Porous material and its preparation
First Claim
1. A process for preparing a three-dimensional porous polymeric material having a void space consisting of a three-dimensional network of cells separated from each other by walls and interconnected by holes through said walls, the cells having diameters in the range 100 to 0.5 μ
- m, and the void space being in the range 75 to 98% of the total volume of the polymeric material, wherein the polymeric material is a cross-linked polycondensation polymeric material,said process comprising preparing an emulsion having a continuous phase containing polymerizable precursor materials for said polymeric material and an internal phase comprising 75 to 98 volume % of the emulsion and consisting of globules having dimensions in the range 100 to 0.5 μ
m and forming, in said continuous phase, by condensation polymerisation and condensation cross-linking, said cross-linked polycondensation polymeric material.
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Abstract
A porous polymeric material has cell sizes within the range 100 to 0.5 μm and total pore volume with respect to the overall volume of the material in the range 75 to 98% and includes cross-linked polycondensation polymeric material. The material can be made from a high internal phase emulsion in which the cross-linked polycondensation polymer is formed in the continuous phase. The materials are preferably open interconnected cellular structures. They can be made of a wide range of polycondensation materials. The materials are thus highly porous and light weight and have a range of properties depending primarily on their constituent polycondensation materials.
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1. A process for preparing a three-dimensional porous polymeric material having a void space consisting of a three-dimensional network of cells separated from each other by walls and interconnected by holes through said walls, the cells having diameters in the range 100 to 0.5 μ
- m, and the void space being in the range 75 to 98% of the total volume of the polymeric material, wherein the polymeric material is a cross-linked polycondensation polymeric material,
said process comprising preparing an emulsion having a continuous phase containing polymerizable precursor materials for said polymeric material and an internal phase comprising 75 to 98 volume % of the emulsion and consisting of globules having dimensions in the range 100 to 0.5 μ
m and forming, in said continuous phase, by condensation polymerisation and condensation cross-linking, said cross-linked polycondensation polymeric material. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7)
- m, and the void space being in the range 75 to 98% of the total volume of the polymeric material, wherein the polymeric material is a cross-linked polycondensation polymeric material,
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