Union Carbide Corporation

Leslie E Hawker

Richard M Gerkin

Frank E Critchfield

Raymond A Dunleavy

The invention provides polyurethane elastomers having satisfactory modulus characteristics which are prepared from a polyol-chain extender mixture consisting of (1) a poly (oxypropylene-oxyethylene) polyol having a hydroxyl number of from about 20 to 60, an oxyethylene cap of from about 10 to 30 weight percent and an internal oxyethylene content of from about 30 to 60 weight percent and (2) ethylene glycol, or a polymer/polyol-chain extender mixture wherein the polyol-chain extender is as aforesaid, and the resulting polyurethane elastomers possess unexpected hydrolytic stability.

Polyurethane elastomers prepared from polyol or polymer/polyol-chain

The invention provides a polyol-chain extender mixture consisting of (1) a poly(oxypropylene-oxyethylene) polyol having a hydroxyl number of from about 20 to 60, an oxyethylene cap of from about 10 to 30 weight percent and an internal oxyethylene content of from about 30 to 60 weight percent and (2) ethylene glycol, The invention also provides polymer/polyoly-chain extender mixtures wherein the polyol-chain extender is as aforesaid.

Mixtures of extenders and polyols or polymer/polyols useful in

Poly (oxypropylene-oxyethylene) polyols containing predetermined amounts of both internal and cap ethylene oxide are employed to form polymer/polyols which exhibit enhanced compatibility for low molcular weight chain extenders such as, for example, ethylene glycol and butanediol. Polyurethane elastomers having satisfactory modulus characteristics are prepared from the polymer/polyol-chain extender mixture, and the resulting elastomers possess unexpected hydrolytic stability.

Polymer/polyols from high ethylene oxide content polyols

This invention relates to polyurethane-polyurea cellular elastomers having excellent energy absorbing properties over a wide temperature range and at various impact speeds and, more particularly, to the production of such elastomers by reacting a polymer polyol, an aromatic polyamine and, an aromatic glycol with an organic polyisocyanate. The elastomers are useful as energy absorbing components in automobile bumpers and the like.

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Leslie E Hawker