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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 23, 1998
Filed:
Dec. 15, 1995
Thomas B Lee, Southgate, MI (US);
Thomas L Fishback, Gibraltar, MI (US);
Curtis J Reichel, Southgate, MI (US);
BASF Corporation, Mt. Olive, NJ (US);
Abstract
A polyol composition is provided which when reacted with an organic isocyanate, has good flow characteristics and makes a rigid polyurethane foam having good dimensional stability at low densities. The polyol composition has a polyol component which must have present a polyoxyalkylene polyether polyol having an equivalent weight of 130 or less and a hydroxyl number of 400 or more, a polyoxyalkylene polyether polyol having an average functionality from 1.5 to 3.1 and a viscosity of less than 800 cP at 25.degree. C., and a polyoxyalkylene polyether polyol having an average functionality of greater than 3.1 and a viscosity of 5,000 cp or less at 25.degree. C. The polyol composition also has formic acid or a mixture of formic acid and water as blowing agents, and further contains a delayed action blow catalyst and a delayed action gel catalyst.