%0 Journal Article %T Dispersiones acuosas de poliuretano bloqueado: una alternativa como agente curtiente %A Mata-Mata %A Jos¨¦ Luis %A Mendoza Olivares %A Diana %A Alvarado Castro %A Diego Ismael %A Am¨¦zquita L¨®pez %A Fernando de Jes¨²s %J Pol¨ªmeros %D 2008 %I Associa??o Brasileira de Pol¨ªmeros %R 10.1590/S0104-14282008000200011 %X two types of crosslinking agents blocked polyurethanes were synthesized and evaluated as tanning agents of bovine skins. the results of the synthesis of aqueous dispersions of blocked polyurethane (dpu£¿s) are presented. they were based on prepolymers from the reaction of the aliphatic diisocyanates h12mdi 4,4£¿-methylenebis(cyclohexyl isocyanate) and hdi (hexamethylene diisocyanate) with ho-polyols such as polyethylene oxide of molecular weight 1 and 2 kda. the molar nco/oh ratio was fixed in 4:1 or 6:1, at 100 ¡ãc and 2 or 4 hours for the reaction time. in a second reaction, the prepolymer containing terminal nco groups were blocked by reaction with an aqueous nahso3 or na2s2o5 solution to 40% w/w. the obtained prepolymers were characterized by ir and 1h nmr. the % of free isocyanate (nco) in the prepolymer as well as the blockade of these groups were determined by ir. the evaluation of the tanning capacity of the dpu£¿s was determined according to the thermal stability of the skin (thermal denaturalization), through the differential scanning calorimetry analysis (dsc). the index of crosslinking of the dpu£¿s with the collagen of the skin was determined with the nynhidrin essay. %K aqueous dispersions of blocked polyurethane (dpu£¿s) %K tanning agents %K crosslinking. %U http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_abstract&pid=S0104-14282008000200011&lng=en&nrm=iso&tlng=en