Abstract: The present invention relates to aqueous polyurethane dispersions that are free from N-methylpyrrolidone and other solvents and wherein the polyurethanes are the reaction products of A) a mixture of 25% to 90% by weight of 1-isocyanate-3,3,5,-trimethyl-5-isocyanatomethylcyclohexane (IPDI) and 10% to 75% by weight of 4,4?-diisocyanatodicyclohexylmethane, wherein the preceding percentages are based on the weight of component A), with B) one or more polyols having average molarcular weights (Mn) of 500 to 6000, C) one or more compounds which have at least one OH— or NH-functional group and contain a carboxyl and/or carboxylate group, wherein at least 50 mol % of the acid groups, based on the total moles of acid incorporated into the polyurethane, are incorporated by dimethylolpropionic acid, D) one or more polyols and/or polyamines having average molecular weights (Mn) of below 500, and E) optionally one or more monoalcohols and/or monoamines.

Abstract: A process for preparing glass fiber reinforced plastics using high-energy radiation. A sizing composition is applied to the glass fiber, and the curing mechanism of the sizing composition proceeds in a controlled way by the use of two crosslinking mechanisms which can be activated separately from one another. Aqueous UV-curing polyurethane dispersions containing few or no active hydrogen atoms are used in combination with water-dispersible or water-soluble blocked polyisocyanates.

Abstract: Aqueous coating compositions based on polyurethane dispersions which cure under the influence of high-energy radiation, to a process for preparing them and to their use. The coating compositions contain a polyisocyanate, a polyurethane containing free-radically polymerizable groups, and an initiator which is capable of initiating a free-radical polymerization.

Abstract: The invention relates to aqueous polyurethane dispersions based on fatty acid dialkanolamides, to a process for preparing them and to use as coating compositions.

Abstract: The invention relates to an aqueous 2-component polyurethane (PU) coating composition comprising a vinyl polymer polyol dispersion, having a hydroxyl number between 10 and 264 mg KOH/g solid resin, an acid value (calculated from the sum of neutralized and non-neutralized acid groups) between 0 and 55 mg KOH/g solid resin, a number-average molecular weight Mn of at least 5000 g/mol and a weight average molecular weight Mw of at least 30,000 g/mol, a glass transition temperature of at least 20° C. and an average particle diameter of no greater than 300 nm, which is prepared in the presence of 0.1 to 10.0 wt. %, relative to the sum of the solids contents of polymer polyol and polyisocyanate, of a non-ionic polyether surfactant and a polyisocyanate having a viscosity at 23° C. of no more than 12,000 mPa*s and either a non-hydrophilic or a non-ionically or anionically hydrophilic character, whereby the equivalent ratio of isocyanate groups of component b) to hydroxyl groups of component a) is 0.

Abstract: The present invention relates to radiation curable aqueous polyurethane dispersions containing 0.05 to 20 wt. %, based on the weight of the non-aqueous constituents of the aqueous polyurethane dispersions, of 2,2-dimethyl-3-hydroxypropionic acid-(2,2-dimethyl-3-hydroxypropyl ester), (HPSNPG, calculated as MW 204.3). The invention also relates to substrates coated with these polyurethane dispersions, in particular to coated wood substrates with good grain enhancing properties.

Abstract: Lacquer vehicles in granular form, wherein the lacquer vehicles in granular form are composed of 10-82 weight % cellulose ester and 18-90 weight % resin and/or plasticizer as an explosive stabilizer.

Abstract: The present invention relates to polyester acrylate/urethane dispersions based on polyester acrylate prepolymers containing hydroxyl groups, obtainable by polyaddition ofA. 40-90 wt. % of one or more polyester acrylate prepolymers containing hydroxyl groups and having an OH content of 40-120 mg of KOH/g andB. 0.1-20 wt. % of one or more mono- and/or difunctional compounds reactive towards isocyanate groups, which compounds contain groups which are cationic, artionic and/or have a dispersant action due to ether groups withC. 10-50 wt. % of one or more polyisocyanatesD. 0.0-30 wt. % of polyolstogether with a subsequent reaction withE. 0.1-10 wt. % of one or more di- and/or polyamines.

Abstract: The present Application relates to an aqueous, reactive microgel dispersion, wherein the microgel particles have an average particle diameter of 0.01 to 1 .mu.m, are insoluble but are capable of swelling in the usual organic solvents, dry without additional film-forming agents to form uniform, transparent, reactive films, and have iodine numbers of 2 to 100.

Abstract: The invention relates to novel branched polyesters containing allyl groups, which polyesters are water-emulsifiable, and their use as raw materials for lacquers.

Abstract: The invention relates to free-flowing, quick-dissolving lacquer binder granules based on cellulose esters, more particularly cellulose nitrates, and to a process for their production.

Abstract: This invention relates to new water-emulsifiable polyester resins, a process for their production and their use as a lacquer row material. These lacquer binders are produced by the reaction of at least one prepolymer A which contains (meth)acryloyl groups and at least one unsaturated water-emulsifiable polyester B with at least one polyisocynate C.

Abstract: This invention relates to a new solid lacquer binder comprising gelatinized nitrocellulose, useful for the preparation of blocking-resistant coating compositions comprising epoxidized natural fatty acids of epoxidized triglycerides.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a coating compound for sheets, films, or molded products composed of modified or unmodified polysaccharides.

Abstract: Unsaturated polyester polyurethanes based on an allyl-ether-modified polyester A and a polyisocyanate B are suitable for paints having improved hardness and appearance.

Abstract: Improved .alpha.,.beta.-unsaturated polyesters for paint applications are based on an unsaturated polycarboxylic acid, a polyalkylene glycol having an average molecular weight of 300 to 1,000 and an alkoxylated triol containing no unsaturated groups.

Abstract: Improved water-dispersible allyl urethanes are obtainable by reaction of a polyglycol mixture with a hydroxyallyl compound and an isocyanate containing at least two NCO groups, the allyl urethane being nonionic.

Abstract: Improved cellulose ester-polymer combinations contain a cellulose ester A and at least one polymerized monomer B of the following formula ##STR1## wherein the substituents have the meaning given in the description and wherein the particles of the combinations are essentially 0.1 to 10 mm in size.

Abstract: Improved cellulose ester dispersions in the aqueous phase contain dispersed particles which contain cellulose esters, a polymerized monomer A having a polymerizable double bond and a polymerized monomer B having at least two polymerizable double bonds.

Abstract: Water soluble, polymerizable binders suitable for surface coating contain co-condensed residues of at least two polyalkylene glycols with different molecular weights, an alkoxylated polyol, a polycarboxylic acid and an optionally substituted acrylic acid.