A coating material for producing a barrier layer on a plastic substrate includes an isocyanate-containing hardener component and a hydroxy-functional binder component. The hydroxy-functional binder component includes an aqueous polymer dispersion which includes a polyphenylene ether or a copolymer of fluorinated ethylene and a vinyl ether, glass hollow bodies, and at least one of an inorganic filler and an inorganic pigment.

An object which the present invention is to achieve is to provide a urethane composition capable of providing a molded product having excellent heat resistance and high hardness. The present invention is to provide a urethane composition containing a main agent (i) including a urethane prepolymer having an isocyanate group obtained by allowing a polyol (A) and a polyisocyanate (B) to react with each other, and a curing agent (ii), in which the polyol (A) includes a polyether polyol (a1) obtained by polymerizing an aromatic compound (a1-1) having two or more active hydrogen atom-containing groups and an alkylene oxide (a1-2), and a polishing material obtained by curing the urethane composition with heat, followed by slicing.

Isopropylidenediphenol-based polyether polyols, processes for their production, foams produced using such isopropylidenediphenol-based polyether polyols, such as PUR-PIR rigid foams, as well as to processes for producing such foams. The polyether polyols have an internal block comprising polymerized ethylene oxide moieties and an external cap comprising polymerized propylene oxide moieties.

Isopropylidenediphenol-based polyether polyols, processes for their production, foams produced using such isopropylidenediphenol-based polyether polyols, such as PUR-PIR rigid foams, as well as to processes for producing such foams. The polyether polyols include: (a) an alkoxylate of 4,4′-isopropylidenediphenol; (b) an alkoxylate of 2,4′- and/or 2,2′-isopropylidenediphenol; (c) an alkoxylate of components comprising structural elements which are derived from phenol, acetone and/or isopropylidenediphenol, but which are not isomers of isopropylidenediphenol; and (d) an alkoxylate of a diol that has a molecular weight less than the molecular weight of isopropylidenediphenol and that does not contain structural elements derived from phenol, acetone and/or isopropylidenediphenol.

A hybrid polyurethane/polyurea polymer suitable for forming a coating on a structure which is in contact with water includes the reaction product of a polyol component consisting of one or more polyols, a polyamine, and a curing agent, such as a polyisocyanate. The polyol component includes a Novolac-type polyether polyol.

There is provided a film-forming composition for forming a film that covers a substrate and exhibits good electrical insulation properties, heat resistance, and solvent resistance after heating at a low temperature. A film-forming composition including a polymer (A) containing a unit structure of Formula (1):

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(wherein T.sup.1 is an arylene group or a combination of an arylene group with T.sup.0, T.sup.0 is an alkylene group, a fluorinated alkylene group, a carbonyl group, a sulfonyl group, or a combination thereof, R.sup.1 is a carboxyl group, an amino group, or an imino group, and n1 is an integer of 1 to 6), and a compound (B) having at least two isocyanate groups or blocked isocyanate groups. The polymer (A) is a polymer containing a unit structure of Formula (1) or a structure (A-1) having a combination of the unit structure of Formula (1) with a unit structure of Formula (2):

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Embodiments of the present disclosure are directed towards foam formulations that include a high functionality polyether polyol, an aromatic polyether polyol, an amine initiated aliphatic polyether polyol, and a diol.

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.

A purpose of the present invention is to provide a urethane composition which does not require use of a lead-based curing catalyst, exhibits excellent curability and workability, and can be advantageously used in a variety of applications, such as adhesives, coating materials, sealing materials, waterproofing materials, floor materials, wall materials and paints.

The present invention provides a urethane composition which contains an active hydrogen-containing organic compound (A), a polyisocyanate (B), a curing catalyst (C), and an aromatic compound (D). The active hydrogen-containing organic compound (A) contains a polyol. The aromatic compound (D) has a structure represented by Chemical Formula (1).

The invention relates to a thermoplastic polyurethane matrix resin composition, comprising at least one C.sub.3-8 alkane diol, at least one alkoxylated aromatic diol and at least one polyisocyanate. Furthermore, the present invention relates to a fiber-reinforced composite comprising a cured thermoplastic polyurethane polymer matrix according to the present invention and a fiber material. Moreover, a method for the manufacture of the fiber-reinforced composite according to the present invention and use of the composition or the fiber-reinforced composite in railway vehicles, automotive vehicles, aircraft vehicles, boats, space vehicles, motorbikes, bicycles, sporting goods, helmets, functional clothing, shoes, construction parts in bridges and buildings or wind turbine blades are described.