Stable dispersions of polymers in polyfunctional compounds having a plurality of active hydrogens and polyurethanes therefrom
AssigneeThe Dow Chemical Company
InventorsDwight K. Hoffman, Robert F. Harris, Nancy B. Tefertiller, Randall C. Rains
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Abstract
A stable copolymer dispersion is prepared by addition copolymerization of (1) an adduct of an active hydrogen compound, e.g., a polyether polyol, and an active ethylenically unsaturated isocyanate, e. g., 2-isocyanatoethyl methacrylate with (2) ethylenically unsaturated monomers(s), e.g., styrene or mixture thereof with acrylonitrile, while (1) and (2) are dispersed or dissolved in an excess of an active hydrogen polyfunctional compound. The resulting dispersion has a controlled particle size and a viscosity such that it is suitably employed in the production of polyurethane foams.
Claims9
A copolymer dispersion which is stable and which comprises:
- (A) a polyahl having dispersed therein;
- (B) an addition copolymerizate of (1) an adduct of a polyahl and an active ethylenically unsaturated isocyanate with (2) at least one other ethylenically unsaturated monomer;
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- (C) an adduct of (1) a polyahl and (2) an addition copolymer of an active ethylenically unsaturated isocyanate with at least one other ethylenically unsaturated monomer which is nonreactive with the isocyanate;
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- (D) a mixture of (B) and (C);
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- (E) a mixture of (B) and/or (C) and a polymer of at least one other ethylenically unsaturated monomer.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.