The present invention relates to a polyisocyanurate plastic obtainable by catalytic trimenzation of a polyisocyanate composition A) which contains oligomeric polyisocyanates and is low in monomeric diisocyanates, where the isocyanurate structure content in the polyisocyanate composition A) is at least 50 mol %, based on the sum total of the oligomeric structures from the group consisting of uretdione, isocyanurate, allophanate, biuret, iminooxadiazinedione and oxadiazinetrione structure that are present in the polyisocyanate composition A). The present invention further relates to a transparent element comprising or consisting of the polyisocyanurate plastic. The invention likewise relates to a process for producing the polyisocyanurate plastics.

The present invention provides a polyisocyanate composition and the like that contain a polyisocyanate compound represented by general formula (I), (II), (III) or (IV) (wherein the pluralities of R.sup.11, R.sup.21, R.sup.31 and R.sup.41 each independently represent an organic group, at least one of the pluralities of R.sup.11, R.sup.21, R.sup.31 and R.sup.41 is a group represented by general formula (V) (wherein each of the plurality of Y.sup.1 independently represents a single bond or the like, R.sup.51 represents a hydrogen atom or the like, and the wavy line indicates a bonding site) or the like, and in general formula (III), R.sup.32 represents a residue in which one hydroxyl group has been removed from a monohydric or higher alcohol).

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The present invention provides a composition comprising a polyuretdione resin; and a blocked amine; and optionally, an additive package (e.g. flow control, wetting agent) and a solvent. The present invention further provides a method of forming a biuret comprising the steps of: unblocking a blocked amine in the presence of moisture; and crosslinking the unblocked amine with a polyuretdione resin. The compositions of the present invention are particularly applicable in or as coatings, adhesives, castings, composites, and sealants with good performance and extended pot-life.

The present invention provides a reaction mixture comprising a hot blend of a first isocyanate-based uretdione resin and a second isocyanate-based uretdione resin, a neutralized polyol and a tertiary amine catalyst, and optionally, an additive package selected from the group consisting of flow control additives, pigments (colorants), wetting agents, and solvents, wherein the first isocyanate and the second isocyanate are different. The isocyanate-based uretdiones that have been hot blended together produce coatings, adhesives, castings, composites, and sealants, which exhibit better performance properties (such as microhardness) than those coatings, adhesives, castings, composites, and sealants produced from the constituent isocyanate-based uretdiones alone.

The present invention provides a system comprising an allophanate composition comprising a neutralized polyol, a polyuretdione resin, a tertiary amine catalyst, an additive package, and a reducer and a neutralized basecoat comprising an acid scavenger and a pigment. The resulting allophanate system may be used to make coatings, adhesives, castings, composites, and sealants in which clear-coating on neutralized pigmented basecoats is much improved in comparison to non-neutralized basecoats.

The present invention provides a reaction mixture comprising a polyuretdione resin, a neutralized polyol, an acid-blocked tertiary amine catalyst, and optionally, an additive package selected from the group consisting of flow control additives, and wetting agents, and solvents, wherein the acid has a pK.sub.a of greater than 4.82. Compositions made from the reaction mixture of the present invention may be catalyzed at temperatures from room temperature to 130 C. and are particularly applicable in or as coatings, adhesives, castings, composites, and sealants with good performance and extended pot-life.

The present invention provides a reaction mixture comprising a polyuretdione resin, a neutralized polyol, a tertiary amine catalyst, and optionally, an additive package selected from the group consisting of flow control additives, wetting agents, and solvents. The present invention also provides methods of making allophanates which are particularly applicable in or as coatings, adhesives, castings, composites, and sealants with good performance.

The present invention provides a system comprising an allophanate composition comprising a neutralized polyol, a polyuretdione resin, a tertiary amine catalyst, an additive package, and a reducer; and a neutralized basecoat comprising an inorganic salt and a pigment. The present invention further provides a method of making an allophanate system comprising combining a neutralized polyol with a polyuretdione resin in the presence of a tertiary amine catalyst, an additive package, and a reducer to produce an allophanate composition, and contacting the allophanate composition with a neutralized basecoat comprising an inorganic salt and a pigment. The system may be used to make coatings, adhesives, castings, composites, and sealants in which clear-coating on neutralized pigmented basecoats is much improved in comparison to coating on non-neutralized basecoats.

The present invention provides an allophanate system made by a method comprising combining a neutralized polyol with a polyuretdione resin in the presence of an optional reducer to produce a one-component allophanate composition, and contacting the one component allophanate composition with a basecoat comprising a tertiary amine catalyst. The inventive allophanate system is particularly applicable in providing coatings, adhesives, castings, composites, and sealants with good performance.

The present invention relates to aqueous, curable composition, comprising or consisting of A) at least one uretdione prepolymer, which comprises at least one uretdione group, and which is obtainable by reacting A1) at least one uretdione polyisocyanate having an isocyanate functionality of at least 2.0, whereby said uretdione polyisocyanate is obtained from at least one aliphatic polyisocyanate, with A2) at least one compound comprising at least one Zerewitinoff-active group, and A3) at least one reactant, which comprises at least one Zerewitinoff-active group and being different from A2 or which is H.sub.2O, preferably in the presence of at least one catalyst, to obtain the uretdione prepolymer, wherein the prepolymer has an acid number of at most 4 mg KOH/g, preferably determined according to DIN EN ISO 2114:2002-06 as 37 wt. % aqueous dispersion; and B) optionally at least one compound, which comprises at least one Zerewitinoff-active group; and C) at least one azolate-compound. Furthermore, the present invention pertains to a process for curing the composition of the present invention on a substrate and a cured article obtained by this process. Moreover, the invention relates to the use of the compositions of the present invention for coatings, adhesives and/or sealants.