There are provided a carbodiimide compound excellent in storage stability, and performance as a crosslinking agent, and a method for producing the same, and a resin composition excellent in the film forming properties and solvent resistance of a coating made at low temperature. A polycarbodiimide compound derived from an aliphatic diisocyanate compound having at least one primary isocyanate group, the polycarbodiimide compound having a structure in which all ends are capped with an organic compound having a functional group that reacts with an isocyanate group, carbodiimide group concentration A (%) and weight average molecular weight Mw satisfying the following formula (1), and a resin composition comprising the carbodiimide compound and an aqueous resin having a predetermined acid value at a predetermined ratio.
(A/Mw)×1000≥0.55  (1).

A chemical composition for a degradable polymeric material includes an isocyanate terminated polyester prepolymer, including prepolymer units as a main chain with a plurality of isocyanates at ends of the main chain, and a cross-linking agent. The isocyanate terminated polyester prepolymer has a structural formula as follows: ONC—R″—NH—[—CO—R—R′″-]n-NH—R″—CNO, wherein R′″ is selected from a group consisting of —O— and —CO—O—R′—O—, ##STR00001##
wherein R, R′ and R″ are an aryl group or alkyl group and wherein n is a number of prepolymer units corresponding to length of the main chain. The composition degrades at a rate and at a delay depending on temperature and the composition for a component of a downhole tool. The composition has strength and elasticity for a component of a downhole tool.

A film-forming thermoset coating composition includes: (a) an aqueous medium; and Option 1 and/or Option 2 as follows: Option 1: (b1) polyurethane-acrylate core-shell particles including a polymeric acrylic core at least partially encapsulated by a polymeric shell including urethane linkages, where the polymeric shell includes an acid functional group and two or more hydrazide functional groups, where the polymeric shell is covalently bonded to at least a portion of the polymeric core; and (c1) (i) formaldehyde; (ii) polyformaldehyde; and/or (iii) a compound that generates formaldehyde; Option 2: (b2) polyurethane-acrylate core-shell particles including a polymeric acrylic core at least partially encapsulated by a polymeric shell including urethane linkages, where the polymeric shell includes an acid functional group and two or more N-methylolated hydrazide functional groups, where the polymeric shell is covalently bonded to at least a portion of the polymeric core.

A method for producing a carbodiimide compound, comprising a carbodiimide production step of reacting an aliphatic tertiary isocyanate compound (A) in the presence of an organic alkali metal compound (B) having Lewis basicity.

A two-part curable urethane composition comprising a main agent (A) and a curing agent (B), wherein the main agent (A) contains a urethane prepolymer (a), an isocyanurate-modified polyisocyanate compound (b), and a silane coupling agent (c) at a specified ratio by mass; and the curing agent (B) contains a polyether polyol (d), a polyether polyol having 4 or more hydroxy groups (e), and an amine catalyst (f) at a specified ratio by mass.

The present invention relates to a polyurethane foam composition and polyurethane foam including a cured product thereof. The polyurethane foam composition comprises a poly mixture comprising a first polyol-based compound having a glass transition temperature of −50° C. or lower, a second polyol-based compound having a weight-average molecular weight of 5,000 g/mol to 30,000 g/mol and comprising at least three functional groups reactive with an isocyanate group, and a third polyol-based compound having a heat release capacity of 500 J/g.Math.K or less; an isocyanate-based curing agent; and a filler.

The invention relates to a polymer (P) comprising at least one segment (S1) and at least one segment (S2) covalently linked to each other, wherein i) at least one segment (S1) has a number average molecular weight in the range of 6,000-25,000 g/mol and consists of ether repeating units, and for at least 75% by weight of repeating units of the formula —[CH.sub.2—CH.sub.2—O—]—, ii) at least one segment (S2) has a number average molecular weight of at most 10,000 g/mol and consists of ether repeating units, and for at most 25% by weight of repeating units of the formula —[CH.sub.2—CH.sub.2—O—]—, iii) polymer (P) comprises terminal groups comprising at least one of hydroxyl, primary amine or salts thereof, secondary amine or salts thereof, carboxylic acid or salts thereof.

The invention relates to a self-emulsifying polymer US comprises Michael donor groups, wherein the Michael donor groups are acidic C—H groups from activated methylene and/or methine groups, to an aqueous polymer dispersion containing a mixture thereof with compounds having Michael acceptor groups which are activated olefinically unsaturated groups, activated by an electron-withdrawing group, and a catalyst to promote the Michael reaction, to a paint binder prepared from the mixture and the catalyst, and to coating compositions comprising the paint binder and appropriate additives.

The present invention relates to a multi-aziridine compound having: a) from 2 to 6 of the following structural units (A): (A) whereby R′, R″, R.sub.1, R.sub.2, R.sub.3 and R.sub.4 are as defined herein m is an integer from 1 to 6; b) one or more linking chains wherein each one of these linking chains links two of the structural units A; and c) a molecular weight in the range from 600 Daltons to 5000 Daltons. The multi-aziridine compound can be used for example for crosslinking of for example carboxylic acid functional polymers dissolved and/or dispersed in an aqueous medium.

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A chemical composition for a degradable polymeric material includes an isocyanate terminated polyester prepolymer, including prepolymer units as a main chain with a plurality of isocynanates at ends of the main chain, and a cross-linking agent. The isocyanate terminated polyester prepolymer has a structural formula as follows:

ONC—R″—NH—[—CO—R—R″′-]n-NH—R″—CNO, wherein R″′ is selected from a group consisting of —O— and —CO—O—R′—O—,

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wherein R, R′ and R″ are an aryl group or alkyl group and wherein n is a number of prepolymer units corresponding to length of the main chain. The composition degrades at a rate and at a delay depending on temperature and the composition for a component of a downhole tool. The composition has strength and elasticity for a component of a downhole tool.