Oil-resistant, expandable styrene polymers

Abstract

An oil-resistant, expandable styrene polymer contains a) from 10 to 90% by weight of uncrosslinked polystyrene and/or an uncrosslinked styrene copolymer containing at least 50% by weight of copolymerized styrene, b) from 10 to 90% by weight of a crosslinked styrene polymer which contains at least 0.1% by weight, but less than 2% by weight, of a copolymerized monomer having at least two olefinic double bonds, c) from 1 to 10% by weight, based on the sum of a) and b), of a C.sub.3 - to C.sub.6 -hydrocarbon as blowing agent, and, if desired, d) conventional additives in effective amounts, the mixture of a) and b) having a melt flow index MFI (200.degree. C., 5.0 kp) in accordance with DIN 53 735 of from 1 to 20 [g/10 min].

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