United States Patent Office Patented Feb
3,235,519 United States Patent Office Patented Feb. 15, 1966 2 3,235,519 I have discovered that organic sulfonyl semicarbazides, SULFONY SEMICARBAZDES AS BELOWING like the parent sulfonyl hydrazides, decompose smoothly AGENTS FOR POLYMEREC MATERALS Byron A. Hunter, Woodbridge, Conn., assignor to United and controllably to produce nitrogen gas at elevated tem States Rubber Company, New York, N.Y., a corpora peratures. Further, I have discovered that my sulfonyl tion of New Jersey 5 Semicarbazide compounds produce more gas per unit No Drawing. Original application Dec. 31, 1959, Ser. weight than the sulfonyl hydrazides from which they are No. 863,129, now Patent No. 3,152,176, dated Oct. 6, derived. This is surprising in that the quantity of gas 1964. Divided and this application Oct. 31, 1963, Ser. produced by the new compounds exceeds the amount nor No. 320,523 mally to be expected as available nitrogen. I have dis 2 Claims. (CI. 260-2.5) 10 covered that carbon dioxide is produced in the decom This invention relates to the production of gas-expanded position of my semicarbazides as well as nitrogen gas. products with a new class of chemical blowing agents I have also observed that my sulfonyl semicarbazide denoted organic sulfonyl semicarbazides, and to certain compounds possess greater heat stability than the parent of them as new chemicals. sulfonyl hydrazides and can be heated to higher tempera The use of certain heat sensitive organic hydrazine 5 tures without danger of premature decomposition. For compounds as blowing agents is known. U.S. Patent No. tunately, the decomposition temperature of my preferred 2,626,933, dated January 27, 1953, to Friedrich Lober, sulfonyl semicarbazides lie in a range which permit their Max Bogemann, and Richard Wegler, discloses the use application as practical blowing agents in so-called "high of hydrazides of organic sulfonic acids for this purpose.
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