Provided is a material having an excellent sound-absorbing performance which can be easily applied to the desired area at the operation site and which can effectively prevent sound leakage. The material includes an open-cell soft polyurethane foam prepared from a 2-part reactive urethane resin composition prepared from a polyisocyanate component and a polyol-containing component, wherein the polyol-containing component comprises a polyol component, catalysts, a foam stabilizer, an amine compound having primary or secondary amino groups, and carbon dioxide; wherein an average sound absorption coefficient of said polyurethane foam is 30% or more, measured in accordance with JIS A 1405-2:2007 for 63 hertz to 5000 hertz; and the length of liquid-dripping is within 300 mm.

A method for producing a polyurethane polymer comprises the steps of: (a) providing a polyol; (b) providing an additive composition comprising a polyethylenimine compound and a sulfite compound; (c) combining the polyol and the additive composition to produce a polyol composition; (d) providing an isocyanate compound; and (e) combining and reacting the polyol composition and the isocyanate composition to produce a polyurethane polymer.

A processing aid for foam molding comprising a copolymer obtained by the polymerization of from 50% to 100% by weight total of one or more monomers selected from the group consisting of ethyl methacrylate and propyl methacrylate, and 0 to 50% by weight of other copolymerizable monomers, the copolymer having the following properties: (a) a reduced viscosity measured according to ASTM D2857 at 1 mg/mL in chloroform at 25° C. of greater than 8 dL/g and (b) a Tg equal to or less than 77° C. is provided.

This disclosure relates to continuous methods of making foamed silicone elastomers. This disclosure also relates to compositions used for forming foamed silicone elastomers. The compositions comprise: (i) an organopolysiloxane having at least two silicon-bonded unsaturated groups per molecule; (ii) an organohydrogensiloxane having at least two silicon-bonded hydrogen atoms per molecule; (iii) a hydrosilylation catalyst; and (iv) a physical blowing agent. Foamed silicone elastomers can be prepared from such compositions, using, for example, the methods disclosed herein.

Described herein is a Low TVOC flame-retardant polyurethane spray foam system, including at least one isocyanate as isocyanate component, and at least one substance reactive toward isocyanate, chain extender and/or crosslinking agent, flame retardant, blowing agent, catalysts, and additives and/or auxiliaries, as resin components, where the flame retardant includes expandable graphite and melamine, the amount of expandable graphite is in the range of from 5 wt % to less than 30 wt %, and the amount of melamine is in the range of from greater than 5 wt % to 30 wt %, each based on the total weight of the resin components. Also described herein are a polyurethane spray foam produced therefrom, the preparation thereof, and a method of use thereof in the application of heat insulation, sound insulation, cavity filling and damping packing.

Disclosed are a foaming material, a thermal insulation cabinet, and preparation methods therefor. The foaming material comprises 100 parts of a combined polyol, 10-30 parts of a foaming agent composition, and 120-150 parts of an isocyanate. In the present invention, the type of the polyol used in a foaming system is adjusted in order to increase the content of a polyester polyol and reduce the content of a polyether polyol, such that the compressive strength of the foaming material is significantly improved without increasing or changing the injection amount.

A method for synthesising polyurethane foam compositions convenient for use in areas wherein rigidity and lightness are required together in automotive sector and including the steps of: conduct of polyol dosage adjustment, adding inflating reaction catalyser onto polyol of convenient amount and mixing at mechanical mixture, adding glycerine while mixing is continued, adding surfactive while mixing is continued, adding gelling reaction catalyser while mixing is continued, adding cell opening agent while mixing is continued, adding cell opening agent while mixing is continued, adding at least an inflating agent selected from a group consisting of n-pentane, cyclo-pentane, C.sub.3H.sub.8O.sub.2 gas and C.sub.2H.sub.4O.sub.2 gas while mixing is continued, conduct of temperature adjustment of polyol base mixture, conduct of isocyanide dosage adjustment in a separate place, injecting polyol base mixture into reaction container from one side and isocyanides from other side, conduct of temperature control during reaction and opening mold and removing final product.

The present invention relates to the chemical digestion of keratin, such as avian feathers and wool. The digestion product is made by heating the feathers or wool with a solvent selected from glycols, alkanolamines, polyamines, and combinations thereof. The resulting digested keratin product is a keratin-derived polyol useful for making polymeric materials such as polyurethanes. The digestion products provide a sustainable alternative to petrochemical based intermediates.

A method for the synthesis of an auxetic polyurethane foam with a defined cell structure and an auxetic polyurethane foam substrate obtainable by a method according to the invention. The method includes mixing a polyol reagent and a foaming reagent, forming a reaction mixture, mixing an isocyanate with the reaction mixture, compressing and/or contracting the isocyanate/reaction mixture, and allowing the compressed and/or contracted isocyanate/reaction mixture to cure.

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.