Abstract: A stable emulsion of a high molecular weight polyol and either ethylene glycol or 1,4-butane diol is made by adding to the mixture an ethylene oxide/propylene oxide copolymer diol having an average molecular weight of above about 12,000 and an ethylene oxide content of from about 70% to 90%. The stable emulsion is useful as a reactant in RIM polyurethane plastics.

Abstract: A process for the preparation of a dimensionally stable one-component polyurethane foam from a storage-stable mixture, under pressure, of a prepolymer based on polyols and containing isocyanate groups and an organic blowing agent, with or without additives, by releasing the pressure and allowing the mixture to react with the atmosphere and cure, wherein the foamable mixture, which contains from 0.1 to 15% by weight, based on the weight of the prepolymer containing isocyanate groups, of a blowing agent is introduced into the inner container of a two-compartment pressure pack, which pack contains a pressure medium in the outer container, and is discharged, when required, through a dispensing device.

Abstract: The instant invention is directed to a process for the production of molded foams having a compact surface and cellular core and an integral density distribution over the cross-section of the body, comprising reacting(A) polyisocyanates, and(B) relatively high molecular and/or low molecular compounds having an average of at least two isocyanate-reactive hydrogen atoms in the presence of:(C) catalysts for the isocyanate polyaddition reaction and(D) blowing agents and optionally other known additives, in a closed mold under the conditions of foaming inside molds, the improvement wherein said polyisocyanates are aliphatic and/or alicyclic polyisocyanates and said catalysts are catalyst combinations of:(i) an alkali metal and/or alkaline earth metal hydroxide and(ii) a metal compound, the metal compound being the acetylacetonate of iron, C.sub.1 -C.sub.

Abstract: A process for the manufacture of dimensionally stable polyurethane foams by releasing, and curing by interaction with the atmosphere, a mixture, which is under pressure, of prepolymers, containing isocyanate groups, and blowing agents, with or without assistants and additives, wherein the prepolymers, containing isocyanate groups, are obtained by reaction of organic polyisocyanates with difunctional to octafunctional polyester-polyols and/or polyether-polyols, containing chemically bonded tertiary amino groups in the polymer chain, or, preferably, with mixtures of such polyester-polyols and/or polyether-polyols and nitrogen-free polyester-polyols and/or polyether-polyols.

Abstract: The invention concerns a process for the manufacture of flame resistant flexible polyurethane foams by reacting a mixture of diphenylmethane diisocyanates and polyphenylene polymethylene polyisocyanates having a functionality greater than 2 containing 40 to 90 percent by weight diphenylmethane diisocyanate based on the total weight of said mixture; polyols, cyanic acid derivatives such as cyanamide, dicyandiamide, guanidine, biguanidine, melamine, cyanuric alkyl esterhydrazides and -amides as flame inhibitors, and blowing agents; as well as, possibly, chain extenders and other additives. The flexible polyurethane foams are suited for the familiar areas of applications, but especially as sound-insulation material for the construction industry.

Abstract: Use of stannous halide alcohol complexes, typified by the complex of stannous chloride and triethylene glycol, as catalysts permits production of urethane elastomers characterized by freedom from bubbles. The novel complexes are particularly characterized by their properties; e.g. Mossbauer spectra shows a chemical shift relative to a standard and a quadrupole splitting which are not found in mere mixtures of e.g., stannous chloride and triethylene glycol.

Abstract: Novel poly(urethane-isocyanurate) foams and their preparation are described. These foams are low density, non-friable, heat stable, polymeric reaction products of polyisocyanate and polyoxyalkylene polyol, the reaction products having a cross-link density in the range of about 1 cross-link per 400 to 750 atomic weight units. Processes are also provided for forming a foamed isocyanate-derived polymer on an oil-contaminated substrate and obtaining a firm bond of the polymer to the substrate.

Abstract: Pressure-resistant polyurethane-polyurea particles with textured internal mass prepared from a liquid phase immiscible with water and containing organic solvents, isocyanate prepolymers and optionally active substances or mixtures of active substances, the liquid phase being dispersed in an aqueous phase at temperatures of from 0.degree. C. to 95.degree. C., wherein the liquid organic phase contains as isocyanate prepolymer a reaction product of a stoichiometric excess of an aliphatic, aromatic, cycloaliphatic, or araliphatic di- or polyisocyanate with a di- or polyol, the reaction product having a mean molecular weight in the range of from about 300 to 10,000, and an alkyl and/or alkoxyalkyl acetate of the formula ##STR1## in which m is zero, 1 or 2, n is 1 to 4, and R is (C.sub.1 -C.sub.5)alkyl, and the aqueous phase contains a protective colloid and optionally a surface-active agent.

Abstract: Synergistic stabilizer combinations consisting of phenols such as 2,6,-di-t-butyl-4-methylphenol, amines such as 4,4'-bis(alpha,alpha- dimethylbenzyl)diphenylamine and p,p'-di-octyldiphenylamine, and phosphites such as phenyldidecylphosphite with 3,5-di-t-butyl-4-hydroxyhydrocinnamic acid triester of 1,3,5-tris(2-hydroxyethyl)-s-triazine-2,4,6-(1H,3H,5H-trione are employed as oxidative stabilizers for polyoxyalkylene polyether polyols and for the prevention of scorch in polyurethane foams prepared therefrom.

Abstract: A catalytically stabilized polyol composition is disclosed for use in the production of polyurethane foam. The composition comprises a halogenated polyol and an acid-blocked amine catalyst.

Abstract: This invention relates to an improved foamable resole resin composition comprising a resole resin, a blowing agent and a surfactant wherein said improvement comprises incorporating a particular resole resin catalyzed with alkaline earth metal hydroxides and neutralized with oxalic acid or its acid salts providing inert insoluble oxalate salts dispersed in said resole. Said salts are sized controlled and stabilized in an aqueous resole resin solution having about 60 to 99% resole resin by weight. Methods for preparing and foaming said compositions are disclosed.

Abstract: An expansion agent comprising a foamable mixture of (a) 15-53 weight % of a foaming agent having 6 to 78 carbon atoms selected from the group of an ammonium salt, aliphatic amine salt and/or an alkali metal salt of an alkyl sulfate, hydroxyalkyl sulfate, alkyl ether sulfate and/or aryl alkyl ether sulfate; (b) 5-42 weight % of a dispersant having 22 to 260 carbon atoms selected from the group of an alkyl alkyleneoxy amine and/or its quaternary alkylsulfate, alkylhalide or alkylphosphate derivative; and (c) 5-40 weight % of a stabilizer having 8 to 68 carbon atoms selected from the group of a sodium and/or potassium salt of an alkyl sulfosuccinate; and the combination of said mixture with a synthetic resin, latex or natural rubber to provide a coating or finishing composition; the process of applying said composition to a substrate and the treated substrate product having incorporated the composition of the invention.

Abstract: This invention relates to an improved foamable resole resin composition comprising a resole resin, a blowing agent and a surfactant wherein said improvement comprises incorporation dispersed calcium oxide particles in said composition providing a foamable resole composition curable to a non-corrosive foam. Methods for preparing, foaming and curing said noncorrosive foams are disclosed.

Abstract: There is disclosed a process for the preparation of expandible particles of styrene-based polymers which are useful for the production of molded bodies, especially large blocks, having a uniform cellular structure, and with a particularly short time of residence in the mold.

Abstract: Unsaturated polyester resins will form foamed or solid plastics with water-binding agents containing an oxidated silicon compound in the presence of an initiator.

Abstract: Flame and temperature resistant polyimide foams are prepared by the reaction of an aromatic dianhydride, e.g., pyromellitic dianhydride, with an aromatic polyisocyanate, e.g., polymethylene polyphenylisocyanate (PAPI) in the presence of an inorganic acid and a lower molecular weight alcohol, e.g., dilute sulfuric acid or phosphoric acid and furfuryl alcohol.The exothermic reaction between the acid and the alcohol provides the heat necessary for the other reactants to polymerize without the application of any external heat. Such mixtures, therefore, are ideally suited for in situ foam formation, especially where the application of heat is not practical or possible.

Abstract: An oxyalkylated product useful for making polyurethane foams is prepared by reacting an alkylene oxide with a heated mixture of a phenol and a non-phenolic active hydrogen compound, at least one of which can be halogenated, in the presence of a catalyst complex of a phenol and an iron or aluminum substance. The mixture can also include a neutral phosphorus compound and/or acid anhydrides to enhance flame retardant properties. Optionally, also, the oxyalkylation reaction can be terminated by adding a tri (lower alkyl) amine and alkylene oxide to react with residual phenolic hydrogen in the mixture.

Abstract: Silicon halides will react chemically with polyols to produce polyol silicate resinous products which will react chemically with polyisocyanates to produce polyisocyanate silicate solid or cellular solid products.

Abstract: The method of production of chemically set compositions which show no shrinkage or which increase their volume during setting finding their application in building engineering, electrotechnical engineering and other fields of technology, consists in adding a special expanding system to a composition comprising synthetic resins or elastomers. Said system consists of an expanding agent, an expansion promoter, and if need be an expansion moderator, and sodium and/or potassium and/or magnesium fluosilicate. As the expanding agent substances are used having a porous structure and sorption properties, as for instance aluminosilicates, and as the expansion promoter substances are used having a polar structure and a critical diameter of the molecule smaller than that of the pores of the expanding agent, as for instance alcohols.

Abstract: Liquid isocyanate-terminated polyurethane prepolymers will react chemically with oxidated silicon compounds to produce isocyanate-terminated polyurethane silicate prepolymers which may be cured with a catalyst such as water.

Abstract: Novel stabilized polyhalogenated polyol blends are disclosed which include in the blend a catalytic amount of a tertiary amine urethane catalyst and a stabilizing amount of a particular diepoxide. The polyol blends retain the same catalytic reactivity for reaction with organic polyisocyanates to form polyurethane foams over extended storage periods and are also stable with respect to blend viscosity. The polyurethane foams prepared from the stabilized polyol blends are characterized by excellent flame resistance and low smoke evolution when tested according to the ASTM E-84 test. The stabilized polyol blends provide an efficient means for reducing the number of polyurethane forming components or streams that need be stored, handled, or pumped to a polyurethane foam mixing apparatus.