TY - JOUR
T1 - Metathesized palm oil polyol for the preparation of improved bio-based rigid and flexible polyurethane foams
AU - Pillai, Prasanth K.S.
AU - Li, Shaojun
AU - Bouzidi, Laziz
AU - Narine, Suresh S.
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
© 2015 Elsevier B.V.
PY - 2016
Y1 - 2016
N2 - Polyols derived from 1-butene cross metathesized palm oil (PMTAG polyol) were used to prepare improved rigid and flexible foams. The chemical structure, thermal degradation, thermal transition behavior and compressive strength of the foams were determined using FTIR (Fourier Transform Infrared Spectroscopy), TGA (Thermogravimetric analysis), DSC (Differential Scanning Calorimetry) and texture analyzer, respectively. Their cellular structure was investigated by SEM (Scanning Electron Microscopy). Both the rigid and the flexible foams from the metathesized palm oil polyol displayed high thermal stability (Ton of degradation of ∼253 °C) comparable to commercial and other vegetable oil polyol foams. The rigid foams from the polyol of PMTAG presented compressive strengths as high as 2.6 MPa, a value higher than similar foams prepared from palm oil polyol or highly unsaturated vegetable oils such soybean and canola oil based polyols. The flexible foams from the metathesized palm oil polyol displayed excellent flexibility with more than 90% recovery in thickness after compression.
AB - Polyols derived from 1-butene cross metathesized palm oil (PMTAG polyol) were used to prepare improved rigid and flexible foams. The chemical structure, thermal degradation, thermal transition behavior and compressive strength of the foams were determined using FTIR (Fourier Transform Infrared Spectroscopy), TGA (Thermogravimetric analysis), DSC (Differential Scanning Calorimetry) and texture analyzer, respectively. Their cellular structure was investigated by SEM (Scanning Electron Microscopy). Both the rigid and the flexible foams from the metathesized palm oil polyol displayed high thermal stability (Ton of degradation of ∼253 °C) comparable to commercial and other vegetable oil polyol foams. The rigid foams from the polyol of PMTAG presented compressive strengths as high as 2.6 MPa, a value higher than similar foams prepared from palm oil polyol or highly unsaturated vegetable oils such soybean and canola oil based polyols. The flexible foams from the metathesized palm oil polyol displayed excellent flexibility with more than 90% recovery in thickness after compression.
KW - Flexible foams
KW - Metathesized Palm Oil
KW - Palm Oil
KW - Polyols
KW - Rigid foams
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U2 - 10.1016/j.indcrop.2015.12.068
DO - 10.1016/j.indcrop.2015.12.068
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:84982299445
SN - 0926-6690
VL - 83
SP - 568
EP - 576
JO - Industrial Crops and Products
JF - Industrial Crops and Products
ER -