| abstract |
There are disclosed aqueous colloidal dispersions of tertiary amine salts of urea-urethane polymers of triamine-containing polyamines and isocyanate-terminated, urethane prepolymers having carboxylic groups. The urea-urethanes have sufficient tertiary amine neutralized, carboxylic groups to provide stable, aqueous dispersions having infinite dilutability with water, and the solids of the amine-neutralized dispersions are essentially of colloidal size. Carboxylic groups are supplied by polyol reactants employed in making the prepolymers. The colloidal, urea-urethane polymers may be stably dispersed in the aqueous medium, even in the absence of substantial amounts of cosolvents, and are useful in, for instance, coating compositions to provide water-resistant coatings. |