OLEFIN POLYMER COMPOSITIONS AND FOAMED ARTICLES PREPARED THEREFROM HAVING IMPROVED ELEVATED TEMPERATURE DIMENSIONAL STABILITY

摘要

Elevated temperature distortion characteristics of freshly prepared olefin polymer foams are substantially improved by employing in the preparation thereof a small amount (e.g., from about 0.15 to about 10 weight percent based on the olefin polymer) of N-substituted fatty acid amide of the formula: (I) wherein R1 represents an alkyl group of from 11 to 17 carbon atoms and R2 represents an alkyl group of from 12 to 18 carbon atoms and wherein the R2 alkyl group is no more than one carbon atom larger than the R2 alkyl group.