A thermosetting coating composition includes a hydroxyl group-containing resin (A), a blocked polyisocyanate curing agent (B), and an amine compound (C) represented by the formula (1). In the formula (1), R.sup.1 to R.sup.5 each independently represents a hydrogen atom or an organic group having one or more carbon atoms. The organic group may contain one or more atoms selected from the group consisting of oxygen atoms, nitrogen atoms, sulfur atoms, and halogen atoms.

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A curable coating composition having satisfactory low temperature curing property and fast drying speed while maintaining the flexibility and impact resistance of coating films, and also providing the coating films with good anti-corrosion property and good adhesion to a steel substrate; and a process of preparing the curable coating composition.

An object to be solved by the present invention is to discover a thermosetting coating composition ensuring an excellent finished appearance without a decrease in corrosion resistance, and to provide a coated article with such excellent coating performances. The present invention provides a thermosetting coating composition, comprising a modified epoxy resin (A) resulting from a reaction of an epoxy resin (a1) with a modifier (a2), and optionally with an amine compound (a4); and a blocked polyisocyanate compound (B), the modified epoxy resin (A) comprising, at least in a part of the terminals thereof, a specific organic group, and having a number average molecular weight of 800 to 80,000.

Provided are a polyurethane-modified epoxy resin composition having satisfactory operability of processing, such as casting or impregnation, in a composition state, a production method therefor, and a composition thereof. The polyurethane-modified epoxy resin is obtained by modifying a secondary hydroxyl group-containing bisphenol-based epoxy resin (a) having an epoxy equivalent from 150 g/eq to 200 g/eq and a hydroxyl equivalent from 2,000 g/eq to 2,600 g/eq with a polyol compound (b) having an Mn of 200 or more, a polyisocyanate compound (c), and a polyol compound (d) having an Mn of less than 200 serving as a chain extender. The polyurethane-modified epoxy resin uses the epoxy resin (a) in an amount from 20 wt % to 60 wt % with respect to the total amount of the respective components (a), (b), (c), and (d), and contains a polyurethane having the epoxy resin (a) added to both terminals thereof and/or one terminal thereof.

A cardanol modified epoxy polyol may be used for forming a polyurethane resin system for use in applications such as coatings and composites formed by filament winding. The polyurethane resin system includes an isocyanate-reactive component that has a first cardanol component and the cardanol-modified epoxy polyol, and includes an isocyanate component that includes at least one polyisocyanate. The cardanol-modified epoxy polyol is a reaction product of an epoxy component and an epoxy-reactive component at a ratio of epoxy groups to epoxy reactive groups from 1:0.95 to 1:5, and the epoxy-reactive component includes a second cardanol component.

An object to be solved by the present invention is to discover a thermosetting coating composition ensuring an excellent finished appearance without a decrease in corrosion resistance, and to provide a coated article with such excellent coating performances. The present invention provides a thermosetting coating composition, comprising a modified epoxy resin (A) resulting from a reaction of an epoxy resin (a1) with a modifier (a2), and optionally with an amine compound (a4); and a blocked polyisocyanate compound (B), the modified epoxy resin (A) comprising, at least in a part of the terminals thereof, a specific organic group, and having a number average molecular weight of 800 to 80,000.

The subject matter is a new curable composition comprising at least one hydroxyl-group containing resin, at least one nitroso-containing compound or at least one nitroso precursor compound, at least one hydrophopic silica and at least one blocked isocyanate, which provides excellent adhesion and steam resistance for rubber to substrate bonds, a process for bonding two substrates with this new curable composition and the corresponding article.

A reaction system for forming polyurethane elastomers includes a cardanol modified epoxy polyol. In particular, the reaction system has an isocyanate-reactive component that includes the cardanol-modified epoxy polyol and an isocyanate component that includes at least one polyisocyanate. The cardanol-modified epoxy polyol is a reaction product of an epoxy component and an epoxy-reactive component at a ratio of epoxy groups to epoxy reactive groups from 1:1 to 1:5, and the epoxy-reactive component includes a cashew nutshell liquid having a cardanol content of at least 85 wt %, based on a total weight of the cashew nutshell liquid.

Provided is a thermosetting adhesive including: a polyurethane; an isocyanate; an epoxy; and a phenoxy resin, in which dynamic viscoelasticity spectrum of a cured product has a peak indicating a softening temperature in an area of 200 C. or higher and has no peak in an area of 160 C. or lower.

Composite resins produced from chemical reactions among a polyglycol epoxide liquid epoxy resin, an aminosilane, tri- and/or tetra-alkoxysilanes and an isocyanate. The hybrid compositions are prepared by an in situ sol-gel process where components of the composition are mixed together sequentially. The composite resins are formed by a coupling reaction between the epoxide groups of the epoxy resin and the amino groups of the aminosilane. The silanes are hydrolyzed to form silanol groups which then undergo polycondensation to form an inorganic polymeric network of an intermediate. Finally, urethane moieties are introduced to the composite resins when unreacted hydroxyl groups from the intermediate react with the isocyanate. These composite resins are evaluated as protective coatings of mild steel substrates, including mechanical strength, anticorrosiveness in a saline medium, and adhesiveness to the mild steel substrates.