A chemical mechanical polishing pad is provided, comprising: a chemical mechanical polishing layer having a polishing surface; wherein the chemical mechanical polishing layer is formed by combining (a) a poly side (P) liquid component, comprising: an amine-carbon dioxide adduct; and, at least one of a polyol, a polyamine and a alcohol amine; and (b) an iso side (I) liquid component, comprising: polyfunctional isocyanate; wherein the chemical mechanical polishing layer has a porosity of 10 vol %; wherein the chemical mechanical polishing layer has a Shore D hardness of <40; and, wherein the polishing surface is adapted for polishing a substrate. Methods of making and using the same are also provided.

The present invention provides flexible and integral skin-containing polyurethane foams and two-component foam forming compositions for making them that comprise an aromatic polyisocyanate component, such as a methylene di(phenyl isocyanate), and a polyol component of an autocatalytic aliphatic polyether polyol and a melt modifying catalyst, such as potassium acetate, that exhibit excellent inherent flame retardant properties, passing exacting tests prescribed by the UN/ECE 118.02, Annexes 6, 7 and 8. The foam forming compositions may be all liquid and thus readily processible. Further, the two-component foam forming compositions and the polyurethane foams therefrom are halogen and melamine free and exhibit low emissions and low odor.

Cathodically depositable electrocoat materials comprising basic bismuth nitrate, further comprising at least one binder having reactive functional groups and at least one crosslinker containing the complementary reactive functional groups which are able to enter into thermal crosslinking reactions.

The invention relates to a process for producing a blocked polyisocyanate, comprising a reaction of A) a polyisocyanate component with B) at least one branched aliphatic diol and with C) at least one secondary amine having aliphatic, cycloaliphatic and/or araliphatic substituents, characterized in that component A) comprises at least one linear aliphatic polyisocyanate A1), which has at least isocyanurate and/or iminooxadiazinedione structures, and at least one cycloaliphatic polyisocyanate A2), wherein A1) and A2) are present in an eq ratio with respect to one another of 2.0:1.0 to 5.9:1.0 and component B) is used in an amount of more than 2% by weight, based on the total amount of components A) and B), and component C) is used in an amount which corresponds to at least 95 mol % of the isocyanate groups arithmetically still present after the reaction of components A) and B), and to the blocked polyisocyanates.

The present invention is directed to an electrodepositable coating composition comprising an electrodepositable binder comprising an ionic salt group-containing film-forming polymer comprising active hydrogen functional groups, and a blocked polyisocyanate curing agent; a solubilized bismuth catalyst; and a guanidine; wherein the electrodepositable coating composition has a weight ratio of bismuth metal from the solubilized bismuth catalyst to guanidine of from 1.00:0.071 to 1.0:2.1 and/or a molar ratio of bismuth metal to guanidine of from 1.0:0.25 to 1.0:3.0. Also disclosed are methods of treating electrodepositable coating compositions, methods for making electrodepositable coating compositions, systems for coating a metal substrate, coatings, coated substrates, and methods of coating a substrate.

Described herein are aqueous electrocoating materials including a silane-containing crosslinking agent, a process to produce an electrocoated substrate, an at least partly coated substrate obtained from said process, as well as a component including said at least partly coated substrate.

Disclosed herein is a gasket for formfitting the bottom part of an upper structure of a wind turbine, such as a transition piece or a turbine tower, with one or more foundation piles, where the gasket includes a polyurethane obtained by mixing (a) organic polyisocyanate, (b) polymeric compounds having at least two isocyanate-reactive hydrogen atoms, (c) 1 to 12 wt.-%, based on the total weight of components a) to c), of one or more chain extenders, (d) catalyst and (e) optionally fillers and/or polyurethane additives to give a reaction mixture and allowing the reaction mixture to cure where the polymeric compounds having at least two isocyanate-reactive hydrogen atoms (b) include polyetherol obtained by alkoxylation of a difunctional starter molecule (b1) and polyetherol obtained by alkoxylation of a trifunctional starter molecule (b2). Further disclosed herein is a method for mounting a transition piece of a wind turbine to a monopile.