| 摘要 |
The present invention is a rigid thermoplastic polyurethane (RTPU) comprising units of butane diol (BDO) and a polyethylene glycol (PEG) of the type HO-(CH2CH2O)n-H, where n is an integer from 2 to 6. The RTPU of the present invention addresses a problem in the art by providing a potentially lower-cost alternative to an RTPU prepared from hexane diol, and further providing an RTPU that can be customized to a desired toughness, Tg, yield strength, and transparency. The RTPUs that are prepared from certain mole ratios of BDO and the PEG exhibit a surprisingly high degree of toughness manifested by increased tensile elongation to break. |
