Bio-Based Polyurethane Composites from Macauba Kernel Oil: Part 1, Matrix Synthesis from Glycerol-Based Polyol

Rodolfo Andrade Breves, Daniel Ajiola, Roseany de Vasconcelos Vieira Lopes, Rafael L. Quirino, Baptiste Colin, Anelie Petrissans, Mathieu Petrissans, Maria José Araújo Sales

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Abstract

Polyurethanes are the result of a reaction between an isocyanate and a polyol. The large variety of possible reagents creates many possible polyurethanes to be made, such as soft foams, rigid foams, coatings, and adhesives. This polymer is one of the most produced and consumed polymers in the world with an ever-increasing demand. Despite its usual petrochemical nature, research on bio-based polyurethanes flourishes due to the ease in creating bio-based polyols. This work covers the synthesis of a novel macauba kernel oil polyol by the epoxidation of the oil, followed by a ring-opening reaction of the epoxide with glycerol, used for the preparation of polyurethane foams using different NCO/OH ratios. The FTIR and H1 results confirm the formation of the epoxide and polyol, and the polymers in all NCO/OH ratios were confirmed by FTIR, showing great similarities between the samples, especially PU 1.0 and PU 1.2. Despite the TGs showing close behaviors for the three samples, their DTGs showed great difference between the samples, with PU 1.0 presenting a regular PU DTG profile with three degradation peaks while the other two sample presented five degradation peaks, indicating a higher crosslinking density in them.

Original languageEnglish
Article number363
JournalJournal of Composites Science
Volume8
Issue number9
DOIs
StatePublished - Sep 2024

Keywords

  • epoxide
  • glycerol
  • macauba
  • polyurethane
  • thermal stability

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