The Dow Chemical Company

Air Products and Chemicals, Inc.

Thomas William Bodnar

Shenghong A Dai

Robert G Petrella

Leslie A Cole

John Joseph Koch

A method for producing water-blown molded flexible polyurethane foam which comprises reacting and foaming in one step in a mold a reaction mixture comprising a polyol, an organic polyisocyanate, a urethane catalyst composition and water and a trimerization catalyst which is a quaternary ammonium salt or an alkali metal or alkaline earth metal salt of a Bronsted acid having a pKa of &gt;1, characterized in that the trimerization catalyst is present in an amount from about 0.005 to 0.04 gram milliequivalents per 100 grams of polyol. The preferred trimerization catalyst is an alkali metal N-(2-hydroxyphenyl)methyl glycinate, especially an alkali metal N-(2-hydroxy-5-nonylphenyl)methyl-N-methyl glycinate.

Process and composition for improving the cure of water-blown molded

Disclosed are rigid polyurethane-polyisocyanurate foams prepared from polyisocyanates, polyols, trimer catalysts and a blowing agent mixture comprising (i) a halocarbon, and (ii) an organic carboxylic acid, and, optionally water. The foams have excellent aged K-factor values at fluorocarbon levels reduced by up to 75 percent over prior art materials.

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Macungie, PA, United States of America

Thomas William Bodnar