TITLE: METHOD FOR PRODUCING METAL CASTINGS European Patent EP0219032 B1 ABSTRACT: Abstract not available for EP0219032 Abstract of corresponding document: US4633929 Metal castings having reduced residual carbon ash and surface flaws are produced by an evaporative pattern casting process, in which an organic foam pattern is vaporized upon contact with a molten metal leaving a metal replica of the pattern. The organic foam used in this process comprises a polymer formed by polymerizing CO2 with one or more oxirane compounds. INVENTORS: Santangelo, Joseph Germano Weber, James Joseph Sinclair, Richard Glenn Tenaglia, Richard David APPLICATION NUMBER: EP19860113823 PUBLICATION DATE: 04/11/1990 FILING DATE: 10/06/1986 ASSIGNEE: AIR PRODUCTS AND CHEMICALS, INC. INTERNATIONAL CLASSES: B22C9/04; B22C7/02; C08J9/14; C08J9/28; (IPC1-7): B22C7/02; B22C9/04 EUROPEAN CLASSES: B22C7/02B; C08J9/14B+L69/00; C08J9/28+L69/00