Natural oil-based polyols are ready for market.A full line of natural-oil polyols (NOPs) for polyurethanes will be launched next year by Dow Polyurethanes, Midland, Mich. NOPs can be made from soybeans, sunflower seeds, or rapeseeds, although Dow is initially focusing on a polyol that contains a significant percent of soybean oil Soy´bean oil n. 1. an oil obtained from the soybean (Glycine max), rich in protein, fats, sterols, and phospholipids, used as a food and in paints and varnishes and in various industrial applications; - . Dow plans to begin market-development production of this polyol in 2007, after a year's small-scale product testing with select customers. Dow says it can produce NOP (NO oPeration) See no-op. products that match or exceed the performance of hydrocarbon-based polyols by creating optimized blends of NOPs and standard propylene oxide propylene oxide a gas used to disinfect animal feeds. polyols. Dow addressed earlier performance challenges with NOPs, such as retaining tensile strength, resiliency, and compression set. Dow plans to develop NOP-based products for flexible slabstock, molded foams, and some CASE (coating, adhesive, sealant, elastomer elastomer (ĭlăs`təmər), substance having to some extent the elastic properties of natural rubber. The term is sometimes used technically to distinguish synthetic rubbers and rubberlike plastics from natural rubber. ) applications. Tel: (800) 441-4369 * PT Direct: 964PT [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] |
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