Coated foams, preparation, uses and articles
Abstract
Hydrophobic cellular material is coated with a thin hydrophilic polymer skin which stretches tightly over the foam but which does not fill the cells of the foam, thus resulting in a polymer-coated foam structure having a smoothness which was not possible in the prior art. In particular, when the hydrophobic cellular material is a specially chosen hydrophobic polymer foam and is formed into arbitrarily chosen shapes prior to the coating with hydrophilic polymer, inertial confinement fusion (ICF) targets of arbitrary shapes can be produced by subsequently coating the shapes with metal or with any other suitable material. New articles of manufacture are produced, including improved ICF targets, improved integrated circuits, and improved solar reflectors and solar collectors. In the coating method, the cell size of the hydrophobic cellular material, the viscosity of the polymer solution used to coat, and the surface tension of the polymer solution used to coat are all very important to the coating.
- Inventors:
- Issue Date:
- OSTI Identifier:
- 5625244
- Application Number:
- ON: DE83018014
- Assignee:
- ERA-08-053725; EDB-83-175508
- DOE Contract Number:
- W-7405-ENG-36
- Resource Type:
- Patent
- Resource Relation:
- Other Information: Portions are illegible in microfiche products
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
- Subject:
- 70 PLASMA PHYSICS AND FUSION TECHNOLOGY; TARGETS; COATINGS; THERMONUCLEAR FUELS; FOAMS; INERTIAL CONFINEMENT; SPECIFICATIONS; COLLOIDS; CONFINEMENT; DISPERSIONS; FUELS; PLASMA CONFINEMENT; 060201* - Fusion Fuels- Fabrication & Testing- (1980-1987)
Citation Formats
Duchane, D V, and Barthell, B L. Coated foams, preparation, uses and articles. United States: N. p., 1982.
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Duchane, D V, & Barthell, B L. Coated foams, preparation, uses and articles. United States.
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"Coated foams, preparation, uses and articles". United States.
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abstractNote = {Hydrophobic cellular material is coated with a thin hydrophilic polymer skin which stretches tightly over the foam but which does not fill the cells of the foam, thus resulting in a polymer-coated foam structure having a smoothness which was not possible in the prior art. In particular, when the hydrophobic cellular material is a specially chosen hydrophobic polymer foam and is formed into arbitrarily chosen shapes prior to the coating with hydrophilic polymer, inertial confinement fusion (ICF) targets of arbitrary shapes can be produced by subsequently coating the shapes with metal or with any other suitable material. New articles of manufacture are produced, including improved ICF targets, improved integrated circuits, and improved solar reflectors and solar collectors. In the coating method, the cell size of the hydrophobic cellular material, the viscosity of the polymer solution used to coat, and the surface tension of the polymer solution used to coat are all very important to the coating.},
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