The present invention provides a composition which is capable of forming a polyurethane foam having a high hardness and excellent sound absorption properties. [Solution] The present invention relates to a composition for forming polyurethane foam characterized in that the composition for forming polyurethane foam comprises a polyol, a polyisocyanate, and a catalyst, in which the polyol comprises a polyol (A) having a number average molecular weight of 1500 to 8000 g/mol, the catalyst comprises a trimerization catalyst, in which the polyurethane foam has an air permeability of not less than 0.1 L/sec.

This document discloses algae-derived flexible foams, whether open-cell or closed-cell, with inherent antimicrobial and flame resistant properties, wherein a process of manufacturing includes the steps of: harvesting algae-biomass; sufficiently drying the algae biomass; blending the dried algae biomass with a carrier resin and various foaming ingredients; adding an algal-derived antimicrobial compound selected from various natural sulfated polysaccharides present in brown algae, red algae, and/or certain seaweeds (marine microalgae); and adding a sufficient quantity of dried algae biomass to the formulation to adequately create a fire resistant flexible foam material.

Composites having a polymer or natural leather skin layer and a polyurethane foam layer are made in a molding process. The polyurethane foam layer is made from a foam formulation that includes certain polyester polyols. The presence of the polyester polyol improves flow characteristics of the foam formulation. The foam so produced has unexpectedly low quantities of VOCs.

A method for preparing a semi-rigid melamine foam plastic, comprising Step (1): adding a formaldehyde solution and polyvinyl alcohol (PVA) to a reactor, heating the reactor, and adding alkali; Step (2): feeding solid melamine powder and a modifier 3-aminopropyltriethoxysilane (APTES) into the reactor, raising the temperature in the reactor to 75-85° C., adjusting the pH value of the solution of material by adding acid; heating the solution of material, performing a heat preservation reaction, and then adding alkali, Step (3): feeding a predetermined amount of foaming agent, emulsifier, auxiliary agent and curing agent into a stirring reactor to obtain a mixed auxiliary agent; pumping the mixed auxiliary agent and the semi-rigid modified melamine resin into an emulsifier; placing the emulsified resin into a microwave heating chamber for microwave foaming; Step (4): cutting the semi-rigid melamine foam plastic obtained in step (3) and then drying.

Disclosed are methods of forming foam comprising: (a) providing a foamable composition comprising an isocyanate, a polyol and a physical blowing agent comprising at least about 50% by weight of hydrohaloolefin, including trans1233zd, and wherein the polyol comprises a polyol or mixture of polyols such that the hydrohaloolefin, including trans1233zd, has a solubility in said polyol of less than about 30%; and (b) forming a foam from said foamable composition.

A reactive composition for making a PIR comprising foam at an isocyanate index of at least 120, said composition comprising at least an isocyanate composition comprising one or more isocyanate compounds, an isocyanate-reactive composition comprising one or more isocyanate-reactive compounds, at least one PIR promoting catalyst, at least one physical blowing agent with a lambda gas ≤12 mW/m.Math.K at 10° C., at least one CO.sub.2 scavenging compound selected from at least one epoxy compound, and optionally a catalyst promoting epoxy reaction with CO.sub.2 characterized in that the amount of isocyanate-reactive compounds in the reactive composition is at least 10 wt % calculated on the total weight of the reactive composition, or at least more than the amount of epoxy compounds and the molar amount of epoxy compounds in the reactive composition is at least 7.8 times higher than the molar amount of CO.sub.2 formed by the water present in the reactive composition after reaction with isocyanates.

This invention relates to improved flexible foams prepared from polymer polyols and to a process for preparing these improved flexible foams.

Provided is a tire that prevents a polyurethane foam layer from discoloring to brown. A tire comprises: a polyurethane foam layer laminated on an outer layer of the tire with a barrier layer therebetween, wherein the polyurethane foam layer contains a polyurethane foam, and the barrier layer is formed from a rubber composition containing butyl rubber as a rubber component.

The invention relates in a first aspect to a process for producing a polyurethane foam, comprising the reaction of (a) an isocyanate composition comprising at least one polyisocyanate based on diphenylmethane diisocyanate; (b) a polyol mixture, wherein the polyol mixture comprises (b1) 50% to 85% by weight of at least one polyether polyol having a hydroxyl value in the range from 10 to 60 mg KOH/g, an OH functionality of more than 2, and an ethylene oxide proportion in the range from 50% to 100% by weight based on the alkylene oxide content of the at least one polyether polyol, and (b2) 15% to 50% by weight of at least one polyether polyol having a hydroxyl value in the range from 10 to 100 mg KOH/g, an OH functionality of more than 2, an ethylene oxide proportion in the range from 2% to 30% by weight based on the alkylene oxide content of the at least one polyether polyol, and a proportion of primary OH groups of 40 to 100% based on the total number of OH groups in the at least one polyether polyol, in each case based on the total amount by weight of constituents (b1) and (b2), which adds up to 100% by weight, and (b3) 0 to 20 further parts by weight of an optionally derivatized filler, based on 100 parts by weight of components (b1) and (b2), optionally present as a constituent of a graft polyol based on one or more of components (b1) and (b2); (c) a blowing agent composition comprising water; wherein the reaction employs the blowing agent composition (c) in a weight-based ratio of the weight of blowing agent composition (c) to the total weight of all isocyanate-reactive compounds used in the reaction in the range from 1:14 to 1:6; wherein a polyurethane foam having a foam density, determined according to DIN EN ISO 845 (October 2009), of not more than 25 kg/m.sup.3 and a compression hardness, determined at 40% compression in the first compression in accordance with DIN EN ISO 3386-1 (October 2015), in the range from 10 to 80 kPa is obtained.

In a second aspect, the invention relates to a polyurethane foam obtained or obtainable by the process of the first aspect.

A third aspect of the invention relates to the use of a polyurethane foam according to the second aspect as a sound absorption material.

According to a fourth aspect, the invention relates to a sound absorption material comprising a polyurethane foam according to the second aspect, preferably consisting of a polyurethane foam according to the second aspect.

A fifth aspect of the invention relates to the use of a polyol mixture (b) comprising (b1), (b2), and (b3) as defined in the first aspect, for producing a polyurethane foam.

A material that includes a polymer foam and at least one polar dopant molecule included in the polymer foam, wherein the material is a piezoelectric.