Water-Blown Castor Oil-Based Polyurethane Foams with Soy Protein as a Reactive Reinforcing Filler |
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Authors: | Shuai Zhang Aimin Xiang Huafeng Tian AVarada Rajulu |
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Institution: | 1.School of Materials and Mechanical Engineering,Beijing Technology and Business University,Beijing,People’s Republic of China;2.Key Laboratory for Solid Waste Management and Environment Safety (Tsinghua University),Ministry of Education of China,Beijing,People’s Republic of China;3.Centre for Composite Materials,International Research Centre,Krishnankoil,India |
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Abstract: | To decrease the usage of petroleum based materials, a kind of bio-resource based composite foams were developed with soy protein isolate (SPI) as reactive reinforcing filler in castor oil based polyurethane foams (PUF) prepared by self-rising method using water as a blowing agent. The resulting composite foams were evaluated for their morphology, density, mechanical and biodegradation properties, etc. Fourier transform infrared spectroscopy study exhibited characteristic peaks for SPI and PUF and indicated that the amino groups and hydroxyl groups on SPI reacted with polyphenyl polymethylene polyisocyanates (PAPI) to increase the crosslinking degrees of the composite foams. Densities of the resultant composites were found to increase with increasing SPI content. Mechanical properties of the samples were improved with the increase of SPI content. The compost tests further proved that the composite PUF had better biodegradability than neat PUF. Therefore, this research has provided a simple method of preparing the bio-resource based polyurethane foams, while exploring the potential of using SPI in polyurethane foam applications. |
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