A process for preparing polyurethane composites includes (i) providing a dispersion of nanocrystalline cellulose in (a) one or more polyols, (b) one or more isocyanates, or (c) one or more polyols and one or more isocyanate, mixed together; wherein the amount of water in the nanocrystalline cellulose is less than about 1% w/w; (ii) mixing the dispersion of (i)(a) with an isocyanate or (i)(b) with a polyol and a catalyst to allow polymerization; or mixing the dispersion of (i)(c) and a catalyst to allow polymerization; and (iii) isolating the polyurethane composite. A method for improving properties of polyurethanes includes dispersing nanocrystalline cellulose into one or both parts of a two part polyol/isocyanate precursors prior to allowing polymerization of the precursors, wherein the amount of water in the nanocrystalline cellulose is less than about 1% w/w; mixing the dispersion with a catalyst; and polymerizing the precursors to provide the polyurethane.

A thermosetting resin composition which contains a polyurethane resin and a curing agent, the polyurethane resin including a constitutional unit derived from an alicyclic diol and having an acid value of 10 to 35 mgKOH/g.

A thermosetting resin composition according to the present invention contains: purified lignin obtained by treating a herbaceous biomass as a raw material under the following conditions in a first solvent that is a mixed solvent of water and at least one type of alcohol selected from aliphatic alcohols having 4 to 8 carbon atoms, subsequently removing the alcohol from the alcohol phase that is separated at the temperature at which the first solvent separates into two phases to give lignin, adding a second solvent that is an organic solvent alone or a mixed solvent of the organic solvent and water to the resultant lignin, and removing the second solvent from the solution in which the lignin is dissolved in the second solvent; and a lignin-reactive compound that has a functional group capable of reacting with the purified lignin. Condition A: the concentration of the raw material to be charged into the mixed solvent is 1% by mass or more and 50% by mass or less. Condition B: the treatment temperature is 100° C. or higher and 350° C. or lower. Condition C: the treatment time is 0.1 hours or more and 10 hours or less.

The invention relates to a method for producing soft polyurethane foam obtained by reacting a composition containing a component A1 containing at least one filled polyol, a component A2 containing compounds reactive with isocyanates and having a hydroxyl value of ≥20 to <100 mg KOH/g, the component A2 not containing any filled polyol, a component A3 containing water and/or at least one physical blowing agent, a component A4 containing auxiliary agents and additives, and a component B containing di- and/or polyisocyanates, characterized in that the reaction occurs in the presence of 0.5 to 3 parts by weight of an organic urea derivative as component C, which is obtained by reacting urea with a difunctional amine having a number-average molecular weight of 200 to 1000 g/mol. The invention also relates to a soft polyurethane foam obtainable by the method.

A bio-polyol composition, a foam composition, and a foam material are provided. The bio-polyol composition includes 25-70 parts by weight of lignin; 30-75 parts by weight of non-amine-based polyol; and, 2-17 parts by weight of amine-based polyether polyol. In particular, the sum of the weight of the lignin and the non-amine-based polyol is 100 parts by weight.

An object of the present invention is to provide a golf ball having improved spin performance on wedge shots under a wet condition such as rain by controlling the formulation of the paint film. The present invention provides a golf ball comprising a golf ball body and a paint film covering the golf ball body, wherein the paint film contains a base resin and a porous filler, and the porous filler contains SiO.sub.2 as a constituent in an amount of 50 mass % or more.

An adhesive kit 1 separately includes a main agent layer 2 containing a polyamine component, and a curing agent layer 3 containing a polyisocyanate component. When the main agent layer 2 is reacted with the curing agent layer 3, the reactive parameter Pr exceeds 40% and the diffusion parameter Pd exceeds 15%.

A polyurethane elastomer composition that contains (a) an organic diisocyanate, (b) a polyester resin, (c) a chain extender, (d) an optional crosslinker, (e) an optional colorant, (f) a surfactant, (g) a foaming agent, (h) an optional bio-additive, and a composition comprised of a plasticizer and a lignin.

Polymers are disclosed that incorporate portions of secondary or tertiary polyamide segments connected with polyisocyanates. These polymers have enhanced matting properties. The enhanced matting properties are from creating an inherently matt surface from the polymer without the use of any separate fine particle size matting additives. Conventional matting agents such as fine particle size silica usually results in loss of physical properties such as haze development and porosity in the coating from the matting agent. Composites and hybrids of these polymers and other polyamides, polyurethane with vinyl polymers (acrylates) are also disclosed and claimed.

The present invention pertains to: a polyol composition containing a polysaccharide alcohol, a polysaccharide alcohol-derived anhydrosugar alcohol, and an anhydrosugar alcohol polymer; and a polyurethane foam including same. More specifically, the present invention pertains to: a polyol composition containing a) a monoanhydrosugar alcohol, b) a dianhydrosugar alcohol, c) a polysaccharide alcohol, d) a polysaccharide alcohol-derived anhydrosugar alcohol, and e) at least one polymer of a) to d), wherein physical properties such as the number average molecular weight (Mn), polydispersity index (PDI), and average number of OH groups per molecule of the polyol composition satisfy certain levels, the polyol composition can contribute to the improvement of physical properties such as strength, elongation, and thermal insulation when used as a raw material for polyurethane, etc., using a hydrogenated sugar composition obtained from a saccharide mixture containing glucose and polysaccharides (disaccharides or higher saccharides) improves productivity, and costs can be reduced compared to the case of using conventional high-purity hydrogenated sugar; and a polyurethane foam including same.