Product Description
Foam rubber and plastics are products of a cellular form which may be either flexible or rigid. Flexible foams may be polyurethane, rubber latex, polyethylene or vinyl polymers. Rigid foams are chiefly polystyrene polyurethane, epoxy, and polyvinyl chloride. Sodium bicarbonate is commonly used as a "blowing agent" in the manufacture of these products.
A blowing agent is a substance incorporated in the melted plastic or rubber compound for the purpose of producing gas bubbles to form the foam structure as it cools.
Sodium bicarbonate, mixed with the plastic or rubber raw material, releases the required CO2 gas bubbles upon application of heat in the mold or extruder. The cellular structure can be controlled by the amount of bicarbonate added or by the size and structure of the bicarbonate crystals.
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Company Profile
- Name: Church & Dwight
- Main Products: food additives
- Business Type: Manufacture & Trade
- Address: 469 North Harrison St.,Princeton, NJ 08543,USA
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Church & Dwight's Performance Products Group leads the industry in providing quality products and technological innovation to a wide range of markets. From food and pharmaceuticals to chemical processing, water treatment and emerging environmental applications, our product and service standards are second to none. Today - just as 150 years ago - our customers rely on the strict standards of quality and purity that are synonymous with ARM & HAMMER? brand products.
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ARM & HAMMER and the Specialty Products Division
In 1970, the company was divisionalized into two product groups: the ARM & HAMMER Division and the Specialty Chemicals Division (now the Specialty Products Division). This allowed the ARM & HAMMER Division to focus on expanding consumer product offerings while the Specialty Products Division worked on developing new industrial products. The subsequent growth led the way to the addition of a second plant in Old Fort, Ohio, in 1980 and positioned Church & Dwight as the largest sodium bicarbonate producer in the world.
The success of the Specialty Products Division has resulted in a vast expansion of applications and new markets for bicarbonates. A major business grew out of the benefit of sodium bicarbonate as a buffer in dairy rations. Today this market represents the single largest use of sodium bicarbonate. Additional new businesses being spun off focus on industrial precision blasting and aqueous cleaning.
The Performance Products Group
At the heart the Specialty Products Division is the Performance Products Group which manages the sales and marketing into eighteen major market segments. In addition to maintaining the growth of the Division's base business, the Performance Products Group is ensuring the future well being of the company's proud and prosperous past through the continuous innovation of new technologies, products and services.
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