Abstract:
THE SEPARATION OF OLEFIN MATERIALS FROM TRIALKYL ALUMINUM MATERIALS IS ENHANCED BY REACTING SUCH MIXTURES WITH DRY AIR TO CONVERT A PORTION, AT LEAST ABOUT ONE-THIRD, OF ALL TRIALKYL ALUMINUM MOLECULES TO AT LEAST A MONO ALKOXY ALUMINUM SPECIES AND VAPORIZING AT LEAST A PORTION OF THE OLEFINS AT ELEVATED TEMPERATURE. ENHANCED SEPARATION IS OBTAINED AND ISOMERIZATION, DIMERIZATION AND OTHER REACTIONS ARE OTHERWISE CATALYZED BY TRIALKY ALUMINUM MATERIALS AT THE SEPARATION TEMPERATURES ARE MINIMIZED. THE OLEFIN MATERIALS AND TRIALKYL ALUMINUM MATERIALS CAN BE IN LIQUID OR VAPOR PHASES OR COMBINATIONS. GENERALLY SPEAKING, THE OLEFINS ARE THEN RECOVERED AS A VAPOR AND THE ALUMINUM MATERIALS AS LIQUID.
Abstract:
Mixtures of aromatic diamines, polyurethanes made therefrom, and processes for the preparation of the polyurethanes. The mixtures of aromatic diamines of the invention comprise a first aromatic diamine having a machine gel time of 1 to 4 seconds in a 50,000 psi modulus RIM formulation reaction and the second aromatic diamine having a slower machine gel time of 1.5 to 15 times that of the first aromatic diamine. The mixtures provide gel times of 2.5 to 10 seconds, suitable for filling large molds such as automative body panels. The novel aromatic diamine mixtures allow use of larger proportions of diamine to provide polyurethanes which are rigid but not brittle at demold and have unexpectedly superior flexural modulus properties. The polyurethanes formed with the chain extender mixtures of the invention have flexural modulus superior to polyurethanes formed from either of the diamines individually.