Compositional analysis of Biomer

Biomer, a segmented polyether polyurethane, has been analyzed via hydrolysis/gas chromatography to determine its composition. In addition to the previously reported 4,4'-methylene bis(phenyl isocyanate) (MDI), polytetramethylene glycol (PTMO), and ethylenediamine, we now report the presence of diethylamine, 1,3-diaminocyclohexane and poly(diisopropylaminoethyl methacrylate-co-decyl methacrylate), Biomer's cloudy insoluble phase. In addition, a method is presented to characterize the methacrylate additive by molecular weight based on GPC. Also found by chromatography were the antioxidants Santowhite Powder and BHT. XPS shows no Si (silicone) on the Biomer surface, and a total chloride analysis reports no chloride (less than 0.03%). Time-of-flight SIMS data suggest evidence for the methacrylate additive at the surface, and mass spectroscopy can be interpreted as evidence for a diaminocyclohexane.