Polyurethane

A polymer family formed by reacting a polyol with an isocyanate to form urethane linkages, covering rigid and flexible foams, elastomers, coatings and elastane fibre.

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How it connects

Polyurethane is a kind of Polymer.

Polyurethane includes Elastane and TPU.

Other kinds of Polymer: Acrylic, EVA, Man-made cellulosic, Plastic, Polyamide, Polyester, Polyolefin, PTFE, Resin, Rubber and Silicone.

In other taxonomies

polyurethaneEU 1007/2011, polyurethanetheirs is narrower
polyurethaneISO 1043-1, PURthe same thing
Polyurethane (PU)Uniclass, Ma_60_65_93theirs is narrower
polyurethaneWikidata, Q146322nearly the same

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Where it sits

One rule per term beside it, taller for each narrower term

Top of the axis

Polymer12

Polyurethane

12 terms, Rubber to Man-made cellulosic

Narrower than Polyurethane

Record

Seen in the wild: Poly Urethane · Polyurethan · Urethane
Broader: Polymer
Narrower: Elastane · TPU
Provenance: referencedcomposition dictionary in a materials-retrieval system (src-05); ISO 1043-1:2011+Amd 1:2016, read 22 Sep 2026

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Permanent address

/id/material/polyurethane

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has-conceptMaterialincoming
has-conceptMaterialincoming
broaderElastaneincoming
narrowerPolymerincoming
belongs-to-axisMaterialoutgoing
belongs-to-facetMaterialoutgoing
broaderPolymeroutgoing
narrowerElastaneoutgoing
narrowerTPUoutgoing
broaderTPUincoming

Derived hierarchy views

ancestor (derived)Polymeroutgoing
descendant (derived)Elastaneoutgoing
descendant (derived)TPUoutgoing
sibling (derived)Acrylicoutgoing
sibling (derived)EVAoutgoing
sibling (derived)Man-made cellulosicoutgoing
sibling (derived)Plasticoutgoing
sibling (derived)Polyamideoutgoing
sibling (derived)Polyesteroutgoing
sibling (derived)Polyolefinoutgoing
sibling (derived)PTFEoutgoing
sibling (derived)Resinoutgoing
sibling (derived)Rubberoutgoing
sibling (derived)Siliconeoutgoing

Crosswalks

External mappings and dated negative results for Polyurethane
Scheme	Identifier	Their label, or the search	How close
EU 1007/2011	polyurethane	polyurethane	theirs is narrower
ISO 1043-1	PUR	polyurethane	the same thing
Uniclass	Ma_60_65_93	Polyurethane (PU)	theirs is narrower
Wikidata	Q146322	polyurethane	nearly the same