Daniel Freidank (left) and Wei Leng (right), lab managers, check the quality of viscoelastic polyurethane foam. The density of a foam product depends on the type and amount of blowing agent, and the flexibility or rigidity on the structure of polyols and isocyanates involved.
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In 1931 BASF filed the patent for the manufacturing of Polyisobutene, which was sold under the product name Oppanol. The picture shows the cooling unit of the Oppanol plant at Ludwigshafen site in 1952.
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