A composition comprising an isocyanate component A) comprising at least one cycloaliphatic or araliphatic diisocyanate, a polyol component B) comprising at least one polyol having an OH number of 80 to 1000 mg KOH/g, an additive component C) comprising at least one internal demoulding agent, and a catalyst component D) comprising at least one inorganic metal complex as thermally latent catalyst, characterized in that the thermally latent catalyst has a quotient of reaction rates between catalysed reaction and uncatalysed reaction at 30° C. of =5.0 and at 60° C. of =1.1. The present invention further provides a process for producing an elastomer and for the use of the composition for production of transparent shaped bodies.

An aqueous emulsion contains a copolymer having three components: a) to c). Component a) has at least one biuret or isocyanurate substructure. Component b) is selected from polysiloxanes and polyhydrocarbons, preferably polysiloxanes. Component c) contains a hydrocarbon which is different from component b) and has at least 6 carbon atoms and not more than 3 heteroatoms selected from N, O, and S. Component b) is joined to 2 different or identical components a) via at least two positions.

Methods of printing a three-dimensional object using co-reactive components are disclosed. Thermosetting compositions for three-dimensional printing are also disclosed.

The present disclosure relates to two-component coating material compositions including a paint base component A and a curing component B. The paint base component A includes one or more polyols A1 selected from the group of polyols containing ester groups and which possess a hydroxyl number of 300 to 500 mg KOH/g and have a hydroxyl group functionality of greater than 2. The curing component B includes one or more polyisocyanates B1 having on average 2.4 to 5 NCO groups. The two-component coating material composition possesses a solids content of at least 96 wt %, and the molar ratio of the NCO groups in the curing component B to the acidic hydrogen atoms in the paint base component A is from 1:1.15 to 1:0.95. The disclosure further relates to a method for coating fiber-reinforced plastics and to a method for producing coated fiber-reinforced plastics, and to coating fiber-reinforced plastics.

A method for preparing rigid polyurethane (PUR) foams or rigid polyisocyanurate (PIR) foams in which method the rigid PUR or PIR foam is prepared by reacting a composition (C) comprising: at least one isocyanate-reactive component (B1) having functional groups selected from hydroxyl, amine and thiol groups; at least one isocyanate component (A1) having an average functionality of less than 2.70; and at least one blowing agent [blowing agent (BA), herein after]; with the proviso that the overall average functionality [F.sub.n,avg(A), herein after] of all isocyanate components present in the composition (C) is less than 2.70; wherein the composition (C) is characterized by an isocyanate index X, wherein the rigid PUR or PIR foams are produced by depositing the composition (C) between two gas-tight facing sheets and wherein the rigid PUR or PIR foam is characterized by a difference Δλ between the initial thermal conductivity value λ.sub.ini and the aged thermal conductivity value λ.sub.aged of said rigid PUR or PIR foam wherein: when X≤200 then Δλ<1.35; and when X>200 then Δλ<[6.49−(4.46*F.sub.n,avg(A))−(0.02348*X)+(0.492*F.sub.n,avg(A)*F.sub.n,avg(A))+(0.01343*F.sub.n,avg(A)*X)+0.3].

A urethane-based adhesive composition includes a urethane prepolymer, a carbon black A having a dibutyl phthalate oil absorption number of 30 to 40 ml/100 g, a carbon black B having a dibutyl phthalate oil absorption number of 98 to 108 ml/100 g, a calcium carbonate C, a plasticizer D, a modified product E of an aliphatic diisocyanate, and a catalyst, and the urethane-based adhesive composition is configured to satisfy all of the following (1) to (6): (1) 25≤a≤35, (2) 55≤b≤75, (3) 197≤a+3b≤251, (4) 30≤c≤35, (5) 35≤d≤45, and (6) 9≤e≤13.

Disclosed is an oligomer or polymer obtained by reacting at least one monomeric, oligomeric or polymeric isocyanate having two or more isocyanate groups with 2-hydroxy-3-butenoic acid and/or at least one alkyl ester of 2-hydroxy-3-butenoic acid. A composition comprising a said oligomer or polymer is also disclosed.

The present invention relates to a new process for preparing polyisocyanates containing isocyanurate groups and being flocculation-stable in solvents from (cyclo)aliphatic diisocyanates.

The present invention relates to a process for the effective removal of residual monomeric aliphatic isocyanate from a reaction mixture comprising aliphatic polyisocyanate comprising (i) providing a reactor containing a scavenger comprising a zeolitic material, wherein the zeolitic material comprises SiO.sub.2 and optionally X.sub.2O.sub.3 in its framework structure, wherein X is a trivalent element; (ii) providing a reaction mixture comprising aliphatic polyisocyanate and monomeric aliphatic isocyanate; (iii) contacting the scavenger in the reactor with the reaction mixture provided in (ii) at a temperature lower than the boiling point of the residual monomeric aliphatic isocyanate for obtaining a product comprising aliphatic polyisocyanate with a reduced monomeric aliphatic isocyanate content, wherein if the zeolitic material comprises X.sub.2O.sub.3, the zeolitic material has an SiO.sub.2 to X.sub.2O.sub.3 molar ratio higher than 2.8:1, preferably higher than 5:1, more preferably higher than 30:1.

The present invention relates to a process for the effective removal of residual monomeric aliphatic isocyanate from a reaction mixture comprising aliphatic polyisocyanate comprising (i) providing a reactor containing a scavenger comprising a zeolitic material, wherein the zeolitic material comprises SiO.sub.2 and optionally X.sub.2O.sub.3 in its framework structure, wherein X is a trivalent element; (ii) providing a reaction mixture comprising aliphatic polyisocyanate and monomeric aliphatic isocyanate; (iii) contacting the scavenger in the reactor with the reaction mixture provided in (ii) at a temperature lower than the boiling point of the residual monomeric aliphatic isocyanate for obtaining a product comprising aliphatic polyisocyanate with a reduced monomeric aliphatic isocyanate content, wherein if the zeolitic material comprises X.sub.2O.sub.3, the zeolitic material has an SiO.sub.2 to X.sub.2O.sub.3 molar ratio higher than 2.8:1, preferably higher than 5:1, more preferably higher than 30:1.