A two-component polyurethane composition including a polyol component and a polyisocyanate component, wherein the polyol component comprises at least one polyester polyol A1 based on dimer fatty acids and/or dimer fatty alcohols having an OH number of 65-350 mg KOH/g, at least one polybutadiene polyol A2 and at least one alkoxylated alkylenediamine A3. The polyurethane composition has high strength and only a minor dependence of the mechanical properties, especially strength, on temperature, especially in the range from −40° C. to +100° C.

A two-component polyurethane composition including a polyol component and a polyisocyanate component, wherein the polyol component comprises at least one polyester polyol A1 based on dimer fatty acids and/or dimer fatty alcohols having an OH number of 65-350 mg KOH/g, at least one polybutadiene polyol A2 and at least one alkoxylated alkylenediamine A3. The polyurethane composition has high strength and only a minor dependence of the mechanical properties, especially strength, on temperature, especially in the range from −40° C. to +100° C.

Golf ball incorporating polyurethane mixture having wt. % NCO content of 4-20 and including a prepolymer polyol portion comprised of trans--Farnesene diol(s) in an amount of about 3-70 wt. % of total weight of prepolymer. Trans--Farnesene diol may be 15 carbon, long chain, branched, unsaturated 3,4-vinyl-containing bio-hydrocarbon having the formula: ##STR00001## Prepolymer can include a 1:99 to 99:1 blend (wt. % ratio) of Trans--Farnesene diol(s) and polybutadiene-based polyol(s) in an amount of about 35-85 wt. %, along with about 15 wt. %-65 wt. % of diisocyanate(s). Curative may be combined with prepolymer in amount of about 3-25 wt. % of total weight of curative and prepolymer combined, and may be mixture of aromatic diamine(s) and white dispersion in a wt. % ratio of about 90:10 to 50:50, plus catalyst. Hardness of polyurethane mixture can be from 75. Shore A to 75 Shore D or a material hardness can be from about 40 Shore D to about 65 Shore D.

A two-component polyurethane composition which includes a polyol component and a polyisocyanate component, wherein the polyol component includes at least one reaction product of epoxidized vegetable oils with monofunctional C.sub.1-8-alcohols A1-1 and/or at least one reaction product of epoxidized fatty acid esters with monofunctional C.sub.1-8-alcohols with aliphatic alcohols A1-2, at least one polybutadiene polyol A2 and at least one alkoxulated alkylenediamine A3. The polyurethane composition of the invention has high strength and only a minor dependence of mechanical properties, especially of strength, on temperature, especially in the range from 50 C. to +120 C.

Golf ball incorporating polyurethane mixture having wt. % NCO content of 4-20 and including a prepolymer polyol portion comprised of trans--Farnesene diol(s) in an amount of about 3-70 wt. % of total weight of prepolymer. Trans--Farnesene diol may be 15 carbon, long chain, branched, unsaturated 3,4-vinyl-containing bio-hydrocarbon having the formula:

##STR00001##

Prepolymer can include a 1:99 to 99:1 blend (wt. % ratio) of Trans--Farnesene diol(s) and polybutadiene-based polyol(s) in an amount of about 35-85 wt. %, along with about 15 wt. %-65 wt. % of diisocyanate(s). Curative may be combined with prepolymer in amount of about 3-25 wt. % of total weight of curative and prepolymer combined, and may be mixture of aromatic diamine(s) and white dispersion in a wt. % ratio of about 90:10 to 50:50, plus catalyst. Hardness of polyurethane mixture can be from 75 Shore A to 75 Shore D or a material hardness can be from about 40 Shore D to about 65 Shore D.

An adhesive composition including an adhesive compound; and a plurality of particles each comprising an exterior surface comprising a coating deposited thereon wherein the coating comprises a thermoset material and a method or forming an assembly including applying an adhesive composition to a first substrate; and contacting a second substrate to the adhesive composition such that the adhesive composition is located between the first substrate and the second substrate. Also, an assembly including a first substrate and a second substrate and an adhesive composition therebetween and a method of preparing an adhesive composition.