ABSTRACT
MODERN TRENDS IN PROPERTY PROGRAMMING AND IN APPLICATIONS FOR LINEAR POLYURETHANES
The principal issues for the materials technology, i.e. applications for linear polyurethanes, were already presented in previous sections when the structural questions and physical-chemical interactions within those polymers were discussed. That approach seems the most clear since it provides the correlation between the structural factors and the properties resulting therefrom. The most important properties from the viewpoint of materials technology are: static and dynamic mechanical properties, acoustic, optical and electrical properties, as well as corrosion resistance, chemical performance and biological performance of PU plastics. This section, however, is going to present the synthetic review of the latest trends in applications for the materials based on linear PUs. Special attention has been paid to elastomers, ecologic lacquers, adhesives and binders, biomedical materials and modern materials for electronics.
