Polyurethane foams are made by curing a reaction mixture that contains an aromatic polyisocyanate, at least one iso-cyanate-reactive material having an average functionality of at least 2 and an equivalent weight of at least 200 per isocyanate-reactive group, at least one blowing agent, at least one surfactant and at least one catalyst, a certain β-diketone compound and a water-soluble amino-functional polymer. Foams so produced emit low levels of aldehydes.

The present disclosure relates to acid-blocked alkylaminopyridine catalysts for use in a polyurethane formulation. The polyurethane formulation may include the acid-blocked alkylaminopyridine catalyst, a compound containing an isocyanate functional group, an active hydrogen-containing compound and a halogenated olefin compound.

Disclosed is a thermoset, thermal insulating foams having desirable and unexpectedly low thermal conductivity, and to compositions, method and systems which use and/or are used to make such foams comprising: (a) providing thermosetting foam forming component and a blowing agent for forming predominantly closed cells in the foam, wherein the blowing agent comprises: (i) cis-1,1,1,4,4,4-hexafluoro-2-butene (HFO-1336mzzm(Z)) and cyclopentane, with the HFO-1336mzzm(Z) and cyclopentane in the blowing agent together comprising at least about 50% by weight of the total of all components in the blowing agent and (ii) the weight ratio of HFO-1336mzzm(Z) to cyclopentane in the blowing agent is from about 45:55 to less than 68:32 and (b) forming foam from said provided foamable composition.

The present invention relates to an adhesive, a preparation method and application thereof, particularly the application for bonding glass fiber composites, and a bonded article obtained by using the adhesive. The adhesive comprises: a polyisocyanate having an isocyanate functionality of not less than 2; an epoxy-modified polyether polyol; a hydroxyl-containing acrylate; a redox catalyst; a silane coupling agent; optionally a polyol containing bisphenol A structure; and optionally a polymer polyol different from the epoxy-modified polyether polyol. The adhesive according to the present invention has the advantages of being insensitive to moisture, good bonding properties and a long pot life.

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 invention discloses a viscoelastic sound-absorbing polyurethane foam and a method for preparing the same, the foam being prepared by reacting a polyisocyanate composition and an isocyanate reactive component. The isocyanate reactive component comprises, based on the weight of mixed polyethers, 30-80 wt % of (bii) a copolyol of epoxypropane-epoxyethane, or a conjugate thereof, wherein the content of oxy-ethylidene unit is 5-35 wt %; 2-20 wt % of (biii) a copolyol of epoxypropane-epoxyethane, or a conjugate thereof, wherein the content of oxy-ethylidene unit is 70-100 wt %; and 20-70 wt % of (biv) a copolyol of epoxypropane-epoxyethane, or a conjugate thereof, wherein the content of oxy-ethylidene unit is 0-20 wt %. The sound-absorbing foam of the present invention has a ball rebound rate of 15-30% and good sound absorption performance.

Viscoelastic foam is made by reacting an isocyanate compound with water and a polyol mixture. The polyol mixture contains a dispersion of polyurethane or polyurethane-urea particles in a carrier polyol (a PIPA polyol) and at least one other polyol that is a homopolymer of propylene oxide or a copolymer of 20 to 99.9 weight-% propylene oxide and 0.1 to 80 weight-% ethylene oxide, has 2 to 4 hydroxyl groups per molecule and has a hydroxyl equivalent weight of 200 to 400. The VE foams are characterized by high airflows and long recovery times.

Disclosed are urethane (meth)acrylates obtainable by implementation of the following steps: (r1) partially reacting an alkoxylated polyol (A) with (meth)acrylic acid (B) in the presence of at least one esterification catalyst (C) and at least one polymerization inhibitor (D) and also, optionally, of a solvent (E) that forms an azeotrope with water, (o1) optionally removing at least some of the water formed in r1) from the reaction mixture, it being possible for o1) to take place during and/or after r1), (o2) optionally neutralizing the reaction mixture, (o3) if a solvent (E) has been used, optionally removing this solvent by distillation and/or (o4) stripping with a gas which is inert under the reaction conditions, (r2) reacting the reaction mixture obtained after the last of the above reaction steps with a compound (G) containing at least two epoxy groups, optionally in the presence of a catalyst (H), and (r3) reacting the reaction mixture from (r2) with at least one polyisocyanate (J) and at least one hydroxyalkyl (meth)acrylate (K) and optionally with at least one further compound (M) which contains one or more isocyanate-reactive groups, in the presence of a catalyst (L), with the proviso that the catalyst (L) used in step (r3) is a bismuth-containing catalyst.

Provided herein is a porous β-cyclodextrin-containing monolith having a microstructure templated by the external phase of a HIPE, as well as processes of manufacturing the same and uses thereof.

A polyester polyol is formed in a polycondensation reaction between an aromatic dicarboxylic acid, a polyol, and an epoxy compound having a straight chain alkyl or alkenyl group having at least six carbon atoms. The polyester polyol exhibits excellent compatibility with hydrocarbon blowing agents. As such, it is a useful component in rigid polyurethane foam formulations that are contain hydrocarbon blowing agents.