The present disclosure provides a resin composition for a golf ball cover. The resin composition includes a thermoplastic polyurethane resin including 55 to 70 parts by weight of a polyol, 30 to 40 parts by weight of an isocyanate, and 0.2 to 0.4 parts by weight of a polysiloxane. The polysiloxane includes at least one hydroxyl group or a carboxyl group in the terminal alkyl group. The polyol and the isocyanate constitute a silicone-free thermoplastic polyurethane resin, and the polysiloxane and the isocyanate constitute a thermoplastic polyurethane resin that includes silicone in the main chain, thereby improving the scuff resistance and slip property required for a golf ball cover.

A process is described for producing PU foams, especially rigid PU foams, based on foamable reaction mixtures containing polyisocyanates, compounds having reactive hydrogen atoms, blowing agents, foam stabilizers, and possibly further additives, wherein polymer particles are additionally used, the average particle size of the polymer particles being <100 μm, preferably <70 μm, especially 5 to 50 μm.

Provided is a technology for exhibiting good ant ithrombogenicity.

A polyurethane or polyurethane urea has a graft chain having a specific structure. Two functional groups included in the specific structure are each an alkyl group having 1 to 20 carbon atoms, an aryl group having 6 to 12 carbon atoms, or an aralkyl group having 7 to 20 carbon atoms and may be the same or different from each other.

An antibacterial modified polyurethane resin is provided. The antibacterial modified polyurethane resin includes a polyurethane resin and an antibacterial modifying agent grafted on the polyurethane resin. The antibacterial modifying agent has formula (I) as follows:

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R.sub.1 is a substituent of —(CH2)a—, R.sub.2 is a substituent of —(CH2)bCH3—, a is a positive integer that is greater than or equal to 3, and b is a positive integer that is greater than or equal to 12. The antibacterial modifying agent has three methoxyl groups, at least two of the three methoxyl groups bond to the polyurethane resin through covalent bonds. In the antibacterial modified polyurethane resin, a chloride ion of the antibacterial modifying agent is configured to be ionized, so that a nitrogen atom is configured to be positively charged to attract a bacteria in an environment.

Provided are a waterborne polyurethane emulsion for ultra-thin polyurethane condoms having a low modulus and a high strength, and a method for preparing the emulsion, wherein the waterborne polyurethane emulsion comprises 15 to 18 parts by mass of a macromolecular diol, 4 to 6 parts by mass of a diisocyanate, 0.6 to 0.9 parts by mass of a hydrophilic chain extender, 0.4 to 0.8 parts by mass of a small-molecule chain extender, and the like. The prepared waterborne polyurethane emulsion is characterized by a low modulus, a high strength, and high resilience.

The invention pertains generally to a shelf-stable polyurethane HFO-blown two-component polyurethane foam composition which includes controlling the ratio of tin-containing catalyst(s) to potassium-containing catalyst(s).

Composites having a polymer or natural leather skin layer and a polyurethane foam layer are made in a molding process. The polyurethane foam layer is made from a foam formulation that includes certain polyester polyols. The presence of the polyester polyol improves flow characteristics of the foam formulation. The foam so produced has unexpectedly low quantities of VOCs.

The use of an aqueous polyurethane dispersion adhesive is described for producing composite foils which are biodisintegratable at home compost conditions where at least two substrates are adhesive-bonded to one another with use of the polyurethane dispersion adhesive, where at least one of the substrates is a polymer foil which is biodisintegratable at home compost conditions. At least 60% by weight of the polyurethane is composed of diisocyanates, polyesterdiols, and at least one bifunctional carboxylic acid selected from dihydroxy carboxylic acids and diamino carboxylic acids, wherein the polyurethane has no melting point above 20° C. or wherein the polyurethane has a melting point above 20° C. with an enthalpy of fusion lower than 10 J/g, and wherein a film of the polyurethane adhesive is biodegradable at home compost conditions.

The present invention relates to an aqueous dispersion comprising dispersed particles comprising a polyurethane comprising at least the following building blocks derived from a) at least one organic polyisocyanate, b) at least one carboxylate group-bearing isocyanate-reactive compound, and c) at least one organic isocyanate-reactive polyol, wherein at least one of the carboxylate group-bearing compounds b) has the following structural formula O II (1) R.sub.2(R.sub.3)—N—C—R.sub.1-COO.sup.− wherein R.sub.1 is a divalent aliphatic hydrocarbon radical having from 2 to 8 carbon atoms or a divalent cycloaliphatic hydrocarbon radical having from 6 to 8 carbon atoms or a divalent aromatic hydrocarbon radical having from 6 to 8 carbon atoms, R.sub.2 and R.sub.3 are 2-hydroxypropyl.

The present disclosure relates to spray polyether and polyester polyurethane elastomeric articles and associated methods of producing such elastomer articles. More specifically, the invention provides spray polyester polyurethane elastomer articles that exhibit excellent tensile and tear strength, superior elongation performance and improved abrasion resistance performance with tunable tensile modulus.