Polyurethane coating compositions are disclosed that include an isocyanate-reactive component that includes a polycyclic polyether polyol that is the reaction product of a reaction mixture that includes a polycyclic polyol starter, and an alkylene oxide, as well as an isocyanate-functional component that includes a non-aromatic polyisocyanate. The polyurethane coating compositions may be particularly useful as a gel coat in the manufacture of glass fiber reinforced plastics.

The invention relates to a catalyst component for isocyanate modification, comprising at least one cyclic ammonium salt having a cation of the formula I wherein Y is a linear or branched C.sub.2-C.sub.20 segment which is substituted by a hydroxyl group in the 2 position to the charge-bearing nitrogen atom and optionally bears further substituents and is optionally interrupted by heteroatoms from the group of oxygen, sulfur, nitrogen and aromatic rings and optionally has further rings, and the N-bonded substituents R.sup.1 and R.sup.2 are either independently identical or different, substituted or unsubstituted, optionally branched, aliphatic C.sub.1-C.sub.20 radicals, aromatic C.sub.6-C.sub.20 radical or araliphatic C.sub.7-C.sub.20 radicals or the N-bonded substituents R.sup.1 and R.sup.2 form a ring segment X with one another for which the same or different definition given above for Y is applicable, with the proviso that X has a hydroxyl group as substituent in the 2 position to the charge-bearing nitrogen atom or does not have a hydroxyl group as substituent in the 2 position to the charge-bearing nitrogen atom.

A particulate polyurea compound a2) for reducing gloss of coatings, a resin composition and a crosslinkable composition comprising the particulate polyurea compound is provided, wherein the volume percentage of particles of the particulate polyurea compound having a diameter of smaller than 10 μm is equal or less than 40%, and the volume percentage of the polyurea product having a diameter larger than 20 μm is equal or more than 11%.

Provided is a polycarbonate diol composition comprising a polycarbonate diol represented by a specific formula and a diol component represented by a specific formula, wherein 90% by mol or more of the total quantity of terminal groups is hydroxy groups, a hydroxy value is 10 to 400 mg-KOH/g, a proportion of the polycarbonate diol is 80% by mass or more and 99.90% by mass or less and a proportion of the diol component is 0.10% by mass or more and 20% by mass or less based on 100% by mass in total of the carbonate diol and the diol component.

The invention relates to an adhesive dual-component composition based on polyurethane, comprising an —NCO component and an —OH component such that: the —NCO component is a composition comprising: A) at least one polyurethane prepolymer comprising at least two NCO terminal groups obtained by the polyaddition reaction of at least one dissymmetric diisocyanate monomer and at least one diol, and B) at least one triisocyanate selected from isocyanurates, biurets, diisocyanate and triol adducts, and the mixtures thereof; the —OH component is a composition comprising at least one polyol; at least one of the polyols or diols is selected from polyether polyols (or polyether diols); at least one of the polyols or diols is selected from polyester polyols (or polyester diols); and the weight ratio of the quantity of polyether polyol(s) to the quantity of polyester polyol(s), defined as r.sub.4, ranges from 0.6 to 2.2.

The invention relates to an adhesive dual-component composition based on polyurethane, comprising an —NCO component and an —OH component such that: the —NCO component is a composition comprising: A) at least one polyurethane prepolymer comprising at least two NCO terminal groups obtained by the polyaddition reaction of at least one dissymmetric diisocyanate monomer and at least one diol, and B) at least one triisocyanate selected from isocyanurates, biurets, diisocyanate and triol adducts, and the mixtures thereof; the —OH component is a composition comprising at least one polyol; at least one of the polyols or diols is selected from polyether polyols (or polyether diols); at least one of the polyols or diols is selected from polyester polyols (or polyester diols); and the weight ratio of the quantity of polyether polyol(s) to the quantity of polyester polyol(s), defined as r.sub.4, ranges from 0.6 to 2.2.

Described are sealing primer compositions that can be used to reduce paint defects such as pops or vapor boil on painted plastic substrates, as well as related methods for sealing plastic substrates, and sealed plastic substrates. Sealing primer compositions of the invention include a functionalized polydiene polymer such as a hydroxylated or other functional-group-containing polybutadiene polymer.

The present application relates to a two-component polyurethane coating composition, a coating formed from the two-component polyurethane coating composition and a coated article. The two-component polyurethane coating composition comprises: component A comprising an aqueous dispersion of at least one hydroxyl functional resin; and component B comprising at least one non-hydrophilic isocyanate curing agent and at least one diluent, wherein the at least one diluent comprises at least one alkyl glycol ester, at least one cyclic carbonate ester, or combinations thereof, and the at least one alkyl glycol ester does not have an ether bond. The coated article of the present application comprises the coating formed from the two-component polyurethane coating composition. The coating composition of the invention adopts a low-cost non-hydrophilic curing agent, and the formed coating has improved gloss or transparency.

The present invention aims to provide a urethane resin and a heat dissipation component each having excellent thermal conductivity and excellent flexibility. The present invention relates to a curable composition containing: a polyol (A); a polyisocyanate (B); at least one dispersant (C) for inorganic fillers selected from the group consisting of a phosphate ester (C1), a C12-C24 fatty acid (C2), a sucrose fatty acid ester (C3), a sorbitan fatty acid ester (C4), and a glycerol fatty acid ester (C5); and an inorganic filler (D), the curable composition satisfying the following requirements (1) to (3) that (1) the polyol (A) contains a polyalkylene glycol (A1) having a chemical formula weight or number average molecular weight of 1000 or less in an amount of 50% by weight or more based on the weight of the polyol (A); (2) the inorganic filler (D) is contained in an amount of 70 to 97% by weight based on the weight of the curable composition; and (3) the total weight of the dispersant (C) for inorganic fillers is 1 to 5 parts by weight per 100 parts by weight of the inorganic filler (D), the phosphate ester (C1) being represented by the following formula (1):

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A microencapsulated polyaddition catalyst comprises a capsule core, containing polyaddition catalyst, and an acrylic copolymer capsule shell, the acrylic copolymer comprising copolymerized units of an intermolecular anhydride of an ethylenically unsaturated C.sub.3-C.sub.12 carboxylic acid. The polyaddition catalyst is selected from acyclic tertiary amines, alicyclic tertiary amines, N-alkylimidazoles, phosphines and organic metal salts. It is suitable for catalysing the reaction of a polyol compound with a polyisocyanate compound. The polyaddition catalyst is released by a chemical stimulus, such as on contact with polyols or water, for example.