Inventors:
Karl W. Haider - New Martinsville WV
John W. Frink - Coraopolis PA
Heber D. Layton - Aliquippa PA
Peter H. Markusch - McMurray PA
James W. Rosthauser - Glendale WV
Bonnie L. Lawson - Glendale WV
Michael A. Joseph - Wheeling WV
Assignee:
Bayer Corporation - Pittsburgh PA
International Classification:
C09J17504, C09J17508, C07C27128, C08G 1850
Abstract:
Isocyanate prepolymers which are useful as binders are made from a polyisocyanate mixture and a hydroxyl compound having at least about 1 hydroxyl group. The polyisocyanate mixture is made up of from about 50 to about 60% by weight of polyphenyl polymethylene polyisocyanate and from about 40 to about 50% by weight of an isomeric mixture of diphenylmethane diisocyanate (MDI). The isomeric mixture of MDI is made up of from about 4 to about 30% by weight of the 2,4'-isomer and from about 70 to about 96% by weight of the 4,4'-isomer. The binders of the present invention are advantageous in that they may be used in high moisture, low temperature conditions without a catalyst. Reduced MDI emissions are also achieved when the binders of the present invention are used to make composite materials.