Reichhold, Inc.

Glenn Petschke

Shi Yang

Kristy Magyar

D Michael Ingle

Dual-crosslinkable urethanes including urethanes having air curable ethylenic unsaturation and at least one moisture curable functionalized group exhibit good strength, chemical stability, and hardness and can be made by incorporating moisture curable functionalized groups into ethylenically unsaturated urethanes.

Low volatile organic compound stable solvent-based polyurethane compositions for coatings

A precrosslinked, urethane-acrylic dispersion formed from an isocyanate terminated urethane prepolymer reacted with mono-functional active hydrogen containing vinyl monomer and vinyl monomers inert to isocyanate functionality. To this polyurethane prepolymer having 0 to 100 percent vinyl termination&mdash;vinyl monomer blend is added a polyisocyanate having an average isocyanate functionality of less than 4 such that 0.5 to 20 percent of the urethane solids of the blend are polyisocyanate. The mixture containing less than 3 percent NCO groups, on solids, is dispersed into water and any residual isocyanate groups chain extended with one or more active hydrogen containing compounds. Optionally, the polyisocyanate can be added directly into the dispersion once the polyurethane prepolymer and the vinyl monomer blend is dispersed. The vinyl monomers are then reacted by free radical polymerization.

Urethane-acrylic hybrid polymer dispersion

The polyurethane-acrylic hybrid interpenetrating polymer network is formed by blending a polyurethane prepolymer having acid or amine salt forming groups, air curable ethylenic unsaturation and terminal isocyanate groups or both terminal isocyanate groups and terminal vinyl groups, with one or more vinyl monomers, inert to isocyanate functionality, dispersing the prepolymer/vinyl monomer blend into water, chain extending the terminal isocyanate groups of the prepolymer with one or more active hydrogen containing compound, and reacting the vinyl monomers by free radical polymerization.

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