Today’s article has nothing to do with price or market, let’s just talk about a few interesting little common sense about polyurethane. I hope you can have some new inspirations when answering your friends’ questions about “polyurethane? What does polyurethane do?” For example, “Are you sitting on a cushion made of polyurethane soft foam?” A good start.

1. Memory foam is polyurethane soft foam. Studies have shown that beds made of memory foam can significantly reduce the number of turns during sleep by 70%, which will improve sleep well.

2. A cement wall with a thickness of 1.34 meters can achieve the same thermal insulation efficiency as a polyurethane thermal insulation layer with a thickness of 1.6 cm.

3. By introducing polyurethane rigid foam insulation material, the current refrigerator can save more than 60% of energy compared with 20 years ago.

4. After the introduction of TPU material into the wheels of roller skates, it became more popular.

5. The air-free tires of Mobike shared bicycles are polyurethane elastomers, which have better wear resistance and longer service life than pneumatic tires.

6. More than 90% of the beauty eggs, powder puffs and air cushions used by girls are made of polyurethane soft foam materials.

7. The thickness of the family planning products made of water-based polyurethane is only 0.01 mm, which challenges the limit of the thickness of film materials.

8. The higher the car, the more emphasis on “lightweight” and the greater the amount of polyurethane material applied.

9. The popcorn Boost technology used by Adidas in the sole, that is, the polyurethane elastomer TPU particles expand to 10 times the original volume like popcorn under high temperature and high pressure, which can provide strong cushioning and resilience.

10. At present, many soft mobile phone protective shells in the market are made of TPU.

11. The surface coating of some electronic products such as mobile phones is also made of polyurethane materials.

12. Polyurethane glue is solderable, and components can be removed with an electric soldering iron, and repair is relatively easy, so it will be more and more widely used in electronic products such as mobile phones and tablet computers.

13. Water-based polyurethane coatings are also used in space suits to replace previous rubber coatings.

14. The helmets worn by American football players are made of polyurethane material, which can enhance the cushioning when the player’s head collides with other objects or players.

15. Since the reform and opening up, the output of China’s polyurethane products has grown from more than 500 tons in the initial production area to more than 10 million tons at present. It can be said that it has achieved brilliant achievements. This achievement cannot be separated from every diligent, Dedicated and lovely polyurethane man.

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