Air Products and Chemicals, Inc.

Composite Particles, Inc.

Edwin L McInnis

Bernard D Bauman

Mark Alan Williams

Jeffrey Raymond Quay

Thomas M Santosusso

John E Dewhurst

Mary Joanne Kulp

Robert P Scharff

Hot melt adhesives comprising low free monomer, low oligomer isocyanate prepolymers

A method for the rotational casting of a polyurethane elastomer onto a rotating substrate which comprises mixing a polyurethane prepolymer, an amine curative and optionally a polyol in a mixing head and depositing the mixture onto the rotating substrate, the amine curative comprising:

Polyurethaneurea elastomers for dynamic applications

An isocyanate-terminated polyurethane prepolymer comprising the reaction product of a polyisocyanate and a polyol composition consisting essentially of a polyether polyol of 350-2000 equivalent weight and a low molecular weight polyol of 62 to&lt;300 molecular weight, in an equivalent ratio of low molecular weight polyol to polyether polyol of 0.25-2.7:1. A polyurethane-urea elastomer having good dynamic properties can be prepared by reacting the isocyanate-terminated prepolymer with an aromatic amine chain extender at an equivalent ratio of 0.9-1.1:1.

Polyurethane prepolymers for making elastomers having improved dynamic

Rubber particles, to be used as fillers or extenders for various composite polymer systems, are chlorinated by a gas-solid phase reaction with a chlorine-containing gas. A composite polymer containing the chlorinated rubber fillers or extenders exhibits a higher flexural modulus than if prepared using an unchlorinated rubber filler or extender. Chlorination of the rubber particles is carried out by contacting the finely divided rubber particles with a chlorine-containing gas comprising at least about 5 volume percent chlorine. Advantageously, the chlorine can be diluted with air, nitrogen or other essentially inert gases and may contain minor amounts of fluorine. Improved performance is obtained with nitrogen dilution of the chlorine gas over air dilution. Improved polymer composite systems having higher flexural modulus result from the use of the chlorinated rubber particles as fillers instead of unchlorinated rubber particles.

Higher modulus compositions incorporating particulate rubber

The invention consists of a composition containing a chemically blocked trimerization catalyst and a polyurethane prepolymer resin or resins with reactive isocyanate groups. In the absence of heat, the catalyst is not active and the solution of catalyst in the resin undergoes no appreciable reaction for periods ranging from hours to weeks depending upon the composition and concentration of the catalysts and the structure and concentration of the isocyanate groups. When heat is applied to the mixture a trimerization reaction occurs which produces a crosslinked polyurethane network with utility as an elastomer or as an adhesive.

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Edwin L McInnis