Plastic Foam

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Anonymous Poster	Plastic Foam 04/08/2010 12:55 PM
	I have a project about foaming plastic. Can somebody help with some blowing products? What kind of blowing products are utilized on urethane foam? Are they all the same for all plastics? Are there different kind? I know that Nitrogen can be used unfortunately I can't used gases can I use a solid one? Please help.
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lyn Guru Join Date: Oct 2008 Posts: 42355 Good Answers: 1693	#1 Re: PLASTIC FOAM 04/08/2010 1:11 PM
	Urethane foam generates it's own blowing agent as a result of the chemical reaction of the two parts. Here's a site for blowing agents. Manufacturers of Chemical Blowing Agents for Plastics, Exothermic I'd wiki uretahne foam and learn the basics first.
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