Soft and conditionable chemical mechanical polishing pad

1. A chemical mechanical polishing pad for polishing a substrate selected from at least one of a magnetic substrate, an optical substrate and a semiconductor substrate; comprising a polishing layer, wherein the polishing layer comprises the reaction product of raw material ingredients, comprising:

a polyfunctional isocyanate; and

a curative package, comprising:

at least 5 wt % of an amine initiated polyol curative, wherein the amine initiated polyol curative contains at least one nitrogen atom per molecule; wherein the amine initiated polyol curative has an average of at least three hydroxyl groups per molecule;

25 to 95 wt % of a high molecular weight polyol curative, wherein the high molecular weight polyol curative has a number average molecular weight, M N , of 2,500 to 100,000; and wherein the high molecular weight polyol curative has an average of 5 to 7 hydroxyl groups per molecule; and

0 to 70 wt % of a difunctional curative;

wherein the polishing layer exhibits a density of greater than 0.6 g/cm 3 ; a Shore D hardness of 5 to 40; an elongation at break of 100 to 450%; and a cut rate of 25 to 150 μm/hr; and, wherein the polishing layer has a polishing surface adapted for polishing the substrate.

2. The chemical mechanical polishing pad of claim 1 , wherein the stoichiometric ratio of the reactive hydrogen groups in the curative package to the unreacted isocyanate groups in the polyfunctional isocyanate is 0.85 to 1.15.

3. The chemical mechanical polishing pad of claim 2 , wherein the polyfunctional isocyanate is selected from the group consisting of an aliphatic polyfunctional isocyanate, an aromatic polyfunctional isocyanate and a mixture thereof.

4. The chemical mechanical polishing pad of claim 3 , wherein the difunctional curative is selected from the group consisting of diol curatives and diamine curatives.

5. The chemical mechanical polishing pad of claim 3 , wherein the polyfunctional isocyanate is an isocyanate-terminated urethane prepolymer having 2 to 12 wt % unreacted NCO groups.

6. The chemical mechanical polishing pad of claim 5 , wherein the curative package, comprises:

5 to 20 wt % of the amine initiated polyol curative, wherein the amine initiated polyol curative contains two nitrogen atom per molecule; wherein the amine initiated polyol curative has an average of 4 hydroxyl groups per molecule; and wherein the amine initiated polyol curative has a number average molecular weight, M N , of 200 to 400;

50 to 75 wt % of the high molecular weight polyol curative, wherein the high molecular weight polyol curative has a number average molecular weight, M N , of 10,000 to 12,000; and wherein the high molecular weight polyol curative has an average of 6 hydroxyl groups per molecule;

10 to 30 wt % of the difunctional curative; wherein the difunctional curative is a diamine curative selected from the group consisting of 4,4′-methylene-bis-(2-chloroaniline) (MBOCA); 4,4′-methylene-bis-(3-chloro-2,6-diethylaniline) (MCDEA); and isomers thereof;

wherein the stoichiometric ratio of the reactive hydrogen groups in the curative package to the unreacted isocyanate groups in the polyfunctional isocyanate is 0.95 to 1.05;

wherein the polishing layer exhibits a density of 0.75 to 1.0 g/cm 3 ; a Shore D hardness of 5 to 20; an elongation at break of 150 to 300%; and a cut rate of 30 to 60 μm/hr.

7. The chemical mechanical polishing pad of claim 6 , wherein the isocyanate-terminated urethane prepolymer has 5 to 7 wt % unreacted NCO groups; and wherein the isocyanate-terminated urethane prepolymer exhibits a number average molecular weight, M N , of 400 to 2,500.

8. The chemical mechanical polishing pad of claim 7 , wherein the polishing surface has a spiral groove pattern formed therein.

9. A method of making a chemical mechanical polishing pad according to claim 1 , comprising:

providing a polyfunctional isocyanate;

providing a curative package, comprising:

(i) providing at least 5 wt % of an amine initiated polyol curative, wherein the amine initiated polyol curative contains at least one nitrogen atom per molecule; wherein the amine initiated polyol curative has an average of at least three hydroxyl groups per molecule;

(ii) providing 25 to 95 wt % of a high molecular weight polyol curative, wherein the high molecular weight polyol curative has a number average molecular weight, M N , of 2,500 to 100,000; and wherein the high molecular weight polyol curative has an average of 5 to 7 hydroxyl groups per molecule; and

(iii) providing 0 to 70 wt % of a difunctional curative;

mixing the polyfunctional isocyanate and the curative package to form a combination; and

allowing the combination to react forming a polishing layer.

10. The chemical mechanical polishing pad of claim 1 , wherein the high molecular weight polyol curative has a number average molecular weight, M N , of 7,500 to 25,000.

11. The chemical mechanical polishing pad of claim 1 , wherein the polishing layer further comprises a plurality of hollow core polymeric materials.

12. The chemical mechanical polishing pad of claim 11 , wherein the plurality of hollow core polymeric materials are uniformly distributed throughout the polishing layer.

13. The chemical mechanical polishing pad of claim 12 , wherein the plurality of hollow core polymeric materials have a weight average diameter of 10 to 50 μm.

14. The chemical mechanical polishing pad of claim 13 , wherein the plurality of hollow core polymeric materials are incorporated into the polishing layer at 10 to 25 vol % porosity.