The effects of chain extender content (ethylene diamine, EDA) and NCO/OH ratio on the properties of natural rubberbased waterborne polyurethanes (WPUs) were investigated experimentally. The particle size of WPU increased significantly with the NCO/OH ratio, in the presence of the EDA chain extender, while it was unaffected by the EDA content. The water uptake of WPU film increased with the EDA content, while the swelling in various solvents decreased. In a thermal analysis, the second decomposition stage of a WPU film increased with the EDA content and with the NCO/OH ratio that also positively affected the dynamic mechanical and mechanical properties. These factors in WPU films had no the effect on the T g . The stress-strain curves clearly showed the change in WPU films from soft elastomeric materials to ductile and hard plastics. V C 2015 Wiley Periodicals, Inc. J. Appl. Polym. Sci. 2015, 132, 42505.

A series of new waterborne polyurethanes (WPUs) was successfully prepared by the prepolymer process from the bio-renewable sources hydroxytelechelic natural rubber (HTNR with MW 3000 g mol −1 ) and hydroxylated rubber seed oil (HRSO), with DMPA fixed at 5.6 wt%. The effects of ratio of HTNR and HRSO (ranging from 1.00/0 to 0.10/ 0.90) and of hydroxyl value (OHV) of HRSO (200 or 270 mgKOH/g) on final properties were studied. It was found that the particle size of WPU increased significantly with both HRSO/HTNR ratio and OHV of HRSO. Chemical structure of the WPU films was confirmed by FT-IR. The water uptake, mechanical, dynamic mechanical properties and thermal stability of WPU film improved with both HRSO content and OHV of HRSO, while swelling in THF decreased. All these WPU films had similar Tg. This article reports novel green biobased WPU with promising applications as adhesive for shoe industries.