Table of Contents
1 COVER
5 PREFACE
8 2 POLYURETHANE BUILDING BLOCKS 2.1 POLYOLS 2.2 ISOCYANATES 2.3 CHAIN EXTENDERS REFERENCES
9 3 INTRODUCTION TO POLYURETHANE CHEMISTRY 3.1 INTRODUCTION 3.2 MECHANISM AND CATALYSIS OF URETHANE FORMATION 3.3 REACTIONS OF ISOCYANATES WITH ACTIVE HYDROGEN COMPOUNDS REFERENCES
10 4 THEORETICAL CONCEPTS AND TECHNIQUES IN POLYURETHANE SCIENCE 4.1 FORMATION OF POLYURETHANE STRUCTURE 4.2 PROPERTIES OF POLYURETHANES REFERENCES
11 5 ANALYTICAL CHARACTERIZATION OF POLYURETHANES 5.1 ANALYSIS OF REAGENTS FOR MAKING POLYURETHANES 5.2 INSTRUMENTAL ANALYSIS OF POLYURETHANES 5.3 MECHANICAL ANALYSIS 5.4 NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE SPECTROSCOPY 5.5 FOAM SCREENING: FOAMAT® REFERENCES
12 6 POLYURETHANE FLEXIBLE FOAMS 6.1 MAKING POLYURETHANE FOAMS 6.2 FOAM PROCESSES 6.3 FLEXIBLE FOAM FORMULATION AND STRUCTURE–PROPERTY RELATIONSHIPS REFERENCES
13 7 POLYURETHANE FLEXIBLE FOAMS 7.1 APPLICATIONS 7.2 TRENDS IN MOLDED FOAM TECHNOLOGY AND MARKETS REFERENCES
14 8 POLYURETHANE RIGID FOAMS 8.1 REGIONAL MARKET DYNAMICS 8.2 APPLICATIONS 8.3 BLOWING AGENTS AND INSULATION FUNDAMENTALS 8.4 INSULATION FUNDAMENTALS 8.5 TRENDS IN RIGID FOAMS TECHNOLOGY REFERENCES
15 9 POLYURETHANE ELASTOMERS 9.1 REGIONAL MARKET DYNAMICS 9.2 APPLICATIONS 9.3 TRENDS IN POLYURETHANE ELASTOMERS REFERENCES
16 10 POLYURETHANE ADHESIVES AND COATINGS 10.1 ADHESIVES AND COATINGS INDUSTRIES: SIMILARITIES AND DIFFERENCES 10.2 ADHESIVES 10.3 TRENDS IN POLYURETHANE ADHESIVES 10.4 COATINGS REFERENCES
17 11 SPECIAL TOPIC 11.1 MARKETS AND PARTICIPANTS 11.2 TECHNOLOGY 11.3 FUTURE TRENDS REFERENCES
18 12 SPECIAL TOPIC 12.1 GOVERNMENTAL REGULATION OF ISOCYANATES 12.2 NONISOCYANATE ROUTES TO POLYURETHANES REFERENCES
19 13 POLYURETHANE HYBRID POLYMERS 13.1 INTRODUCTION 13.2 POLYURETHANE–ACRYLATE HYBRIDS 13.3 URETHANE–EPOXY HYBRIDS 13.4 URETHANE–SILICONE HYBRIDS 13.5 POLYURETHANE–POLYOLEFIN HYBRIDS 13.6 HYBRIDIZATION VIA TRANSURETHANIFICATION REFERENCES