The present technology provides a method of manufacturing a rigid polyurethane foam having a low thermal conductivity from a foam composition comprising a polyol, an isocyanate, a polyurethane catalyst, a surfactant, water, a modified phenolic resin, optionally a physical blowing agent, and optionally a fire retardant.

The flame-retardant urethane resin composition contains a polyisocyanate compound, a polyol compound, a trimerization catalyst, a blowing agent, and an additive, wherein the additives include red phosphorus and a filler, and the filler has an aspect ratio of 5 to 50, an average particle diameter of 0.1 μm or larger, but smaller than 15 μm, and a melting point of 750° C. or higher.

A process for continuous preparation of oligomeric or polymeric isocyanates by catalytic modification of monomeric di- and/or triisocyanates, characterized in that at least one isocyanate component A and at least one catalyst component B are combined continuously in a reaction apparatus and conducted through the reaction apparatus as a reaction mixture, the residence time distribution being characterized according to the dispersion model by Bo (Bodenstein number) above 40, preferably above 60 and most preferably above 80.

The instant invention provides an isocyanate trimerisation catalyst system, a precursor formulation, a process for trimerising isocyanates, rigid foams made therefrom, and a process for making such foams. The trimerisation catalyst system comprises: (a) a phosphatrane cation; and (b) an isocyanate-trimer inducing anion; wherein said trimerisation catalyst system has a trimerisation activation temperature in the range of equal to or less than 73° C. The precursor formulation comprises (1) at least 25 percent by weight of polyol, based on the weight of the precursor formulation; (2) less than 15 percent by weight of a trimerisation catalyst system, based on the weight of the precursor formulation, comprising; (a) a phosphatrane cation; and (c) an isocyanate-trimer inducing anion; wherein said trimerisation catalyst system has a trimerisation activation temperature in the range of equal to or less than 73° C.; and (4) optionally one or more surfactants, one or more flame retardants, water, one or more antioxidants, one or more auxiliary blowing agents, one or more urethane catalysts, one or more auxiliary trimerisation catalysts, or combinations thereof. The process for trimerisation of isocyanates comprises the steps of: (1) providing one or more monomers selected from the group consisting of an isocyanate, a diisocyanate, a triisocyanate, oligomeric isocyanate, a salt of any thereof, and a mixture of any thereof; (2) providing a trimerisation catalyst system comprising; (a) an phosphatrane cation; and (b) an isocyanate-trimer inducing anion; (c) wherein said trimerisation catalyst system has a trimerisation activation temperature in the range of equal to or less than 73° C.; (3) trimerising said one or more monomers in the presence of said trimerisation catalyst; (4) thereby forming an isocyanurate ring. The process for making the PIR foam comprises the steps of: (1) providing one or more monomers selected from the group consisting of an isocyanate, a diisocyanate, a triisocyanate, oligomeric isocyanate, a salt of any thereof, and a mixture of any thereof; (2) providing polyol; (3) providing a trimerisation catalyst system comprising; (a) a phosphatrane cation; and (b) an isocyanate-trimer inducing anion; wherein said trimerisation catalyst system has a trimerisation activation temperature in the range of equal to or less than 73° C.; and (4) optionally providing one or more surfactants, one or more flame retardants, water, one or more antioxidants, one or more auxiliary blowing agents, one or more urethane catalysts, one or more auxiliary trimerisation catalysts, or combinations thereof; (5) contacting said one or more monomers, and said polyol, and op

A curable composition for making polyisocyanurate comprising products obtained by combining and mixing at an isocyanate index of at least 100 at least a polyisocyanate composition, an isocyanate reactive composition comprising at least 50 mol % diols and a toughening agent comprising acrylic block copolymers.

The invention relates to a method for producing a polyoxymethylene polyoxyalkylene block copolymer, said method including the process of reacting a polymer formaldehyde compound with alkylene oxide in the presence of a double metal cyanide (DMC) catalyst and an H-functional starter substance, wherein the theoretical molar mass of the polymer formaldehyde compound is lower than the theoretical molar mass of the H-functional starter substance, and the polymer formaldehyde compound has at least one terminal hydroxyl group, the theoretical molar mass of the H-functional starter substance being at least 500 g/mol. In the method according to the invention, a mixture i) is provided comprising the DMC catalyst and the H-functional starter substance in step (i); the polymer formaldehyde compound is then added to the mixture (i) in step (ii), thereby forming a mixture (ii); and the alkylene oxide is added in step (iii), step (ii) being carried out at the same time as or prior to step (iii).

A process for preparing a polyurethane product, and polyurethane compositions and products of the process. The process includes preparing a catalyst composition comprising at least one tertiary amine salt, wherein the at least one tertiary amine salt is a contact product of at least one carboxylic acid and at least one tertiary amine, wherein the at least one tertiary amine is selected from the group consisting of N-hydroxyethylpiperidine and tris(dimethylaminomethyl)phenol; and reacting at least one isocyanate, at least one polyol and the catalyst composition to form a polyurethane product.

The present disclosure provides for an isocyanate-reactive composition that can react with an isocyanate compound in a reaction mixture to form a polyurethane-based foam. The isocyanate-reactive composition includes an isocyanate reactive compound and a combustion modifier composition. The isocyanate reactive compound has an isocyanate reactive moiety and an aromatic moiety. The combustion modifier composition includes both phosphorus from a halogen-free flame-retardant compound and a transition metal from a transition metal compound. The combustion modifier composition can have a molar ratio of the transition metal to phosphorus (mole transition metal:mole phosphorous) of 0.05:1 to 5:1.

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A flame-retardant rigid polyurethane foam contains a flame retardant, the foam having a ratio of the maximum peak intensity ratio (P1) of the foam after moist heat treatment of the foam for one week at a temperature of 80° C. and a humidity of 85% to the maximum peak intensity ratio (P2) of the foam before this moist heat treatment of 85% or more (P1/P2x100). The P1 and P2 each refer to the ratio of the maximum peak intensity of 1390 to 1430 cm.sup.−1 to the maximum peak intensity of 1500 to 1520 cm.sup.−1 when the infrared absorption spectrum is measured at a position 5 to 10 mm from the surface of the foam, and the average intensity of 1900 to 2000 cm.sup.−1 is adjusted to zero.

The present invention relates to a process for producing a rigid polyurethane-polyisocyanurate foam C, comprising the step of reacting (i) an isocyanate-terminated prepolymer B with (ii) an activator component A comprising at least one trimerization catalyst A1 and at least one blowing agent A3 in a reaction mixture to form a foam, characterized in that—there is used an isocyanate-terminated prepolymer B obtained from a reaction of an isocyanate B1 having a mean isocyanate functionality of from ≧2.3 to ≦2.9 with a polyol component B2, and—the activator component A comprises water as the blowing agent A3 in an amount of from ≧5 wt. % to ≦50 wt. %,—the isocyanate index in the reaction mixture is in a range of from ≧400 to ≧500, and—the isocyanate content of the prepolymer B is in a range of from ≧21 wt. % to ≦30 wt. %, based on the total mass of the prepolymer B, and—wherein in the reaction of the prepolymer B and the activator component A a conversion contribution to polyisocyanurate of ≦75% is achieved. Rigid foams C so produced have good flame retarding properties while at the same time having good insulating properties and stability properties. The present invention relates further to a rigid polyisocyanurate foam C produced by the process according to the invention, to the use of such a rigid polyisocyanurate foam C in the production of heat-insulating structural components, and to a heat-insulating structural component comprising such a rigid polyurethane-polyisocyanurate foam.