Preparation of low friability rigid polyurethane foam
AssigneeOlin Corporation
InventorsStephen Fuzesi, Allan H. Syrop
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Abstract
An improvement is disclosed in the preparation of rigid polyurethane foams which have relatively high surface friability. The improvement resides in the use of a select group of amine-based polyols to reduce the friability of the resulting foam.
Claims18
In a process of preparing a rigid polyurethane foam from a reaction mixture comprised of a polyether polyol reactant, an organic polyisocyanate reactant, a reaction catalyst and a forming agent, said polyether polyol reactant having a hydroxyl number of about 150-800 and being the product of condensing 4,4,4-trichloro-1,2-epoxybutane with a mixture selected from the group consisting of a mixture of dextrose and water, a mixture of dextrose and an aliphatic diol or triol, and a mixture of dextrose, water and an aliphatic diol or triol, the improvement of including in said reaction mixture a second polyol, in a proportion which is effective in reducing the surface friability of said foam, said second polyol characterized by having a hydroxyl number of about 100-800 and being an adduct of ethylene oxide and an amine selected from the group consisting of an aliphatic amine having 1-8 carbon atoms, an aromatic primary amine having 6-8 carbon atoms, an alkanolamine in which each alkanol group contains 2-5 carbon atoms, and a mixture thereof.
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