The present invention relates to a two-component coating system comprising a first component and a second component each of which is separate and distinct from each other, wherein the first component comprises a carboxylic acid functional polymer dissolved and/or dispersed in an aqueous medium, and the second component comprises a multi-aziridine compound having: a) from 2 to 6 of the following structural units (A): b) whereby m is an integer from 1 to 8; and o R′ and R″ are both H b) one or more linking chains wherein each one of these linking chains links two of the structural units A; c) one or more connecting groups whereby each one of the connecting groups connects two of the structural units A; and d) a molecular weight in the range from 840 Daltons to 5000 Daltons, wherein the molecular weight is measured using MALDI-TOF mass spectrometry.

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The invention relates to particles comprising a particular (aziridinyl hydroxy)-functional organic component. The invention further relates to mixtures comprising said particles. The invention further relates to aqueous dispersions comprising said particles. The invention further relates to aqueous compositions comprising said particles. The invention further relates to coating compositions comprising said particles. The invention further relates to aqueous coating compositions comprising said particles. The invention further relates to particles obtained by a process comprising—amongst others—the steps of providing an aqueous dispersion comprising a particular (aziridinyl hydroxy)-functional organic component. The invention further relates to a kit-of-parts comprising in one of its parts an aqueous dispersion comprising a particular (aziridinyl hydroxy)-functional organic component. The invention further relates to cured forms of the various particles, mixtures, aqueous dispersions, aqueous compositions, coating compositions, and aqueous coating compositions. The invention further relates to articles comprising the particles and/or said mixtures, and/or said aqueous dispersions and/or aqueous compositions and/or said cured forms. The invention further relates to various uses of the particles and/or said mixtures, and/or said aqueous dispersions and/or aqueous compositions and/or said cured forms.

It could be helpful to provide a thermoplastic elastomer excellent in transparency, etc., while having mechanical properties such as high heat resistance, strength, and flexibility. The thermoplastic elastomer of this disclosure primarily comprises a copolymer including a block structural unit derived from a polymer (A) that contains a polyphenylene ether and has a glass transition temperature of 120° C. or more, and a block structural unit derived from a polymer (B) that primarily contains a diene rubber and has a glass transition temperature of 20° C. or less.

The present application relates to aziridine functional compounds with reduced genotoxicity and good crosslinking efficiency, for use in the preparation of, for example, coatings.

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The present invention relates to a multi-aziridine crosslinker composition, characterized in that the multi-aziridine crosslinker composition is an aqueous dispersion having a pH ranging from 8 to 14 and comprises a multi-aziridine compound in dispersed form, wherein said multi-aziridine compound has: a. from 2 to 6 of the following structural units A: whereby R.sub.1 is H, R.sub.2 and R.sub.4 are independently chosen from H or an aliphatic hydrocarbon group containing from 1 to 4 carbon atoms, R a is an aliphatic hydrocarbon group containing from 1 to 4 carbon atoms, m is 1, b. one or more linking chains wherein each one of these linking chains links two of the structural units A; and c. a molecular weight in the range from 500 to 10000 Daltons wherein the molecular weight is determined using MALDI-TOF mass spectrometry according to the description.

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Provided is an adhesive composition for organic fiber cords containing (A) synthetic rubber latex having unsaturated diene, (B) gelatin, and (C) an aqueous compound having a (thermal dissociative blocked) isocyanate group and containing no resorcin or formaldehyde, which has the following effects: (1) causing little damage to the environment by using no resorcin or formaldehyde, (2) in a process of coating an organic fiber cord with the adhesive composition for organic fiber cords and drying and heat curing, it is possible to suppress the adhesion of the adhesive composition for organic fiber cords to a roller or the like, thereby achieving good operability, and (3) achieving good adhesion between an organic fiber cord and a coated rubber composition.

The invention relates to a polyurethane composition comprising one first component and one second component, said first component comprising an alkoxylated aromatic diol, a low molecular aliphatic or cycloaliphatic diol, a specific polybutadiene polyol and a specific polyetherpolyol, in specific ratios. The hardened composition is characterized by having good adhesion characteristics, a resistance which is only slightly dependent on the temperature, in the temperature range of −35 to +85° C. and also very high resistances. It is particularly suitable as a structural adhesive for bonding two substrates.

Polyol premixes and thermally insulating rigid polyurethane foams, such as those that can be used as a thermal insulation medium in the construction of refrigerated storage devices, are disclosed. A polymer polyol having a OH number of greater than 260 mg KOH/g is utilized. The resulting polyurethane foams can exhibit improved thermal insulation properties without sacrificing other important physical and processing properties.

The present disclosure relates to a fire retardant laminate and a fire-resistant wood product comprising the fire retardant laminate.

A one component spray polyurethane foam formulation containing a polymeric isocyanate with nominal functionality of 2.5 to 3.5, a polyol component that is at least 85 percent aliphatic and having a mole ratio of polyol with three or more functionality to total polyol of 0.2 to 0.75, 15-30 wt % of a plasticizer, 1.5-3.5 wt % phosphorous, 5.5 to 11.5 halogen and 1.5 to 5 millimoles of blowing agent per gram of formulation and that is free of expandable graphite achieves a B2 rating in DIN 4102 testing.