Hydrophilic Polyurethane Foam for Liquid Based Cleaning Applications

Abstract

A reaction system for forming a hydrophilic polyurethane foam for liquid based cleaning applications includes a composition that has a prepolymer component and an aqueous component. The prepolymer component is a reaction product of an isocyanate component that includes diphenylemethane diisocyanate (MDI) and a polyol component that includes a polyoxyethylene-polyoxypropylene polyol that has an polyoxyethylene content greater than 65 wt %, based on a total weight of the polyoxyethylene-polyoxypropylene polyol. The aqueous component includes at least 60 wt % of water and at least 0.5 wt % of a surfactant, based on a total weight of the aqueous component. A weight ratio of the prepolymer component to the aqueous component in the composition is from 0.5:2 to 2:0.5, the composition has a cream time of less than 20 seconds and a tack free time of less than 7 minutes, and the hydrophilic polyurethane foam for liquid based cleaning applications has a wet tear strength of at least 500 N/m.

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