A reaction system, such as for forming a rigid polyurethane foam, includes a flame retardant polyol that is a brominated reaction product of a cardanol component, a bromine component, and an additive component. The cardanol component includes at least 80 wt % of cardanol, based on the total weight of the cardanol component, and the bromine component including at least 80 wt % of bromine, based on the total weight of the bromine component.

A paint composition contains (A) a binder component, (B) a first rheology control agent, and (C) a second rheology control agent, wherein the first rheology control agent (B) contains a reaction product of (b1) a polyisocyanate compound, (b2) a primary monoamine having a number average molecular weight of 300 or less, and (b3) a polyether amine having a number average molecular weight of more than 300 and less than 6000; the proportion of the polyether amine having a number average molecular weight of more than 300 and less than 6000 (b3) is 0.5 mass % or more and less than 10 mass % based on the total amount of the components (b1) to (b3); the second rheology control agent (C) contains a reaction product of (c1) a polyisocyanate compound, (c2) a primary monoamine having a number average molecular weight of 300 or less, and (c3) a polyether amine having two or more amino groups and having a number average molecular weight of 1000 or more and less than 6000; and the proportion of the polyether amine having two or more amino groups and having a number average molecular weight of 1000 or more and less than 6000 (c3) is within a range of 10 to 30 mass % based on the total amount of the components (c1) to (c3).

Polyurethanes are made by reacting, in one or more reaction steps, a) at least one organic polyisocyanate, b-1) one or more polyols having a hydroxyl equivalent weight of greater than 250 g/mol and a nominal hydroxyl functionality of 2 to 4 and b-2) at least one alkoxylated Mannich base to produce a polyurethane polymer having a density of at least 750 kg/m3 and a hard segment content of 20 to 80% by weight.

The present invention provides a coating composition capable of forming a coating film having a good appearance and design of a coating film and having coating film properties such as scratch resistance with a good balance. Furthermore, the present invention provides a method for forming a multilayer coating film including forming a coating film using the coating composition of the present invention.

A rheology control agent contains a reaction product of a polyisocyanate compound (a1), a primary monoamine having a number average molecular weight of 300 or less (a2), and a polyether amine having two or more amino groups and having a number average molecular weight of 1000 or more and less than 6000 (a3), wherein the proportion of the polyether amine having a number average molecular weight of 1000 or more and less than 6000 (a3) is within the range of 10 to 30 mass % based on the total amount of the components (a1) to (a3).

Net-shape composites and methods of manufacturing are described herein. The method of preparing net-shape composites may include combining a first semi-solid component with a second semi-solid component to form a polymer composition, and forming the polymer composition into the net-shape composite, wherein each of the semi-solid components has a yield stress of at least 50 Pa. The first semi-solid component may include a first portion of a filler, and the second semi-solid component may include a second portion of a filler that is the same or different than the filler of the first semi-solid component.

The present invention provides a coating composition capable of forming a coating film having a good appearance and design of a coating film and having coating film properties such as scratch resistance with a good balance. Furthermore, the present invention provides a method for forming a multilayer coating film including forming a coating film using the coating composition of the present invention.

The invention relates to a formulation comprising: —a first component which is formed from at least one isocyanate and at least one amino resin, wherein said amino resin is the condensation product of an aldehyde with a compound selected from the group comprising urea, melamine, benzoguanamine, glycoluril, acetoguanamine and mixtures thereof; and —a second component comprising at least one polyether, wherein said polyether comprises at least one ethylene oxide moiety and at least one isocyanate reactive group selected from the group comprising hydroxyl, amino, epoxy, and thiol, preferably hydroxyl.

A process comprising, consisting of, or consisting essentially of: forming a reaction mixture containing at least one polyisocyanate and an isocyanate-reactive compound comprising at least one alkoxylated triazine-arylhydroxy-aldehyde condensate composition wherein the alkoxylated triazine-arylhydroxy-aldehyde condensate composition is a reaction product of a triazine-arylhydroxy-aldehyde condensate and at least one alkylene carbonate, is disclosed.

A high-solid-content coating composition includes: (A) a hydroxy group-containing acrylic resin having a glass transition temperature (Tg) in a range of 20 C. to 70 C. and a weight average molecular weight in a range of 3,000 to 10,000; (B) a hydroxy group-containing polyester resin being a reaction product of a polyfunctional compound (b-1) having a carboxy group and a hydroxy group in total of three or more in one molecule, a monoepoxide compound (b-2) having a hydrocarbon group having 4 or more carbon atoms, and a caprolactone compound (b-3); and (C) a polyisocyanate compound, in which a solid content at the time of coating is 50 mass % or more.