polyurethane

IPA: pɑɫiˈʊrʌθeɪn

(organic chemistry) Any of various polymeric resins containing urethane links; used in very many industrial and domestic applications.

Examples of "polyurethane" in Sentences

Seal the wood with three coats of clear gloss polyurethane, and a final coat of clear satin polyurethane.
The combined seat, its bottom and back frame is a one-piece reinforced moulding upholstered in polyurethane foam.
At the core of their design is polyurethane, which is an elastic polymer that already has decent scratch resistance.
The fabric is then tripled coated with polyurethane, which is said to further increase overall strength and durability.
While the jury is out on whether latex is completely biodegradable, it's certainly better than polyurethane, which is non-biodegradable.
There is a type of material being analyzed, called polyurethane, of which shoes can be made, and its technology is already being studied.
It now produces specialty plastics such as polyurethane, used in thousands of products ranging from mattresses to golf balls to tennis shoes.
They often find overpaint tourch-ups that some restorer has done and some form of varnish or other coating, such as polyurethane or shellac, as well as surface dirt and cigarette smoke.
As the polyurethane, which is made from petroleum, degraded, the number of fungi increased as they digested the byproducts, showing that it was indeed the fungi that were breaking down the plastic.