The present invention relates to a process for bonding two or more wood substrates by using as the adhesive isocyanate-terminated prepolymers having an isocyanate content of 8 to 20 wt. % and containing the reaction product of a) at least one organic polyisocyanate with b) at least one organic polyhydroxyl compound containing the reaction products of i) organic polyisocyanates with ii) polyamines, hydrazines and/or hydrazides having primary and/or secondary amino groups dispersed in a iii) polyethers having at least two hydroxyl groups and a number average molecular weight of 500 to 12,000; and, the present invention also relates to the bonded substrates obtained by this process.
1. In a process for bonding two or more wood substrates, the improvement which comprises adhesively bonding two or more wood substrates using as an one component adhesive an isocyanate-terminated prepolymer having an isocyanate content of 8 to 20 wt. % and containing the reaction product of
a) at least one organic polyisocyanate with
b) at least one organic polyhydroxyl compound containing the reaction product of
i) an organic polyisocyanate with
ii) a polyamine, hydrazine and/or a hydrazide having primary and/or secondary amino groups dispersed in
iii) a polyether having at least two hydroxyl groups and a number average molecular weight of 500 to 12,000.
2. The process of claim 1 wherein the reaction product of b-i) with b-ii) is a polyurea and/or a polyhydrazo dicarbonamide and is present in an amount of 2 to 25 wt. %, based on the weight of the isocyanate-terminated prepolymer.
3. The process of claim 1 wherein the reaction product of b-i) with b-ii) is a polyurea and/or a polyhydrazo dicarbonamide particles and has a particle size of 0.01 to 10 μm.
4. The process of claim 1 wherein the reaction product of b-i) with b-ii) is present at a concentration of 5 to 40 wt. %, based on the weight of component b).
5. The process of claim 1 wherein component b) comprises the reaction product of 16.9 parts by weight of a mixture of 2,4- and 2,6-diisocyanatotoluene in a weight of 80 to 20 with 4.85 parts by weight of hydrazine hydrate in 80 parts by weight of a polypropylene ether polyol with a functionality of greater than 2.
6. The process of claim 1 wherein polyether iii) comprises polypropylene ether polyol having an ethoxy group content of 0 to 30 wt. % and a hydroxyl number of 20 to 56 mg KOH/g.
7. The process of claim 1 wherein organic polyisocyanate a) is obtained by the phosgenation of aniline/formaldehyde condensates, and contains 0 to 60 wt. % of difunctional 2,4′-diisocyanato-diphenyimethane and 0 to 50 wt. % of higher oligomers having a functionality of greater than 2.
8. Two or more wood substrates bonded together with an one component adhesive comprising an isocyanate-terminated prepolymer having an isocyanate content of 8 to 20 wt. % and containing the reaction product of
a) at least one organic polyisocyanate with
b) at least one organic polyhydroxyl compound containing the reaction product of
i) an organic polyisocyanate with
ii) a polyamine, hydrazine and/or a hydrazide having primary and/or secondary amino groups dispersed in
iii) a polyether having at least two hydroxyl groups and a number average molecular weight of 500 to 12,000.
9. The bonded substrates of claim 8 wherein the reaction product of b-i) with b-ii) is a polyurea and/or a polyhydrazo dicarbonamide and is present in an amount of 2 to 25 wt. %, based on the weight of the isocyanate-terminated prepolymer.
10. The bonded substrates of claim 8 wherein the reaction product of b-i) with b-ii) is a polyurea and/or a polyhydrazo dicarbonamide particles and has a particle size of 0.01 to 10 μm.
11. The bonded substrates of claim 8 wherein the reaction product of b-i) with b-ii) is present at a concentration of 5 to 40 wt. %, based on the weight of component b).
12. The bonded substrates of claim 8 wherein component b) comprises the reaction product of 16.9 parts by weight of a mixture of 2,4- and 2,6- diisocyanatotoluene in a weight of 80 to 20 with 4.85 parts by weight of hydrazine hydrate in 80 parts by weight of a polypropylene ether polyol with a functionality of greater than 2.
13. The bonded substrates of claim 8 wherein polyether iii) comprises polypropylene ether polyol having an ethoxy group content of 0 to 30 wt. % and a hydroxyl number of 20 to 56 mg KOH/g.
14. The bonded substrates of claim 8 wherein organic polyisocyanate a) is obtained by the phosgenation of aniline/formaldehyde condensates, and contains 0 to 60 wt. % of difunctional 2,4′-diisocyanato-diphenylmethane and 0 to 50 wt. % of higher oligomers having a functionality of greater than 2.