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Open-Cell Rigid Polyurethane Foam Using Reactive Cell Opening Agents

반응성 기포개방제를 이용한 개방기포형 경질우레탄폼

  • Ahn, WonSool (Department of Chemical Engineering, Keimyung University)
  • 안원술 (계명대학교 화학공학과)
  • Received : 2013.04.22
  • Accepted : 2013.05.09
  • Published : 2013.05.31
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Abstract

Cell opening characteristics dependent on the cell openers for the conventional formulation of a closed-cell polyurethane foam (PUF) was studied using 1-butanol and lithium salt of 12-hydroxystearic acid (Li-12HSA) as the reactive cell opening agents. While cell openining content of only 10.5 % was obtained for the sample with 4 phr of 1-butanol as the single reactive cell opener, that of 98.0% could be obtained for the sample with 2 phr of Li-12HSA as the reactive co-cell opener. As the results, it showed that a fully open-cell rigid PUF could be obtained by introducing a novel reactive cell opener, having a functional group able to form a bulky side-chain on the urethane networks, without severe loss of mechanical properties of the closed-cell PUF like cell size, bulk density, and thermal conductivity.

일반적인 독립기포형 경질폴리우레탄 폼을 만들기 위한 formulation으로부터 개방기포형 경질 우레탄 폼을 얻기 위하여 반응성 기포개방제로서 1-butanol 및 12HSA (12-hydroxystearic acid)의 금속염인 Li-12HSA를 첨가제로 사용하여 만들어진 샘플의 물성과 기포개방 특성에 관한 연구를 진행하였다. 4.0 phr의1-butanol을 단독으로 사용할 때에 비하여 2 phr의 Li-12HSA를 복합하여 사용할 때의 기포개방율은 10.5%에서 98.0%로 현저한 개선효과를 나타내었다. 연구의 결과로서, 반응에 의하여 부피가 큰 막대형 분자를 우레탄 측쇄로 도입함으로서 독립기포형 경질 우레탄 폼의 기포크기나 밀도, 및 열전도율 등의 큰 변화없이 완전 개방기포형 경질 우레탄 폼을 얻을 수 있음을 보여주었다.

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