Foam Composite

Abstract

A foam composite made up of a scaffold of an open cell hydrophobic material having plurality of surfaces defining a plurality of pores, and a coating of a substantially hydrophilic foam material disposed upon the surfaces of the hydrophobic foam. The resulting foam composite exhibits structural characteristics of the hydrophobic foam and absorbency characteristics of the hydrophilic foam.

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       54 . A process of making a foam composite, said process comprising: 
 (a) preparing a scaffold of an open cell hydrophobic polyurethane foam said scaffold having a plurality of surfaces defining a plurality of pores with pore size of 20 ppi;    (b) preparing an emulsion comprising 1 part of a hydrophilic polyurethane prepolymer to 1.5 part 0.1% surfactant solution, wherein said emulsion upon curing forms a substantially open cell hydrophilic polyurethane foam;    (c) distributing said emulsion onto said scaffold using a rolling pin;    (f) curing said emulsion in water for 30 minutes at room temperature while in contact with said scaffold to form a foam composite; and    (g) drying said foam composite at 105° C.