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Non-fogging foam for car interior trim.


A new semi-rigid PUR foam formulation for padding Bits or characters that fill up unused portions of a data structure, such as a field, packet or frame. Typically, padding is done at the end of the structure to fill it up with data, with the padding usually consisting of 1 bits, blank characters or null characters. See null and bit stuffing.  instrument panels and door trim is said to be the first that meets car makers' new requirements for lower emissions of volatile organic compounds volatile organic compound Environment Any toxic cabon-based (organic) substance that easily become vapors or gases–eg, solvents–paint thinners, lacquer thinner, degreasers, dry cleaning fluids  (VOCs) that cause window fogging. The new Elastoflex foam from BASF BASF Bar Association of San Francisco (since 1872; San Francisco, California)
BASF Badische Anilin und Soda Fabrik (German chemical products company)
BASF Builders Association of South Florida
 Corp. Polyurethanes polyurethanes (pŏl'ēyr`əthānz), group of plastics that may be either thermosetting or thermoplastic. Polyurethane can be made into both flexible and rigid foams. , Wyandotte, Mich., is used in the new Mercedes M Class cars. It reportedly contains 100 ppm of VOCs compared with up to 800 ppm or more in typical foams. BASF has expanded its low-VOC, semi-rigid auto-interior foams to include versions for closed-mold or open-pour processes and standard or premium physical properties--all with cycle times as low as 60 sec. Tel: (734) 324-6292 * PT Direct: 517FV
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Title Annotation:RIM/Urethanes
Publication:Plastics Technology
Geographic Code:1USA
Date:Apr 1, 2005
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