Disclosed herein are thermal interface materials based on two-part polyurethane resins comprising a polyurethane resin and a thermally conductive filler dispersed throughout the polyurethane resin, wherein the polyurethane resin is formed from two parts comprising: a first part comprising a triol, and a second part comprising an isocyanate-functionalized component, wherein at least one of the first part and the second part comprises a thermally conductive filler material.

The invention relates to polymer comprising structural units according to formula (I), R.sup.1—X—(C═O)—NH—R.sup.2—NH—(C═O)—O—POA-R.sup.3—(O—POA-R.sup.4).sub.n wherein R.sup.1 represents an organic group terminated by a hydrocarbyl group having 6 to 50 carbon atoms, X represents O or N—R.sup.5, wherein R.sup.5 represents a hydrogen atom or a hydrocarbyl group having 1 to 30 carbon atoms, R.sup.2 represents a hydrocarbyl group comprising an aromatic group and having 6 to 40 carbon atoms, POA represents a polyoxyalkylene group, R.sup.3 represents an organic group having 2 to 40 carbon atoms, n is an integer from 1 to 6, R.sup.4 is independently selected from —(C═O)—NH—R.sup.2—NH—(C═O)—NH—R.sup.1, —R.sup.6, wherein R.sup.6 represents a hydrogen atom or an aliphatic or aromatic group having 1 to 24 carbon atoms, and wherein the polymer has an average of at least 1.8 end groups R.sup.1 per molecule, a number average molecular weight in the range of 2000 to 100000 Daltons, and a polydispersity in the range of 1.0 to 5.0, wherein the quotient of the polydispersity divided by (n+1) is less than 1.0.

To provide a cationic electrodeposition coating composition manifesting excellent anticorrosive property at edges and in flat areas, along with finish quality, even in a state of thin film, as well as a coated article demonstrating these excellent coating film performances, the cationic electrodeposition coating composition includes an amino group-containing epoxy resin (A), a blocked polyisocyanate compound (B), and crosslinked epoxy resin particles (C), wherein the crosslinked epoxy resin particles (C) are contained by 0.1 to 40 parts by mass relative to the total mass in solids content of the amino group-containing epoxy resin (A) and blocked polyisocyanate compound (B); the number-average molecular weight of the crosslinked epoxy resin particles (C) is under 100,000; and/or the volume-average particle size of the crosslinked epoxy resin particles (C) is 30 to 1,000 nm.

Suggested is a method for modifying the rheology of a casting resin and/or coating composition, comprising the following steps: providing a composition comprising at least one monomer capable of forming a casting resin or coating upon polymerisation; and adding to said composition a working amount of a urea urethane obtained under specific conditions as a thixotropic agent.

The present invention provides a blocked polyisocyanate composition comprising a blocked polyisocyanate formed through blocking at least a part of isocyanate groups possessed by a polyisocyanate derived from one or two or more diisocyanates selected from the group consisting of an aliphatic diisocyanate and an alicyclic diisocyanate with an active methylene-based compound comprising a malonic acid diester, wherein a specific molar ratio calculated from contents (mol %) of isocyanurate groups, iminooxadiazinedione groups, uretdione groups, and allophanate groups is 0.05 or more and 0.60 or less.

This invention provides a cationic electrodeposition paint composition comprising an amino-group-containing epoxy resin (A), a blocked polyisocyanate compound (B), and a modified imidazole (C) having a specific structure, wherein the cationic electrodeposition paint composition satisfies the following (i) or (ii), or both: (i) the cationic electrodeposition paint composition further comprises a rust inhibitor (D) or (ii) a blocking agent (b-2) of the blocked polyisocyanate compound (B) is an oxime-based compound (b-2-1) and/or a pyrazole-based compound (b-2-2).

A two-component adhesive composition is provided. The two-component adhesive composition comprises an isocyanate component, an isocyanate-reactive component and an epoxy-aromatic diisocyanate adduct, and can achieve superior adhesion strength between the adhesive and a substrate like metal alloy substrate. A laminated article prepared with said composition, a method for preparing the article and the use of the epoxy-aromatic diisocyanate adduct as adhesion promoter in a two-component polyurethane adhesive composition are also provided.

A triurethane compound may be used to modify rheology. An aqueous composition may include such a triurethane compound and the viscosity of an aqueous composition may be controlled using the triurethane compound.

A preparation method for a corrosion-resistant coating of a reinforcing steel for marine concrete, comprising the steps: (1) pretreating the surface of a reinforcing steel; (2) preparing self-repairing corrosion microcapsules; (3) preparing a cathodic electrophoresis coating; (4) carrying out cathodic electrophoresis; and (5) curing. The electrophoresis coating of the present invention contains the self-repairing corrosion microcapsules, metal powder, and graphene oxide powder. The corrosion resistance of the coating is improved under the co-action of the self-repairing properties of the self-repairing microcapsules and cathodic protection. The corrosion-resistant coating has excellent adhesion and corrosion resistance, prolonging the service life of reinforcing steel. It is widely used for the protection of reinforcing steels for marine concrete, and also for the protection of metal structures in general environment.

Provided are a carbodiimide-based, waterborne resin crosslinking agent that not only is excellent in the storage stability when the crosslinking agent and a waterborne resin are caused to coexist, but also can improve physical properties such as solvent resistance and water resistance of a cured product of the waterborne resin, and a waterborne resin crosslinking agent-containing liquid and a waterborne resin composition comprising the same. The waterborne resin crosslinking agent of the present invention comprises a predetermined polycarbodiimide compound (A) having an oxyalkylene group, a predetermined polycarbodiimide compound (B), and a surfactant (C), each polycarbodiimide compound has a structure in which an isocyanate group is capped with a predetermined end-capping compound at each of both terminals, a total content of the oxyalkylene group in (A) is 15% by mass or more, a total content of the oxyalkylene group in (A) and (B) based on a total amount of (A) and (B) is 10% by mass or less, and a content of (C) is 0.1 to 20 parts by mass based on a total content of (A) and (B) of 100 parts by mass.