A method of treating wood includes subjecting the wood to a vacuum environment, and thereafter contacting the wood under positive pressure with an aldehyde and an isocyanate, both the aldehyde and the isocyanate being in liquid form.

A method of treating wood includes subjecting the wood to a vacuum environment, and thereafter contacting the wood under positive pressure with an aldehyde and an isocyanate, both the aldehyde and the isocyanate being in liquid form.

The present invention provides a urethane resin composition including a urethane resin that is a product of reaction of at least one polyol (A) including a polycarbonate polyol (a1) with a polyisocyanate (B), in which the polycarbonate polyol (a1) is a compound produced using, as a raw material, at least one hydroxy compound (C) including a hydroxy compound (c1) represented by general formula (1) below. The urethane resin composition is capable of forming a urethane resin-molded article having high solvent resistance and high hydrolysis resistance.

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An organic binder system is mixed with molding material for sand casting in the metals industry. The organic binder system has three parts, the first two of which are conventional and are used in the cold box or no bake process. The third part, which is combined with the first two parts at the time of use, contains at least an alkyl silicate and, optionally, a bipodal aminosilane. In some embodiments, an amount of hydrofluoric acid is included in one or both of the first two parts. Use of the organic binder system provides improved tensile strength in the mold, especially in high relative humidity.

A non-ionic aldehyde-functional polymer with end groups of formula (I) and an average content of aldehyde groups of 0.15 to 1.2 meq/g. The polymer is suitable for cross-linking compounds with reactive groups such as more particularly cyanoacetate groups, acetoacetate groups or malonate groups at ambient temperatures. It permits a particularly long processing time with fast curing and elastic products that have particularly high tensile strength and tear propagation resistance at high extensibility. It is therefore suitable as a component of elastic adhesives, sealants or coatings that are largely free of toxic ingredients, have low sensitivity to moisture and blistering, have particularly good processability and are particularly robust and durable.