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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 29, 2000
Filed:
Feb. 09, 1996
Aisa Sendijarevic, Troy, MI (US);
Vahid Sendijarevic, Troy, MI (US);
Kurt C Frisch, Grosse Ile, MI (US);
Jozef Lucien Cenens, Linden, BE;
Dale L Handlin, Jr, Houston, TX (US);
Steven S Chin, Houston, TX (US);
Hector Hernandez, Houston, TX (US);
Shell Oil Company, Houston, TX (US);
Abstract
Thermoplastic polyurethanes are formed from a hydrogenated polydiene diol having from 1.6 to 2 terminal hydroxyl groups per molecule and a number average molecular weight between 500 and 20,000, an isocyanate having two isocyanate groups per molecule, and optionally a chain extender having two hydroxyl groups per molecule. The thermoplastic polyurethanes have excellent resistance to moisture as evidenced by retention of more than 70%, preferably at least 85%, of original tensile strength after aging in water for 7 days at a temperature of at least 70.degree. C. Preparation by a prepolymer method with subsequent addition of the chain extender is preferred.