REACTION SYSTEM FOR PRODUCING PUR AND PIR HARD FOAM MATERIALS CONTAINING LAYER SILICATES

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16 . A reaction system for producing rigid PUR and PIR foams, comprising the following components:

A) an isocyanate-reactive compound;

B1) a surfactant component;

C) a blowing agent in a supercritical or near-critical state;

D) a polyisocyanate; and

E) a sheet-silicate.

17 . A reaction system for producing rigid PUR and PIR foams, comprising the following components:

B2) a surfactant component having isocyanate-reactive functional groups;

C) a blowing agent in a supercritical or near-critical state;

D) a polyisocyanate; and

E) a sheet-silicate.

18 . The reaction system as claimed in claim 16 , wherein the reaction system further comprises:

B2) a surfactant component having isocyanate-reactive functional groups.

19 . The reaction system as claimed in claim 17 , wherein the reaction system further comprises:

A) an isocyanate-reactive compound.

20 . The reaction system as claimed in claim 16 , wherein the reaction system comprises from 1 to 65 wt % of surfactant component B1) and/or B2) based on the reaction system.

21 . The reaction system as claimed in claim 16 , wherein the surfactant component B1) and/or B2) is selected from nonionic surfactants,

22 . The reaction system as claimed in claim 16 , wherein the compound A) and/or the compound B2) has a functionality with regard to isocyanates of from 1.8 to 6.0.

23 . The reaction system as claimed in claim 16 , wherein the blowing agent C) selected from the group consisting of linear, branched or cyclic C1-C6 hydrocarbons, linear, branched or cyclic C1-C6 (hydro)fluorocarbons, N 2 , O 2 , argon and/or CO 2 , wherein the proportion of CO 2 in the blowing agent mixture is at least 30 wt %.

24 . The reaction system as claimed in claim 16 , wherein the blowing agent C) is present in the reaction system in the form of droplets, wherein the droplet size is from 1 nm to 100 nm.

25 . The reaction system as claimed in claim 16 , wherein the blowing agent C) further comprises a hydrophobic co-component.

26 . The reaction system as claimed in claim 16 , wherein the compound B2) has an average number of 1.0 to 5 OH groups per molecule, and wherein at least one of the OH groups is esterified with a fatty acid.

27 . A process for producing rigid PUR and PIR foams, comprising mixing and reacting with each other the components of a reaction system as claimed in claim 16 , wherein in particular first a mixture of all the components with the exception of polyisocyanate D) is produced in a pressurized mixing head under supercritical or near-critical conditions for blowing agent C) and this mixture is then admixed with polyisocyanate D) and exportation from the pressurized mixing head is performed with lowering to atmospheric pressure or below, the reaction of the components of the reaction system being carried out in particular at a pressure of 40 to 300 bar and/or a temperature of 10 to 80° C.

28 . A rigid foam obtained by mixing and reacting the components of a reaction system as claimed in claim 16 .

29 . A method comprising manufacturing a rigid PUR and PIR foam with a reaction system comprising the following components:

A) an isocyanate-reactive compound;

B1) a surfactant component;

C) a blowing agent in a supercritical or near-critical state;

D) a polyisocyanate; and

E) a sheet-silicate.

30 . A method comprising manufacturing a rigid PUR and PIR foams with a reaction system comprising the following components:

B2) a surfactant component having isocyanate-reactive functional groups;

C) a blowing agent in a supercritical or near-critical state;

D) a polyisocyanate; and

E) a sheet-silicate.

31 . The reaction system as claimed in claim 21 , wherein the HLB value is from 4 to 18 as per the equation HLB=20*(1−M h /M) where M h =molar mass of hydrophobic moiety and M=overall mass of nonionic surfactant.

32 . The reaction system as claimed in claim 25 , wherein the co-component is selected from the group consisting of long-chain alkanes having at least 8 carbon atoms, aromatics having at least 8 carbon atoms, polysiloxanes (“silicone oils”) having at least 3 silicon atoms and long-chain organic ethers carbon atoms, esters and ketones having at least 8.