Abstract:
Method for preparing polyurethane resin directly in finely divided form in which method a first reactant for forming the polyurethane is emulsified as fine droplets with the aid of special surfactants and controls in an inert organic liquid medium in which it and polyurethane resin are insoluble, a second reactant for combination with the first reactant is introduced into the liquid medium and interacted interfacially with the droplets of the first reactant to form fine particles of solid polyurethane resin protected from agglomeration by the surfactant, and the particles of polyurethane resin are separated from the liquid medium.
Abstract:
A process for forming a microporous body having improved uniformity and permeability in which a normally solid or highly viscous polymeric reactive material is heated to bring it to a freely fluid state, a liquid having no or only very limited solvent or swelling action on the polymeric material is dispersed to form an emulsion with the polymeric material as the continuous phase, the polymeric material is reacted to tough, solid, resilient, film-forming condition, the emulsion is solidified and the liquid is removed leaving spaces constituting openings or pores in the solidified material. Where thin cross section bodies are desired, the emulsion is formed into a thin layer on a casting surface with a cover on the face of the emulsion opposite the casting surface, the cover remains in place during solidification of the emulsion, and is separated from the solidified emulsion before removal of the liquid.