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Index of Trade Names

and Suppliers of
Foaming Agents
The following index of trade names and suppliers is based on a choice of representative foaming agents
for thermoplastics. No claim is made for completeness. Detailed lists can be found in the source cited.
Chemical Foaming Agent Trade Name and Supplier
a
Processing
Temperature
Range, (8C)
Gas Yield (cm
3
/g) Recommended for
Azodicarbonamide
(1,1
0
-azobisformamide)
Azofoam (Biddle Sawyer);
Porofor (Miles);
Kempore (Uniroyal);
Ficel AC (Schering);
Plastifoam (Plastics &
Chem.); Cellcom
(Plastics & Chem.);
Unicell D (Dong Jin)
150230 220 ABS, Acetal,
Acrylic, EVA,
HDPE, LDPE,
PPO, PP, PS,
HIPS, exible
PVC, TPE
Modied azodicarbonarnide
(rigid PVC grade)
Kempore (Uniroyal);
Plastifoam (Plastics &
Chem.); Celogen
AZRV (Uniroyal);
Unicel DXRV (Dong
Jin); Azofoam DS-1,
DS-2 (Biddle Sawyer);
Ficel AC2 (Schering)
150200 155230 PP, rigid PVC
Modied azodicarbonamide
(exible PVC open cell
grade)
Azofoam F (Biddle
Sawyer)
200230 8090 Flexible PVC
Dinitroso
pentamethylene-tetramine
Opex 80 (Uniroyal);
DNPT (Dong Jin);
Mikrone SSS (High
Polymer Labs); Unicell
GP9, GP3, GP42
(Dong Jin)
125190 240 ABS,
polyurethane,
silicone, natural
rubber, SBR
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Chemical Foaming Agent Trade Name and Supplier
a
Processing
Temperature
Range, (8C)
Gas Yield (cm
3
/g) Recommended for
4,4
0
-Oxybis (benzenesulfonyl)
hydrazine
Cellcom OBSH-ASA2
(Plastics & Chem);
Celogen OT
(Uniroyal); Azofoam
B-95 (Biddle Sawyer);
Unicell OH (Dong Jin);
Azocel OBSH
(Fairmount);
Mikrone OBSH
(High Polymer Labs)
120190 120125 EVA, LDPE, PS,
exible PVC
5-Phenyltetrazole Expandex 5PT (Uniroyal);
Unicell 5PT (Dong
Jin); Plastifoam
(Plastics & Chem.)
230290 200 PFO, TPEs, PC,
polysulfone,
nylon,
polyetherimide
p-Toluenesfulfonyl
semicarbazide
Unicell TS (Dong Jin);
Celogen RA
(Uniroyal); Mikrone
TSSC (High Polymer
Labs)
200235 145 ABS, Acetal,
Acrylic, EVA,
HDPE, LDPE,
PFO, PP, PS,
HIPS, PVC,
TPE
2,2
0
-Azobisiso
butyronitrile
Mikrone AZDM (High
Polymer Labs)
90115 125 Silicone rubber,
semirigid PVC
a
Names and addresses as follows: Biddle Sawyer Corp., 2 Penn Plaza, New York, NY 10121; Dong Jin (U.S.A.) Inc., 38 W. 32
St., Suite 902, New York, NY 10001; Fairmount Chemical Co., 117 Blanchard St., Newark, NJ 07105; High Polymer Labs, 803,
Vishal Bhawan, 95 Nehru Place, New Delhi 110019, India; Miles Inc., 2603 W. Market St., Akron, OH 44313; Plastics &
Chemicals Inc., P.O. Box 306, Cedar Grove, NJ 07009; Schering Berlin Polymers, 4868 Blazer Memorial Pkwy, Dublin, OH
43017; Uniroyal Chemical Co., World Headquarters, Middlebury, CT 06749.
Source: Modern Plastics, Mid-November 1994, p. C-73.
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