerizable and/or cross-linkable by a free radical mechanism (e.g. an unsaturated polyester) with an effective amount of two or more acid sensitive mono- or poly-azo compounds containing the group: ##STR1## wherein Y is an acid sensitive group (e.g.
Type:
Grant
Filed:
September 16, 1976
Date of Patent:
July 18, 1978
Assignee:
Pennwalt Corporation
Inventors:
Ernest Rudolph Kamens, Donald Milton Kressin, Harold Carl Lange, Ronald Edward MacLeay