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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 08, 1980
Filed:
Aug. 31, 1978
Applicant:
Inventors:
Allen P Jones, Charleston, WV (US);
Robert J Knopf, Saint Albans, WV (US);
Assignee:
Union Carbide Corporation, New York, NY (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
C08G / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
528 60 ; 528 61 ;
Abstract
The wetting rates of polyurethane hydrogels comprising lightly crosslinked polymers of isocyanate terminated prepolymers which are the reaction product of (i) poly(alkyleneoxy) polyols with (ii) organic diisocyanates that has been lightly crosslinked with (iii) water or an organic polyamine are enhanced by treating the surface of the solid hydrogel with certain ketones, alcohols, organic amines, aromatic hydrocarbons or aqueous alkali metal hydroxide solutions.