Air Products and Chemicals, Inc.

Evonik Degussa Gmbh

Gary Dale Andrew

Juan Jesus Burdeniuc

Edward A Galla

Goran Zarkov

Robert L Ricci

Mark L Listemann

James Douglas Tobias

Michael Scarpati

Mark E Harakal

George J Wasilczyk

Patrick Gordon Stehley

John E Dewhurst

Timothy J Miller

Jean Louise Vincent

John William Miller

Robert G Petrella

Thomas John Markley

Wayne Robert Furlan

Joan E Sudbury-Holtschlag

Zdizslaw Makus

Zdzislaw Makus

Julia Renae Bennett

Mark Leo Listemann

An isocyanate reactive composition for making a polyurethane foam includes a tertiary amine urethane catalyst comprising a di(C1-C4)alkyl fatty alkyl amine and a polyester polyol. The use of one or more of fatty alkyl tertiary amine serves to reduce hydrolysis of the polyester polyol in the isocyanate reactive composition.

Polyester polyol-containing polyurethane systems having improved hydrolytic stability

Alkylethoxylate alcohols or mixtures of alkyl alcohol ethoxylate with an average HLB value between 10 and 15 as compatibilizers for water blown polyurethane foam formulations that are substantially free of nonylphenol ethoxylates are disclosed. The HLB is defined as the mass percent of average structure of the compatibilizer that is hydrophilic, divided by 5. The compatibilizer is mixed into the B-side of the polyurethane formulation. The B-side of the spray foam formulations comprise polyol, water, amine catalyst, and the compatibilizer of the invention such that the water is present at about 2% to about 30% by weight of the B-side formulation, and the compatibilizer is present at about 1% to about 30% by weight of the B-side formulation. The B-side of the formulation may further comprise metal catalysts, flame retardants, silicone surfactants, cell openers, antioxidants, as well as other additives.

NPE-free emulsifiers for water-blown polyurethane spray foam

Catalyst compositions for use in forming polyurethane products include a gelling catalyst, a trimerization catalyst, and a cure accelerator. The gelling catalyst is a tertiary amine, mono(tertiary amino) urea, bis(tertiary amino) urea, or a combination of any of these. Any known trimerization catalyst may be used. The cure accelerator may be a diol having at least one primary hydroxyl group, and having from five to 17 chain backbone atoms chosen from carbon, oxygen, or both between the hydroxyl groups, provided that at least five of the backbone atoms are carbon. Alternatively or in addition, the cure accelerator may be a polyol having three or more hydroxyl groups, at least two of which are primary, and having molecular weights between 90 g/mole and 400 g/mole. Delayed initiation of the polyurethane-forming reaction and/or reduced demold time for producing the polyurethane part can be obtained by using these catalyst compositions.

Fast demold/extended cream time polyurethane formulations

A method for preparing a water blown, low density, rigid polyurethane foam which comprises contacting at least one polyisocyanate with at least one polyol, at an Isocyanate Index of 70 to 200, in the presence of a blowing agent composition comprising at least 75 wt % water and an effective amount of a catalyst composition comprising a gelling catalyst which is bis-(N,N-dimethylaminopropyl)amine and a blowing catalyst which is N,N-dimethylaminoethyl-N'-methyl-ethanolamine, the foam having a density of 6 to 16 Kg/m.

Catalyst composition for water blown, low density, rigid polyurethane foam

A method for making a rigid polyurethane foam by reacting a polyisocyanate and a polyol in the presence of a urethane catalyst, a blowing agent and a silicone surfactant characterized by employing a blowing agent comprising a C4 or C5 hydrocarbon, or mixtures thereof, with an average molecular weight of &#x2266;72 g/mole and a boiling point in the range of 27.8 to 50&#xb0; C., and a silicone surfactant comprising a polyether-polysiloxane copolymer represented by the following formula:(CH)&#x2014;Si&#x2014;O&#x2014;(Si(CH)&#x2014;O)&#x2014;(Si(CH)(R)O)&#x2014;Si(CH)whereR=(CH)&#x2014;O&#x2014;(&#x2014;CH&#x2014;CH&#x2014;O)&#x2014;(CH&#x2014;CH(CH)&#x2014;O)&#x2014;R&#x2033;, andwhere R&#x2033; is H, (CH)CH, or C(O)CH; x+y+2 is 60&#x2013;130; x/y is 5&#x2013;14; z is 0&#x2013;4; the total surfactant molecular weight, based on the formula, is 7000&#x2013;30,000 g/mole, the wt % siloxane in the surfactant is 32&#x2013;70 wt %, the blend average molecular weight (BAMW) of the polyether portion is 450&#x2013;1000 g/mole, and the mole % of ethylene oxide in the polyether portion is 70&#x2013;100 mole %.

Silicone surfactants for rigid polyurethane foam made with hydrocarbon blowing agents

A method for preparing a polyurethane flexible or rigid foam by reacting an organic polyisocyanate with a polyol in the presence of urethane catalyst, water as a blowing agent, optionally a silicone surfactant, and a cell opener characterized in that the cell opener comprises the reaction product of a C1-C20 hydrocarbyl group-containing organic acid anhydride and a substituted phenol which may be alkoxylated or an alkoxylated primary alcohol, optionally reacted in the presence of a tertiary amine urethane catalyst.

Dimensional stabilizing, cell opening additives for polyurethane

A method for preparing a polyurethane foam article in a mold by applying to a mold surface a water-based mold release composition which includes a release effective system which is in a solid (hardened) state at the mold pour temperature and a liquid state at the demold temperature, pouring a polyurethane foam composition into the mold, curing the foam composition and demolding the foam article. The use of such release effective system in the aqueous mold release composition provides for a reduction in surface defects of the polyurethane foam article. Also disclosed is the incorporation of a poly(siloxane-glycol) surfactant having a cloud point ranging from 25.degree.-50.degree. C. into a water-based mold release composition including an aqueous emulsion or dispersion of at least one release effective substance and desirably at least one emulsifying agent provides for improved surface quality of the foam product.

Water based mold release compositions for making molded polyurethane foam

The incorporation of a poly(siloxane-glycol) surfactant having a cloud point ranging from 25.degree.-50.degree. C. into a water-based mold release composition comprising an aqueous emulsion or dispersion of at least one release effective substance and desirably at least one emulsifying agent provides for improved surface quality of the foam product. Also disclosed is a method for preparing a polyurethane foam article in a mold by applying to a mold surface a water-based mold release composition which comprises a release effective system which is in a solid (hardened) state at the mold pour temperature and a liquid state at the demold temperature, pouring a polyurethane foam composition into the mold, curing the foam composition and demolding the foam article. The use of such release effective system in the aqueous mold release composition provides for a reduction in surface defects of the polyurethane foam article.

Water based mold release compositions containing poly(siloxane-glycol)

A method for preparing polyurethane product by the reaction of an organic polyisocyanate with a polyester or polyether polyol in the presence of a catalytically effective amount of a catalyst system consisting essentially of a tertiary amine and 1 to 35 wt %, based on the tertiary amine, of an N-hydroxyalkyl quaternary ammonium carbonylate salt, particularly a quaternary triethylenediamine compound. The preferred quaternary composition is the reaction product of an alkylene oxide in excess of equimolar amount with triethylenediamine in the presence of an acid. The use of such catalyst system advantageously improves the cure time of the urethane reaction, when compared to a system containing solely a tertiary amine, while maintaining the same initiation of the reaction. This advantage can be transferred to a delay in the initiation time while maintaining or shortening the cure time by adjustments in the total amount of the catalyst system used.

Quaternary triethylenediamine compositions and their combination with

To prevent the staining of a nitrocellulose coated shoe upper by a polyurethane shoe sole prepared from a mixture comprising a polyisocyanate, a polyol, a chain extender, a tertiary amine catalyst, a surfactant and water, an effective amount of a reactive organic halogen compound, preferably a halogenated fire retardant, is added.

Composition and method for preventing the staining of nitrocellulose

A method for preparing polyurethane product by the reaction of an organic polyisocyanate with a polyester or polyether polyol in the presence of a catalytically effective amount of a catalyst system consisting essentially of a tertiary amine and 1 to 35 wt %, based on the tertiary amine, of an N-hydroxyalkyl quaternary ammonium carbonylate salt. The use of such catalyst system advantageously improves the cure time of the urethane reaction, when compared to a system containing solely a tertiary amine, while maintaining the same initiation of the reaction. This advantage can be transferred to a delay in the initiation time while maintaining or shortening the cure time by adjustments in the total amount of the catalyst system used.

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Gary Dale Andrew