The invention relates to potting compounds which cure to polyisocyanurate plastics, to the production of said potting compounds and to the use of the potting compounds for manufacturing electrical components.

Described herein is a bismuth-containing catalyser, which is defined by a general formula (I). The bismuth-containing catalyser includes at least one radical R1, which includes a carboxyl fragment according to the general formula (II), where a first carbon atom (α-carbon) is bonded to the carbon atom of the carboxyl group, which in turn is directly substituted with at least one aromatic system. Also described herein is a method for preparing the bismuth-containing catalyser and a method of using the bismuth-containing catalyser for preparing compounds including a urethane group.

The present invention is directed to an aqueous curable film-forming composition comprising: (a) a film-forming component comprising an aliphatic di- or higher functional polyisocyanate; and (b) a catalyst additive comprising: (i) a catalytic organic compound comprising iron and/or tin; and (ii) a beta-diketone. The present invention is further directed to a method of controlling the rate of cure of an aqueous curable film-forming composition. The method comprises adding to the aqueous curable film-forming composition the catalyst additive described above; the aqueous curable film-forming composition comprises a film-forming component comprising an aliphatic di- or higher functional polyisocyanate. The present invention is additionally directed to a coated article comprising a cured coating layer applied on at least one surface of a substrate to form a coated substrate; wherein the cured coating layer is deposited from the aqueous curable film-forming composition described above.

The invention relates to a method for preparing polyester polyols containing monools, and to their use, in particular for preparing polyurethane/polyisocyanurate rigid foams (also referred to hereafter as PUR/PIR rigid foams) with improved fire performance.

The purpose of the present invention is to appropriately control the rate of polymerization of a composition in which a thiol compound and an isocyanate compound are added to an episulfide compound and thereby provide an optical material which has high transparency. This composition for use as optical material comprises (a) an episulfide compound, (b) an isocyanate compound, (c) a thiol compound, and (d) a benzyl halide compound represented by formula (1): ##STR00001##
wherein: X is a halogen; L is selected from the group consisting of a hydrogen atom, a methyl group, a halogen, a mercaptomethyl group, and an isocyanate methyl group; and n is 1 or 2.

A composition for forming polyurethane foams is provided using epoxidized triglycerides with unopened rings. The composition further includes a polyol, a blowing agent, and a catalyst that catalyzes the reaction of polyols with isocyanates to form polyurethanes. The polyol is a polyoxyalklylene and the epoxidized triglyceride is an epoxidized soybean oil. A method for forming polyurethane foam using the aforementioned composition is also provided.

A moisture-curing polyurethane composition including: at least one isocyanate-functional polymer with a content of monomeric isophorone diisocyanate of below 0.5 weight-%, obtained from the reaction of isophorone diisocyanate and at least one polyol, and at least one aldimine of formula (I). The composition has a low toxicity, good shelf life stability and cures quickly to an elastic material of low surface tack and good mechanical properties, particularly in terms of high tensile strength and modulus of elasticity at high elongation. It enables coatings, sealants and adhesives with excellent stability under outdoor weathering conditions and high UV load. The aldimine of formula (I) allows to overcome the drawbacks caused by the removal of most of the monomeric isophorone diisocyanate in terms of cure speed, surface tackiness and final strength of such compositions.

A high durability electrically conductive urethane foam acts as a variable resistor such that as the foam deflects, conductive particles get closer together, causing electrical resistance to decrease. The electrically conductive foam is further integrated into an automotive seat sensor system.

A mixture of isomeric aldimines of the formulae (Ia), (Ib) and (Ic) in which the ratio of the trans,trans isomer (Ia) to the sum of the cis,trans isomer (Ib) and the cis,cis isomer (Ic) is in the range of 5/95 to 30/70, and its use as latent hardener for moisture-curing isocyanate-functional polyurethane compositions. The inventive mixture of isomeric aldimines enables polyurethane compositions with very low content of monomeric isophorone diisocyanate and excellent stability under outdoor wheathering conditions and high UV load, which cure quickly to an elastic material of low surface tack and good mechanical properties, particularly in terms of high tensile strength and modulus of elasticity at high elongation. Such compositions are particularly suitable as elastic adhesives and/or sealants or elastic coatings, particularly for outdoor use such as on roofs, floors or ships.

Hydrofluoroolefin (“HFO”)-containing isocyanate-reactive compositions, foam-forming compositions containing such isocyanate-reactive compositions, rigid foams made using such foam-forming compositions, and methods for producing such foams, including use of such foams as panel insulation. The isocyanate-reactive compositions include a polyol composition, a blowing agent composition, and a catalyst composition. The polyol composition includes 50% to 80% by weight, based on total weight of the polyol composition, of an aromatic polyester polyol having a functionality of 1.5 to 2.5 and an OH number of 150 to 360 mg KOH/g, and an amine-initiated polyether polyol having an OH number of more than 500 mg KOH/g and a functionality of 2.5 to 4. The blowing agent composition includes a hydrofluoroolefin and water. The catalyst composition includes a morpholine, an imidazole, a quaternary ammonium carboxylate, and a metal carboxylate.