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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 6146892 | Fibrillar matrices Methods and compositions are described that provide three-dimensional fibrillar matrices useful as, among other things, structural prosthetics and scaffolds for cells. The porous fibrillar matrices of the present invention have desirable mechanical proper... | 11/14/2000 |
| 5985947 | Extruded foamed silicone rubber composition and method for making same An extruded foamed silicone rubber composition including ammonium carbonate or ammonium bicarbonate reacted with acetic acid at room temperature. The components can be adjusted to control the degree of foaming, and the amount of acetic acid can be adjuste... | 11/16/1999 |
| 5679718 | Microcellular foams containing an infrared attenuating agent and a method of using Disclosed is an evacuated and unevacuated microcellular foam containing an infrared attenuating agent (IAA). The evacuated foam has an average cell size of about 70 micrometers or less. The unevacuated foam has an average cell size of 1.0 micrometers or l... | 10/21/1997 |
| 5124363 | Aqueous air foams of polyhydroxy polymer A method of treating hazardous material or other substrate with an aqueous air foam, comprising the steps of (1) preparing an aqueous solution or dispersion comprising (a) water-soluble polyhydroxy polymer having a plurality of hydrogen-bondable 1,2- and/... | 06/23/1992 |
| 5026735 | Treatment of hazardous materials with aqueous air foam of polyhydroxy polymer A method of treating hazardous material or other substrate with an aqueous air foam, comprising the steps of (1) preparing an aqueous solution or dispersion comprising (a) water-soluble polyhydroxy polymer having a plurality of hydrogen-bondable 1,2- and/... | 06/25/1991 |
| 4972001 | Foaming organopolysiloxane composition and cured product thereof A foaming polysiloxane composition providing excellent expansion ratio and expansion control comprising: (A) 100 parts by weight of an , ω-dihydroxyorganopolysiloxane, (B) 0.01-50 parts by weight of an organopolyhydroxypolysiloxane, (C) an organop... | 11/20/1990 |
| 4221873 | Method for producing phenol foam plastic A method for producing a phenol foam plastic, consisting in that polycondensation of phenols with formaldehyde is conducted with simultaneous foaming and curing in the presence of a foaming agent and an acid or alkaline catalyst. Used as the phenols are p... | 09/09/1980 |
| 4202279 | Sticky foam Access to a space is impeded by the generation of a sticky foam from a tacky polymeric resin and a low boiling solvent.... | 05/13/1980 |
| 4192923 | Amino resin foam, one-phase solution foam precursor and method of producing foam Amino resin foams of the urea-formaldehyde or urea-melamine-formaldehyde type formed from a one-phase solution of methylene chloride solvent, propylene glycol co-solvent, catalyst and polymer precursors which may be urea and formaldehyde or urea, melamine... | 03/11/1980 |
| 4067829 | Preparation of a cured resole resin Cured phenolic resole bodies including foams which are generally non-corrosive are prepared by including in the curable mixture an inorganic alkali-containing particulate solid such as certain glasses.... | 01/10/1978 |
| 4053439 | Low-smoke generating polyurethane foam A flame-retardant, low-smoke generating polyurethane foam composition having incorporated therein a flame retardant and smoke inhibiting amount of a composition comprising a halogen-containing organic compound and the metallic salt of a polyfunctional aro... | 10/11/1977 |
