Preparation of highly resilient polyurethane foams

• Main Authors: ARLT ANDREAS, WAGNER KLAUS, VARENKAMP VOLKER
• Format: Patent
• Language: English
• Published: 20.02.2003
• Edition: 7
• Subjects: CHEMISTRY; COMPOSITIONS BASED THEREON; MACROMOLECULAR COMPOUNDS OBTAINED OTHERWISE THAN BY REACTIONSONLY INVOLVING UNSATURATED CARBON-TO-CARBON BONDS; METALLURGY; ORGANIC MACROMOLECULAR COMPOUNDS; THEIR PREPARATION OR CHEMICAL WORKING-UP

Highly resilient polyurethane foams are prepared by reacting a) polyisocyanates with b) compounds having at least two hydrogen atoms reactive with isocyanate groups, by a process in which a mixture containing, based in each case on the weight of the mixture, b1) from 5 to 75% by weight of at least one polymer polyol and b2) from 25 to 95% by weight of a mixture containing, based in each case on the weight of the mixture b2), b2i) from 70 to 98% by weight of at least one polyether alcohol having a molecular weight of from 3 500 to 6 500 g/mol, a functionality of less than or equal to 3 and an ethylene oxide content of from 8 to 20% by weight, based on the weight of the polyether alcohol, and b2ii) from 2 to 30% by weight of at least one polyether alcohol having a molecular weight of from greater than 4 000 to 7 000 g/mol, a functionality of from 4 to 8 and an ethylene oxide content of from 5 to 15% by weight, based on the weight of the polyether alcohol, is used as compounds b) having two hydrogen atoms reactive with isocyanate groups.