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Vegetable Fillers and Rapeseed Oil-Based Polyol as Natural Raw Materials for the Production of Rigid Polyurethane Foams

The reported study concerns the introduction of renewable raw materials into the formulation of rigid polyurethane foams in the quest for the sustainable development of polymer composites. In this study, rigid polyurethane foam composites were prepared using 75 wt.% of rapeseed oil-based polyol and...

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Autores principales: Leszczyńska, Milena, Malewska, Elżbieta, Ryszkowska, Joanna, Kurańska, Maria, Gloc, Michał, Leszczyński, Michał K., Prociak, Aleksander
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8038401/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/33916735
http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/ma14071772
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author Leszczyńska, Milena
Malewska, Elżbieta
Ryszkowska, Joanna
Kurańska, Maria
Gloc, Michał
Leszczyński, Michał K.
Prociak, Aleksander
author_facet Leszczyńska, Milena
Malewska, Elżbieta
Ryszkowska, Joanna
Kurańska, Maria
Gloc, Michał
Leszczyński, Michał K.
Prociak, Aleksander
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description The reported study concerns the introduction of renewable raw materials into the formulation of rigid polyurethane foams in the quest for the sustainable development of polymer composites. In this study, rigid polyurethane foam composites were prepared using 75 wt.% of rapeseed oil-based polyol and 15 parts per hundred parts of polyol (php) of natural fillers such as chokeberry pomace, raspberry seeds, as well as hazelnut and walnut shells. The influence of the used raw materials on the foaming process, structure, and properties of foams was investigated using a FOAMAT analyzer and a wide selection of characterization techniques. The introduction of renewable raw materials limited reactivity of the system, which reduced maximum temperature of the foaming process. Moreover, foams prepared using renewable raw materials were characterized by a more regular cell structure, a higher share of closed cells, lower apparent density, lower compressive strength and glass transition temperature, low friability (<2%), low water absorption (<1%), high dimensional stability (<±0.5%) and increased thermal stability. The proper selection and preparation of the renewable raw materials and the rational development of the polyurethane recipe composition allow for the preparation of environmentally-friendly foam products with beneficial application properties considering the demands of the circular economy in the synthesis of rigid foams.
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spelling pubmed-80384012021-04-12 Vegetable Fillers and Rapeseed Oil-Based Polyol as Natural Raw Materials for the Production of Rigid Polyurethane Foams Leszczyńska, Milena Malewska, Elżbieta Ryszkowska, Joanna Kurańska, Maria Gloc, Michał Leszczyński, Michał K. Prociak, Aleksander Materials (Basel) Article The reported study concerns the introduction of renewable raw materials into the formulation of rigid polyurethane foams in the quest for the sustainable development of polymer composites. In this study, rigid polyurethane foam composites were prepared using 75 wt.% of rapeseed oil-based polyol and 15 parts per hundred parts of polyol (php) of natural fillers such as chokeberry pomace, raspberry seeds, as well as hazelnut and walnut shells. The influence of the used raw materials on the foaming process, structure, and properties of foams was investigated using a FOAMAT analyzer and a wide selection of characterization techniques. The introduction of renewable raw materials limited reactivity of the system, which reduced maximum temperature of the foaming process. Moreover, foams prepared using renewable raw materials were characterized by a more regular cell structure, a higher share of closed cells, lower apparent density, lower compressive strength and glass transition temperature, low friability (<2%), low water absorption (<1%), high dimensional stability (<±0.5%) and increased thermal stability. The proper selection and preparation of the renewable raw materials and the rational development of the polyurethane recipe composition allow for the preparation of environmentally-friendly foam products with beneficial application properties considering the demands of the circular economy in the synthesis of rigid foams. MDPI 2021-04-03 /pmc/articles/PMC8038401/ /pubmed/33916735 http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/ma14071772 Text en © 2021 by the authors. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/Licensee MDPI, Basel, Switzerland. This article is an open access article distributed under the terms and conditions of the Creative Commons Attribution (CC BY) license (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/).
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Leszczyńska, Milena
Malewska, Elżbieta
Ryszkowska, Joanna
Kurańska, Maria
Gloc, Michał
Leszczyński, Michał K.
Prociak, Aleksander
Vegetable Fillers and Rapeseed Oil-Based Polyol as Natural Raw Materials for the Production of Rigid Polyurethane Foams
title Vegetable Fillers and Rapeseed Oil-Based Polyol as Natural Raw Materials for the Production of Rigid Polyurethane Foams
title_full Vegetable Fillers and Rapeseed Oil-Based Polyol as Natural Raw Materials for the Production of Rigid Polyurethane Foams
title_fullStr Vegetable Fillers and Rapeseed Oil-Based Polyol as Natural Raw Materials for the Production of Rigid Polyurethane Foams
title_full_unstemmed Vegetable Fillers and Rapeseed Oil-Based Polyol as Natural Raw Materials for the Production of Rigid Polyurethane Foams
title_short Vegetable Fillers and Rapeseed Oil-Based Polyol as Natural Raw Materials for the Production of Rigid Polyurethane Foams
title_sort vegetable fillers and rapeseed oil-based polyol as natural raw materials for the production of rigid polyurethane foams
topic Article
url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8038401/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/33916735
http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/ma14071772
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