Disclosed herein is a 2K coating system consisting of two components (A) and (B) being separate from each other, where (A) includes at least one constituent (a1) containing at least one aromatic moiety and bearing on average at least two primary and/or secondary amino groups, where (B) includes at least one constituent (b1) containing at least one aromatic moiety and bearing on average at least two isocyanate groups, where each of (A) and (B) has a solid content of at least 95 wt.-%, based on the total weight of the respective component, and constituent (b1) present in component (B) bears carbodiimide and/or uretonimine units and at least one structural unit (I). Also disclosed herein are a coating composition obtainable by mixing components (A) and (B), a method of using said coating composition as sealant, a method of applying the coating composition to a substrate, and a sealed substrate.

Described herein are a polyurethane gel, a process for preparing the same, and applications for the use thereof in medical padding.

Disclosed is an organic amine salt foaming agent, that is, a composite polyurethane foaming agent, comprising: 1) hexafluorobutene; and 2) an alkanolamine salt mixture (MAA), the alkanolamine salt mixture (MAA) contains an organic amine salt compound having the following general formula (I): A.sup.n−[B.sup.m+].sub.p (I); wherein A.sup.n− is one or two or three selected from the following anions: (b) carbonate: CO.sub.3.sup.2−; (c) formate: HCOO.sup.−; (d) bicarbonate: HO—COO.sup.−. A polyurethane foaming method using carbon dioxide and an organic amine in combination is also disclosed, in which carbon dioxide is added to a polyurethane composition for foaming. A method for preparing an alkanolamine carbonate salt with low water content from ammonium carbonate and an epoxide is additionally disclosed, in which a liquid alkanolamine salt mixture is used as a dispersion medium or as a solvent for reaction raw material.

Processes are described for producing an aromatic diamine-initiated polyether polyol having a measured OH number of 300 to 500 mg KOH/g and a viscosity at 25° C. of 5000 to 50,000 mPas. The processes include a first alkoxylation step in which an alkylene oxide consisting essentially of propylene oxide is reacted with a starter consisting essentially of aromatic diamine at a molar ratio of propylene oxide to aromatic diamine of 1.4:1 to 2.0:1 to form an alkoxylated product; and a second alkoxylation step in which an alkylene oxide consisting essentially of propylene oxide is reacted with the alkoxylated product, in the presence of an added catalyst, until the ratio of moles of propylene oxide added in the process to the moles of aromatic diamine added in the process is 4:1 to 9:1.

Polyol premixes and thermally insulating rigid polyurethane foams, such as those that can be used as a thermal insulation medium in the construction of refrigerated storage devices, are disclosed. A polymer polyol having a OH number of greater than 260 mg KOH/g is utilized. The resulting polyurethane foams can exhibit improved thermal insulation properties without sacrificing other important physical and processing properties.

The invention relates to compositions comprising at least one first and one second component; —the first component K1 comprising at least one di(aminobenzoate) ester A1 of formula (I) with an average molecular weight of 500 g/mol to 2000 g/mol, preferably 600 g/mol to 1500 g/mol and particularly preferred between 650 g/mol and 1300 g/mol, G being a divalent group derived from poly(tetramethylene oxide) diol, and —the second component K2 comprising at least one aromatic polyisocyanate B1 with an average molecular weight of 160 g/mol to 1100 g/mol, preferably 500 g/mol to 800 g/mol.

The present invention relates to multi-component compositions including an isocyanate component and an amine component, wherein the isocyanate component includes a prepolymer, obtainable from toluene isocyanate and a polytetramethylene polyol, and the amine component includes a dialkylthio aryl diamine and possibly a polytetramethylene oxide polyamine. Corresponding compositions can be advantageously used as flowable or spreadable resin systems for producing surface protection coatings in casting house applications and are characterized by a significantly improved resistance to abrasion in comparison with conventional casting resin systems based on hexamethylene diisocyanate and dimethyl thiotoluene diamine.

Disclosed are amine-containing polyethers that are the reaction product of a reaction mixture comprising: (a) a polyether of the formula A(OZOX)n where (i) A is a polyether derived from a hydroxyl-functional polyether having a hydroxyl functionality (y) of 1 to 8 and an OH number of 20 to 400 mg KOH/g, wherein the free hydroxyl functionality of A is y-m, wherein m is a number having a value of 1 to 7; (ii) Z is a divalent residue comprising an alkylene oxide moiety; (iii) X is an amine reactive moiety; and (iv) n is a number having a value of 1 to 7; and (b) an amino diphenylamine. Polyol compositions that include an amine-containing polyether polyol are also described, a polymer polyol compositions, polyurethane foams and methods of producing flexible polyurethane foams.

A process for making a molded flexible foam. The processes includes: (a) depositing a foam-forming reaction mixture onto a surface of a mold cavity, and (b) allowing the foam-forming reaction mixture to react in the mold cavity. The foam-forming reaction mixture includes: (1) a polyisocyanate present in an amount of less than 45% by weight, based on the total weight of the reaction mixture; (2) an isocyanate-reactive composition; (3) a blowing agent; and (4) a catalyst. The isocyanate-reactive composition includes: (i) at least 50% by weight, based on the total weight of polyol in the isocyanate-reactive composition, of a polyether polyol having a functionality of greater than 2, an oxyethylene content of 0 to 50% by weight, based on the total weight of the polyether polyol, more than 50 mol % of primary OH groups and an OH number of 8 to 112 mg KOH/g; and (ii) a component comprising: (A) an amine-initiated polyether polyol (II), wherein amine-initiated polyether polyol (II) has an OH number of at least 500 mg KOH/g and a functionality of 2.5 to 4, and wherein amine-initiated polyether polyol (II) is present in an amount of greater than 0 and no more than 10% by weight, based on the total weight of polyol in the isocyanate-reactive composition; (B) a CO.sub.2-producing carbamic acid which is present in an amount of greater than 0 and no more than 10% by weight, based on the total weight of polyol in the isocyanate-reactive composition; or (C) both (A) and (B).

A process comprising a) mixing i) an isocyanate reactive component that contains from 2 to 100 weight percent of an aminobenzoate terminated composition wherein the isocyanate reactive component does not contain a solvent; and ii) an isocyanate terminated component having an isocyanate functionality of from 2 to 6 wherein the isocyanate terminated component does not contain a solvent; at a stoichiometric ratio of NCO to reactive hydrogen in the range of from 0.9 to 2.5; to form an adhesive composition; b) applying the adhesive composition to a primary substrate; and c) laminating the primary substrate with a secondary film to form a laminate structure, is disclosed. The laminate structure can be used as a laminating adhesive.