Biological-based polyurethanes and methods of making the same. The polyurethanes are formed by reacting a biodegradable polyisocyanate (such as lysine diisocyanate) with an optionally hydroxylated biomolecule to form polyurethane. The polymers formed may be combined with ceramic and/or bone particles to form a composite, which may be used as an osteoimplant.

Polyurethanes containing at least one bisphosphonate group, as well as related compositions, articles, and methods, are disclosed.

A two-component polyurethane composition comprising: a specific emulsion polymer, and a water-dispersible polyisocyanate; the emulsion polymer comprising, by weight based on the weight of the emulsion polymer, (a) greater than 15% to less than 30% of structural units of tert-butyl methacrylate, (b) greater than 10% of structural units of a hydroxy-functional alkyl (meth)acrylate, (c) structural units of a phosphorous-containing acid monomer and/or a salt thereof, (d) structural units of an additional acid monomer and/or a salt thereof, and (e) structural units of an additional monoethylenically unsaturated nonionic monomer; wherein the weight ratio of (d)/(c) is in the range of from 7.1:1 to 9.9:1; and a process of preparing the two-component polyurethane composition.

The eyewear material is an eyewear material containing thermoplastic polyurethane. The eyewear material has a tan δ peak at both less than 0° C. and 0° C. or more and 70° C. or less observed in dynamic viscoelasticity measurement in tensile mode under the measurement conditions of a temperature increase speed of 5° C./min and a measurement frequency of 10 Hz.

A spray foam formulation used to form a spray foam insulation layer in a wall structure is described. The formulation may include the reaction product of a polyisocyanate compound and a polyol compound; a fire retardant chosen from at least one of a non-halogenated fire retardant; and a reactive halogen-containing fire retardant, and a carbohydrate. The spray foam insulation layer has an insulative R value of 3.0 to 7.2 per inch, and a density of between about 0.3 to about 4.5 pcf. Further, spray foam insulation made from the spray foam formulation may have fire retardant characteristics that are equivalent to or better than a similar spray insulation foam insulation using non-reactive halogenated fire retardants such as tris(1-chloro-2-propyl)phosphate (TCPP).

The present invention provides fire-retarded rigid polyurethane foam comprising the reaction product of polyol and isocyanate foam forming components and a dialkyl phosphorus-containing compound, namely a reactive mono-hydroxyl-functional dialkyl phosphinates, as flame retardant, serving as highly efficient reactive flame retardant in said rigid polyurethane foam.

The present invention relates to a phosphorus containing polyol, obtainable or obtained by a process comprising the reaction of at least one polyol with a phosphorus containing compound of the general formula (I) as defined herein, as well as the process for preparing a phosphorus containing polyol, comprising the reaction of at least one polyol with a phosphorus containing compound of the general formula (I). Furthermore, the present invention relates to the use of a phosphorus containing polyol as disclosed herein as a flame retardant, to a process for the preparation of a polyurethane and the polyurethane as such. ##STR00001##

A two-component polyurethane composition comprising: a specific emulsion polymer, and a water-dispersible polyisocyanate; the emulsion polymer comprising, by weight based on the weight of the emulsion polymer, (a) greater than 15% to less than 30% of structural units of tert-butyl methacrylate, (b) greater than 10% of structural units of a hydroxy-functional alkyl (meth)acrylate, (c) structural units of a phosphorous-containing acid monomer and/or a salt thereof, (d) structural units of an additional acid monomer and/or a salt thereof, and (e) structural units of an additional monoethylenically unsaturated nonionic monomer; wherein the weight ratio of (d)/(c) is in the range of from 7.1:1 to 9.9:1; and a process of preparing the two-component polyurethane composition.

The present invention provides fire-retarded rigid polyurethane foam comprising the reaction product of polyol and isocyanate foam forming components and a dialkyl phosphorus-containing compound, namely a reactive mono-hydroxyl-functional dialkyl phosphinates, as flame retardant, serving as highly efficient reactive flame retardant in said rigid polyurethane foam.

The present invention provides dialkyl phosphorus-containing compounds, namely reactive mono-hydroxyl-functional dialkyl phosphinates, serving as highly efficient reactive flame retardants in flexible polyurethane foams. The invention further provides fire-retarded polyurethane compositions comprising said the reaction product of the mono-hydroxyl-functional dialkyl phosphinates with polyol and isocyanate foam forming components.