Claims
- 1. A flexible polyurethane foam having a resiliency greater than about 50%, a modulus of at least about 2.3 resulting from subjecting to foaming conditions, a composition which comprises
- A.
- 1. from about 50 to 100 parts by weight of a primary, hydroxyl-containing polyether triol having an average hydroxyl equivalent weight of from about 900 to about 2500,
- 2. from 0 to about 50 parts by weight of a polyol selected from a diol, a triol, a polymer-containing diol, a polymer-containing triol or mixtures thereof wherein said diols and triols have an average hydroxyl equivalent weight of from about 900 to about 2500 and said polymer has an average molecular weight of at least about 5000;
- B. an organic polyisocyanate consisting of
- 1. from about 50 to 100% by weight of 2,4-toluene diisocyanate, 2,6-toluene diisocyanate, NCO-containing prepolymers, thereof or mixtures thereof and
- 2. from 0 to about 50% by weight of an organic polyisocyanate having an average NCO functionality of at least 2;
- C. from about 1.0 to about 5 parts by weight of water per 100 parts by weight of Component (A);
- D. from about 0 to about 20 parts of a low boiling auxiliary blowing agent per 100 parts by weight of Component (A);
- E. from about 1 to about 10 parts per 100 parts by weight of Component (A) of a crosslinker composition consisting essentially of
- 1. from 30 to 100 percent by weight of a primary crosslinker component represented by the general formula ##STR16## wherein R is a member of the group represented by the formula ##STR17## wherein each R' and R" are independently hydrogen, Cl, Br, OH or an alkyl group having from 1 to about 6 carbon atoms, each R.sub.1, R.sub.2 and R.sub.3 is independently selected from the formulas ##STR18## wherein each R.sub.4 is independently hydrogen, phenyl, methyl, ethyl or halomethyl, each R.sub.5 is independently hydrogen or methyl, each n is independently 1, 2 or 3; and ##STR19## wherein R.sub.6 is selected from the group consisting of allyl, methallyl, or a group represented by the formula ##STR20## wherein Q is a halogen or an alkyl group and x has a value of 1 when Q is an alkyl group and a value of 1 or 2 when Q is a halogen or x has a value of zero; with the proviso that no more than 2 of the R.sub.1, R.sub.2 and R.sub.3 groups can be represented by the formula ##STR21## wherein R.sub.4 is hydrogen, methyl or halomethyl;
- 2. from 0 to about 70 percent by weight of an auxiliary crosslinker component;
- F. from about 0.5 to about 4 parts by weight per 100 parts by weight of Component (A) of a catalyst for urethane formation;
- G. from about 0.005 to about 1.5 parts by weight per 100 parts by weight of Component (A) of a silicone oil cell control agent;
- and wherein Components (A), (B), (C) and (E) are present in quantities so as to provide an NCO:active hydrogen equivalent ratio of from about
- 0.8:1.0 to about 1.3:1.0. 2. The flexible polyurethane foam of claim 1 wherein Components (A), (B), (C) and (E) are employed in quantities so as to provide an NCO:active hydrogen ratio of from about 0.9:1 to about 1.1:1, and Component (E) is present in quantities of from about 2 to about 5 parts by weight per 100 parts by weight of Component (A) and wherein Component (A) comprises from 75-100 parts of (1) and 0-25 parts by weight of (2).
- 3. The flexible polyurethane foam of claim 2 wherein Component (E1) is present in quantities of from about 50 to about 100 percent and Component (E2) is present in from about 0 to about 50 percent.
- 4. The flexible polyurethane foam of claim 3 wherein Component E consists of 100 percent of Component (E1).
- 5. The flexible polyurethane foam of claim 4 wherein Component (A-1) is a glycerine initiated polyether polyol.
- 6. The flexible polyurethane foam of claim 5 wherein Component (A2) is absent from the composition.
- 7. The foam of claim 1 wherein Component (A-1) contains a polymer having a molecular weight of at least about 5000.
- 8. The foam of claim 1 wherein in Component (E-1) at least one of the R.sub.1, R.sub.2 and R.sub.3 groups is the group ##STR22## and the other R.sub.1, R.sub.2 and R.sub.3 groups are 2-hydroxypropyl groups.
- 9. The foam of claim 8 wherein R.sub.6 is the group ##STR23##
- 10. The foam of claim 8 wherein each of the R.sub.1, R.sub.2 and R.sub.3 groups are the group ##STR24##
CROSS-REFERENCE TO RELATED APPLICATION
This is a division of application Ser. No. 448,165 filed Mar. 4, 1974, now U.S. Pat. No. 3,907,721 and a continuation-in-part of my previous application Ser. No. 410,138, filed Oct. 26, 1973, now abandoned.
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Divisions (1)
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