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Continuous Production of Water-Borne Polyurethanes: A Review

Key Lab Polymer Composite & Key Laboratory for Polymeric Composite and Functional Materials of Ministry of Education, Guangdong Engineering Technology Resarch Center for High-Performance Organic, School of Chemistry, Sun Yet-Sen University, Guangzhou 510275, China
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Polymers 2020, 12(12), 2875; https://doi.org/10.3390/polym12122875
Received: 4 November 2020 / Revised: 22 November 2020 / Accepted: 26 November 2020 / Published: 30 November 2020
(This article belongs to the Section Polymer Applications)
Water-borne polyurethanes are novel functional polymers that use water as the dispersion medium. When compared with solvent-borne polyurethanes, water-borne polyurethanes are more environmentally friendly and easier to transport and store. Water-borne polyurethanes have attracted increasing attention due to their extensive applications in plastics, paints, adhesives, inks, biomaterials, and other fields. In this study, the characteristics of water-borne polyurethanes were discussed, followed by a review of studies detailing reaction procedures and mechanisms for their continuous production. Additionally, current and future applications of continuous production processes for water-borne polyurethanes are presented. View Full-Text
Keywords: water-borne polyurethane; continuous production; reaction mechanism; viscosity water-borne polyurethane; continuous production; reaction mechanism; viscosity
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Liu, X.; Hong, W.; Chen, X. Continuous Production of Water-Borne Polyurethanes: A Review. Polymers 2020, 12, 2875. https://doi.org/10.3390/polym12122875

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Liu X, Hong W, Chen X. Continuous Production of Water-Borne Polyurethanes: A Review. Polymers. 2020; 12(12):2875. https://doi.org/10.3390/polym12122875

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Liu, Xuehua, Wei Hong, and Xudong Chen. 2020. "Continuous Production of Water-Borne Polyurethanes: A Review" Polymers 12, no. 12: 2875. https://doi.org/10.3390/polym12122875

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