| abstract |
The present invention provides an ultraviolet curable composition including: an urethane resin having a polymerizable unsaturated group, which is obtained by reacting a polyol and a polyisocyanate with each other, wherein the polyol contains an alkylene diol having two or more polymerizable unsaturated groups, which is represented by general formula (1), or an oxyalkylene diol having two or more polymerizable unsaturated groups, which is represented by general formula (2); an aqueous medium; and a photopolymerization initiator having an absorption peak at a wavelength in the range of from 320 to 460 nm. The ultraviolet curable composition is satisfactorily cured even when using an LED lamp as a light source, and can form a cured coating film having both elongation and surface hardness. n HO—R 1 —OH (1)n n HO—R 1 O—R 2 —OR 3 —OH (2) |