Lear Corporation

The Dow Chemical Company

Robert D Dawe

Asad S Ali

Ashford Allen Galbreath

Edmund J Madaj

Thomas Oswald

Ian A Robson

Virgil Kowalski

Matthew Phillips

Zhijie Zhang

Paul Fielding

Calton B Spivey

The present disclosure relates to a method of making polyurethane foam, the method comprising providing a polyol mixture comprising polyether polyol and unmodified vegetable oil having a hydroxyl number of less than 10; and reacting isocyanate with the polyol mixture to form a polyurethane foam, wherein the unmodified vegetable oil does not react and does not form part of the polyurethane foam. The present disclosure also relates to polyurethane formed by the method and polyurethane compositions.

Polyurethane foam forming composition including triglycerides, polyurethane foam made from the composition, and method of making polyurethane foam

A composition for forming polyurethane foams is provided using epoxidized triglycerides with unopened rings. The composition further includes a polyol, a blowing agent, and a catalyst that catalyzes the reaction of polyols with isocyanates to form polyurethanes. The polyol is a polyoxyalklylene and the epoxidized triglyceride is an epoxidized soybean oil. A method for forming polyurethane foam using the aforementioned composition is also provided.

Automotive seat made from epoxidized soy oil

The recovery of hydrocarbons from subterranean formations is improved by the use of a mobility control fluid comprising a mixture of at least one alkylated diphenyl oxide and at least one amphoteric surfactant. A preferred mobility control fluid comprises the disodium salt of hexyldiphenyloxide disulfonate and cocamido-2-hydroxypropyl sultaine.

Oil recovery process using mobility control fluid comprising alkylated

A 3-(substituted)-2-oxazolidinone is prepared by refluxing equimolar proportions of a dialkanolamine and dimethyl carbonate in the absence of a catalyst. A yield of at least about 90 percent of a highly pure product is obtained.

Synthesis of 3-(2-hydroxyethyl)-2-oxazolidinones

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