Method of making a golf ball comprising the steps of: providing a subassembly; forming about the subassembly at least one layer comprised of a thermoset polyurethane which is prepared by mixing as the essential ingredients: (i) at least one long chain soft segment polyol and/or polyamine; (ii) at least one short chain-extending-type species; (iii) at least one isocyanate; and (iv) at least one additional chain-extending-type species; wherein essential ingredients (i) and (ii) are combined (reacted/mixed) to form a first sub-mixture; followed by combining/mixing the first sub-mixture and essential ingredient (iii) to form a prepolymer second sub-mixture; followed by combining (reacting/mixing) the prepolymer second sub-mixture with essential ingredient (iv) to form the thermoset polyurethane. Essential ingredients (ii) and (iv) may differ, or in some embodiments, are the same, although the total amount of essential ingredients (ii) included is preferably greater than the total amount of essential ingredient (iv).

The present disclosure generally relates to aerogel materials and methods for producing them.

Provided are a composition for forming a polyurethane resin used for a membrane sealing material, the composition having low viscosity and contributing to the formation of a membrane sealing material having reduced elution of low-molecular weight reaction products; and a membrane sealing material and a membrane module using this composition. Disclosed is a composition for forming a polyurethane resin used for a membrane sealing material, the composition including a base agent (A) and a curing agent (B), wherein the base agent (A) comprises an isocyanate group-terminated prepolymer (A1), the isocyanate group-terminated prepolymer (A1) is a reaction product between an isocyanate group-containing compound (a1) and an active hydrogen-containing compound (a2), the base agent (A) comprises diphenylmethane diisocyanate, the monomer content of the diphenylmethane diisocyanate is 35% by mass or less, and the curing agent (B) comprises a compound (b1) represented by Formula (1). In Formula (1), R represents an alkyl group having 2 or more carbon atoms. ##STR00001##

Clickable waterborne polymers, click crosslinking of waterborne polymers, click crosslinked waterborne polymers, clickable functional compounds, and click functionalized waterborne polymers are presented. For example, the waterborne polymers have pendant groups bearing alkyne and/or azide groups and alkyne. For example, the functionalized azide-containing functional compounds such as antimicrobial or infrared-refractive compounds. The click crosslinking of clickable waterborne polymers or polymer mixtures, and the click conjugation of clickable waterborne polymers with clickable functional compounds such as clickable antimicrobial or infrared-refractive compounds, which resulted in functional waterborne polymers with antimicrobial or infrared-refractive functions, are presented. The presented polymers, including clickable waterborne polymers, click-crosslinked waterborne polymers, and functional waterborne polymers with, for example, antimicrobial or infrared-refractive functions, can be used in applications such as coating and adhesive compositions. The aqueous suspensions of waterborne polymers can also be used directly as drug delivery systems, or can be crosslinked into hydrogels or composites for biomedical applications such as drug/cell delivery, tissue engineering, and other medical device.

Described herein are processes for producing cold-flexible polyurethane insulation, in which (a) polyisocyanates are mixed with (b) compounds having groups which are reactive to isocyanates, (c) blowing agents, (d) catalysts, (e) plasticizers and optionally (f) further additives to give a reaction mixture and the mixture is applied to a surface and cured to form insulation. Also described herein is a polyurethane insulation obtainable by a process described herein.

A polyaspartate composition can include a reaction product of a diamine and an amine-reactive component. The amine reactive-component can include a diester and an acrylate combined at an equivalent ratio of diester equivalents to acrylate equivalents of from less than 0.9:greater than 0.1 to greater than 0.3:less than 0.7. The diamine and the amine-reactive component can be combined at an equivalent ratio of diamine equivalents to amine-reactive component equivalents of from 1:0.8 to 0.8:1.

Provided is a silicone-containing polyurethane resin composition including: an isocyanate group-terminated, NCO-terminated modified silicone prepolymer obtained by allowing a first polyisocyanate to undergo reaction with a modified silicone containing at least one hydroxyl group at a terminal; a silicone oil; and an isocyanate group-terminated, NCO-terminated urethane prepolymer obtained by allowing a second polyisocyanate to undergo reaction with polyol, wherein reactivity of the first polyisocyanate with a curing agent is higher than reactivity of the second polyisocyanate with a curing agent.

Method of making a golf ball comprising the steps of: providing a subassembly; forming about the subassembly at least one layer comprised of a thermoset polyurethane which is prepared by mixing as the essential ingredients: (i) at least one long chain soft segment polyol and/or polyamine; (ii) at least one short chain-extending-type species; (iii) at least one isocyanate; and (iv) at least one additional chain-extending-type species; wherein essential ingredients (i) and (ii) are combined (reacted/mixed) to form a first sub-mixture; followed by combining/mixing the first sub-mixture and essential ingredient (iii) to form a prepolymer second sub-mixture; followed by combining (reacting/mixing) the prepolymer second sub-mixture with essential ingredient (iv) to form the thermoset polyurethane. Essential ingredients (ii) and (iv) may differ, or in some embodiments, are the same, although the total amount of essential ingredients (ii) included is preferably greater than the total amount of essential ingredient (iv).

Two-component solventless polyurethane adhesive compositions comprising an isocyanate component and a polyol component comprising at least one highly-reactive amine-initiated polyol are disclosed. The at least one amine-initiated polyol comprises primary hydroxyl groups and a backbone incorporating one or more tertiary amines. The amine-initiated polyol further comprises a functionality of from 2 to 12, a hydroxyl number of from 5 to 1,830, and a viscosity at 40° C. of from 500 to 20,000 mPa-s. The polyol component can further comprise a non-amine-initiated polyol. The adhesive compositions are formulated such that the isocyanate and polyol components can be applied to separate substrates prior to mixing. Still further, a laminate comprising the adhesive compositions is disclosed.

The invention relates to a process for preparing a flame-resistant polymer-modified polyol having a solids content of 1 to 65 wt. % wherein (i) at least one polyisocyanate and (ii) an olamine are reacted in (iii) a base polyol having at least two active hydrogen containing groups of which more than 50% are primary active hydrogen containing groups and wherein the olamine has at least one phosphonic ester group attached to a tertiary nitrogen atom and contains at least two hydroxyl groups. The invention further relates to a flame-resistant polymer-modified polyol obtainable with the process of the invention, to a process for preparing optionally foamed plastics using the polymer-modified polyol of the invention, and to the use of a polymer-modified polyol for the preparation of flexible polyurethane foams.