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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 26, 1982
Filed:
Apr. 11, 1980
Frank E Critchfield, South Charleston, WV (US);
Richard M Gerkin, Charleston, WV (US);
Leslie E Hawker, South Charleston, WV (US);
Union Carbide Corporation, New York, NY (US);
Abstract
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.