Definitions for "Blowing Agent"
Keywords:  sponge, foam, cellular, gas, rubber
(r) a compounding material used to produce gas by chemical or physical action, or both, in the manufacture of hollow or cellular articles.
Mixed with a compounded into many formulations, these ‘blowing agents' form gases to create a cellular structure, such as sponge rubber.
Mixed with a rubber compound, this material decomposes when heated to form the gases that create sponge rubber.
Keywords:  volumizer, see
See volumizer