A polyurethane system for use as a binder in producing foundry molds and cores in metal casting, especially in a cold box process, has a polyol component with one or more polyols having at least two OH groups per molecule, with at least one phenol resin, and an isocyanate component. Particularly, the isocyanate component includes a reaction product of at least one cyclic amine with at least one polyisocyanate having at least two NCO groups per molecule. Each cyclic amine is characterized as an amine having at least one NH group and from four to six carbon atoms. Examples of the cyclic amine include ?-caprolactam and/or 3,5-dimethylpyrazole. Observed advantages include better humidity resistance and improved mold release properties.

Provided is a waterborne adhesive composition comprising (i) an aqueous medium; (ii) one or more isocyanate compounds dispersed in said aqueous medium, and (iii) one or more functional silane compounds dispersed in said aqueous medium.

Multi-layered golf ball core sub-assemblies and the resulting golf balls are provided. The core structure includes an inner core (center) comprising a foam composition, preferably foamed polyurethane. The intermediate and outer core layers are preferably formed from foamed and non-foamed thermoset compositions. For example, the intermediate core can be formed from a thermoset rubber so there are adjoining foam core layers (inner and intermediate) and the outer core layer can be formed from a non-foamed thermoset rubber. The core layers have different hardness and specific gravity levels. The core assembly preferably has a positive hardness gradient extending across the entire assembly. The core structure and resulting ball have relatively good resiliency.

The present invention relates to polyisocyanate compositions comprising two different types of polyisocyanate, their use in the manufacture of prepregs and polyisocyanurate composited made from said prepregs.

A polyurethane composition, a composite material prepared with same and a method of preparing a polyurethane resin using the polyurethane composition is provided. The polyurethane composition comprises A) an isocyanate component, comprising A1) and at least one of A2) and A3): A1) a first polyisocyanate compound: A2) a first prepolymer that is formed by reaction of a second polyisocyanate compound and a first polyol, wherein the first prepolymer has a NCO content of 21-25%: A3) a second prepolymer that is formed by reaction of a third polyisocyanate compound and a second polyol, wherein the second prepolymer has a NCO content of 10-20%; wherein the total amount of the first prepolymer and the second prepolymer is 10-70 wt % based on the total weight of the isocyanate component: B) an isocyanate-reactive component. comprising a third polyol and an isocyanate reactive (meth) acrylate monomer; and C) a free radical initiator.

A method for making a copolymer polyol includes (a) forming a pre-compounded thermoplastic polymeric composition by compounding from 10 wt % to 90 wt % of a solid functional additive component with from 10 wt % to 90 wt % of a polystyrene component, (b) melting the pre-compounded thermoplastic polymeric composition to form a melted thermoplastic polymeric composition, (c) combining the melted thermoplastic polymeric composition with a carrier polyol component in the presence of a stabilizer component to form a pre-mixture that includes the pre-compounded thermoplastic polymeric composition dispersed within a continuous phase of the carrier polyol component, and (d) cooling the pre-mixture to form the copolymer polyol.

A transparent composite material composition, comprises, based on a total amount of the transparent composite material: 90 to 99% by weight of a thermosetting urethane acrylate resin; and 1 to 10% by weight of an organic hydroperoxide initiator. Such a transparent composite material composition exhibits superior properties such as superior transparency, impact resistance, scratch resistance, and weather resistance while realizing weight reduction.

Provided is a method of preparing a transparent, non-elastomeric optical article including (1) combining to form a reaction mixture free of urethanation catalysts (a) a polyisocyanate component; and (b) an active hydrogen component of polyol and/or polythiol, and at least one compound containing both amine and hydroxyl functional groups; (2) allowing the polyisocyanate component to react with amine functional groups in the active hydrogen component to form an intermediate product including a polyurea prepolymer having hydroxyl functional groups in admixture with the polyol and/or polythiol and, optionally, the compound containing both amine and hydroxyl functional groups; (3) mixing the intermediate product with additional polyisocyanates and optionally a urethanation catalyst to form a second reaction mixture; (4) introducing the second reaction mixture to a mold to form a thermoset polymerizate; and (5) releasing the polymerizate from the mold. Optical films and articles prepared by the method also are provided.

The present invention provides a polyol composition for preparing a viscoelastic and reticulated polyurethane foam, comprising a first polyether polyol b1), a second polyether polyol b2), a third polyether polyol b3), and a surfactant b6). The present invention also provides a viscoelastic and reticulated polyurethane foam prepared from said polyol composition, wherein the polyurethane foam has a ball rebound rate of less than 15% determined according to GB/T6670-2008.

A polyisocyanate composition includes an isocyanurate derivative of xylylene diisocyanate, and a biuret derivative of aliphatic polyisocyanate.